€3bn needed for Herat – Mazar-i-Sharif railway

ECO Urged to Invest in Iran-Afghanistan Railway Project

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Minister of Road and Transportation Hamid Behbahani called on the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) to provide Afghanistan with 3 billion Euros in credit to accomplish a railway project linking the country to Iran.

“To finish Iran-Afghanistan railway project, ECO is needed to provide 3 billion Euros in credit for the construction of a 1,250 km-long railway segment between Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif (in Afghanistan),” Behbahani said in a ceremony to mark the arrival in Tehran of the first freight train ferrying cargo from Islamabad to Istanbul via Tehran.
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Source: Fars News Agency 2009-08-23

Tags: ECO, Herat, Iran, Mazar-i-Sharif

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2 Responses to “€3bn needed for Herat – Mazar-i-Sharif railway”

Michael G. Erickson says:

August 26, 2009 at 06:13

According to the maps entitled “Railway Development Plans in Afghanistan” (contained in a posting below) the distance between Herat and Mazare-e-Sharif is far less than 1,250 km. However, the maps list the distance between Shirkhan Bandar and Herat, by way of Mazare-e-Sharif, as being 1,246 km. As such, it seems likely that the Minister was actually talking about the plans for the entire Shirkhan Bandar to Heart route.
Jan Jensen says:

September 22, 2009 at 09:07

What is the current state of project to connect Herat by railway to Iran ?
The iranian railbuilding workers have refused to work at night, after a kidnapping episode, I read about a year ago !
Jan

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