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==(Osmanli -) Astara ADDY - Astara IRIR (- Rasht - Qazvin)== | ==(Osmanli -) Astara ADDY - Astara IRIR (- Rasht - Qazvin)== | ||
Astara ADDY is the terminus of a 1520 mm gauge branch from Osmanli. | Astara ADDY is the terminus of a 1520 mm gauge branch from Osmanli. Russian Railways is to build the Iranian section of the 167 km route between Astara and Rasht, with ADDY being responsible for the section within Azerbaijan. This will be 1435 mm gauge, as in the rest of Iran. Astara ADDY is likely to be equipped with both bogie changing facilities and an SUW 2000 gauge changer. The 165 km line linking Rasht to the existing Iranian network at Qazvin is nearing completion, with opening planned by the end of 2014. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 15:11, 18 July 2014
(Nakhichevan -) Julfa/Culfa ADDY - Jolfa IRIR (- Tabriz)
[D] This crossing links only to the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan; there is no crossing between Iran and Azerbaijan proper, although one is proposed. One daily freight train runs between Iran and the northern border of the Nakhichevan enclave.
(Osmanli -) Astara ADDY - Astara IRIR (- Rasht - Qazvin)
Astara ADDY is the terminus of a 1520 mm gauge branch from Osmanli. Russian Railways is to build the Iranian section of the 167 km route between Astara and Rasht, with ADDY being responsible for the section within Azerbaijan. This will be 1435 mm gauge, as in the rest of Iran. Astara ADDY is likely to be equipped with both bogie changing facilities and an SUW 2000 gauge changer. The 165 km line linking Rasht to the existing Iranian network at Qazvin is nearing completion, with opening planned by the end of 2014.
