Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has endorsed the agreement on the construction of the Rasht - Astara railway line and the transfer of the entire 162-kilometer line to a Russian company to conduct surveys, Iranian Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development and Director General of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC) Houshang Bazvand said.
Russia and Iran signed a package of documents on the Rasht-Astara railway line construction project, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Nikitin said.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Russia is awaiting documentation from Iran to confirm that land acquisitions for the Rasht‑Astara railway section have been completed.
In Azerbaijan, a total of nearly 14 million tonnes of cargo was transported by rail.
The total cost of the electrification, signaling, and telecommunications project on the Bilajari-Yalama railway section in Azerbaijan is estimated at $447.88 million. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $350 million in …
The company reports that 20% more cargo was transported along the East-West corridor this year, while freight traffic on the North-South corridor increased by 26%
Trains will continue to run to Abkhazia this winter
The state enterprise Georgian Railway will purchase 200 new freight railcars from Russia's Roslavl Railcar Repair Plant (RRRP, Smolensk region) through direct procurement, according to the Georgian State Procurement Agency.
A total of 48% of the construction and installation work on the Aghdam-Khankendi railway line in Azerbaijan has been completed, according to Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY).
A large shipment of Russian grain ‐ over 40 wagons of barley and wheat - will be sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia in transit tomorrow
Kazakhstan plans to increase the total capacity of its seaports from the current 21.8 million tons to 30 million tons by 2030, the press service of the Government of Kazakhstan said.
Azerbaijan has exported another shipment of petroleum products to Armenia, and transit cargo was transported.
CJSC Azerbaijan Railways is set to undertake a large‑scale digitalization project worth over $60 million, financed with ADB assistance.
Oil transit from Kazakhstan through Georgia will increase fivefold in August, reaching 100,000 tonnes compared to 20,000 tonnes in July.
Rail freight volume in Georgia rose by nearly 20% in the second quarter, with Russia and Azerbaijan as the main partners, accounting for 38% and 22.7% of imports respectively.
The Asian Development Bank has begun preparing designs for the modernisation of Azerbaijan's Bilajari–Yalama railway, with work expected to start in February 2027.
Russian wheat shipments to Armenia via rail transit through Azerbaijan are ongoing, with another train scheduled to depart on Thursday.
Azerbaijan Railways has confirmed that it is accelerating construction on the Aghdam-Khankendi line, with 44% of the work now complete.
Russia will dispatch 14 railcars of propane and 5 railcars of fertilizer to Armenia today, transiting through Azerbaijan.
Georgia's freight traffic reached a ten-year high in June, the country's Ministry of Economy reported.
