Astara-Astara railway line to go into service on December 25

Astara-Astara railway line connecting the Iranian-Azerbaijani railway systems will be commissioned on December 25, the head of International Affairs Department at Iran Railways Abbas Nazari said. 

Nazari pointed out that the sides also reached an agreement on custom registration, visa regime and the terms of use of the container terminal in Iran's Astara, AzerTAc reported.

The line, which is the continuation of Qazvin-Rasht railway as well as a key part of the North-South Transport Corridor, will link Iran’s and Russia’s railway systems via Azerbaijan.