Iran’s rail transit exceeds 1.21m tons: RAI
According to the statistics released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, known as RAI, the rail transit volume of the country in the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022-January 21, 2023) topped 1.2 million tons.
The total oil and non-oil transit cargo tonnage transported by the rail transport fleet of the country has reached 1.22 million tons in the period, the report added, according to IRNA.
The tonnage of non-oil cargo hit 1.08 million tons in the first 10-month period of the current year.
Accordingly, the total transit tonnage of oil and non-oil consignment, which has been transported by the rail transport fleet, has reached 1,215,898 tons at large. RAI put the number of wagons used for the transit of oil and non-oil cargoes in the current year at 24,813.
In this regard, increasing the volume of cargo by the rail transportation fleet and transit growth has been taken into serious consideration in the administration of President Ebrahim Raeisi.
According to the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, Miad Salehi, the rail transit record and exports record via the rail borders have been broken, which is unprecedented in the railway history of the Islamic Republic of Iran.