Khaf – Herat railway photos

Posted on 21 May 201920 May 2019 by Andrew Grantham

#Herat – #Khawaf railway.

This railway will connect #Afghanistan through #Iran to Europe.

Now #AFG is connected to #Europe through railway, air corridor & land transportation.@ashrafghani @HassanRouhani @mfa_afghanistan @ARG_AFG @aahmady pic.twitter.com/bIoyW6WQ1o

— Waheed Faizi (@Imwaheedfaizi) April 13, 2019

And confirmation of Italian funding for the fourth phase:

Italy is financing the fourth phase of the #Herat – #Khaf railway. Connectivity is crucial for economic growth of #Afghanistan and for progress towards self sustainability.@cooperazione_it @aics_it @ItalyMFA https://t.co/oJ5LoLekH2

— Italy in Afghanistan (@italyinafg) April 13, 2019

Photos of the Iran to Herat railway project

Posted on 1 March 201925 February 2019 by Andrew Grantham

Some photos of the railway under construction between Iran and Herat province.

Governor of #Herat Qayyum Rahimi, inspected d 3rd phase of #Herat–#Khawaf railway project. Authorities informed him of completion of d railway track saying soon it will b operational. Governor asked d communities on both sides of d track 4 their cooperation n security.#IDLG pic.twitter.com/flxLi0uQw5

— IDLG Afghanistan (@IDLGAFG) February 25, 2019

The 4th phase of da #railway btwn Iran's Khaf & Herat province started. 3rd phase of work n Khaf & #Herat province is completed 99% & will b ready to b used soon.Railroad between Herat-Khafaf is a distance of 191 kilometers, which will be completed in four phases.#afghanistan pic.twitter.com/1QA0dvtQyw

— Sawabdin Makhkash (@smakhkash) January 8, 2019

And some older photos:

A senior official in Iran Railway: Iran-Afghanistan railway networks through Khaf-Herat Railroad will be completed in the next few months,"
Khaf-Herat Railroad (139 kilometers long) is part of Iran-Afghanistan rail corridor. pic.twitter.com/sCFPCE4vmc

— Iran Embassy, India (@embassy_iran) August 7, 2018

#Khawaf-Herat Railway, #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/VPbMpSSkRu

— Ahmad Mirzad (@Ahmad07Mirzad) October 3, 2017

Torghundi railway photos

Posted on 14 May 201814 May 2018 by Andrew Grantham

Some photos Tweeted in December 2017.

13 km #railways work completed at #torghondi dry #port btwn #Afghanistan & #Turkmenistan #transport #transit #trade pic.twitter.com/um61N5XbOb

— Sawabdin Makhkash (@smakhkash) December 9, 2017

BBC video of Hayratan

Posted on 7 December 20177 December 2017 by Andrew Grantham

“”Ҳайратон” кўприги Афғонистонга неча миллион фойда келтирмоқда?” is a BBC Uzbek video about rail freight at Hayratan on the border with Uzbekistan, which was published on 30 November 2017. I don’t speak Uzbek so I have no idea what the commentary says, but there is lots of footage of the railway.

Colourised photo of Darulaman train

Posted on 1 December 201712 November 2017 by Andrew Grantham

Someone has written a bot which automatically colourises photos that are sent to it via Twitter. This is what it did with a photograph of the Darualman railway. Note that this is just for fun, and it is not intended to be historically accurate!

I colorized your image using #openfaas in 4.1 seconds #dockercon pic.twitter.com/R6AgKlyGOb

— Colorise Bot (@colorisebot) November 5, 2017

Kabul – Darulaman railway photo

Posted on 19 November 2017 by Andrew Grantham

A photograph of the Kabul to Darulaman narrow gauge railway that I hadn’t seen before. The person who suplied the image didn’t have any information on the source or date (presumably the 1920s). The Darulaman palace is visible in the background.
Kabul - Darulaman railway

Kabul trolleybus photos

Posted on 15 November 201712 November 2017 by Andrew Grantham

Some photos of the Kabul trolleybuses, which according to the text ran from 9 February 1979 to 20 April 1992. More information about the Kabul trolleybuses here.

Khaf – Herat railway photos

Posted on 10 October 2017 by Andrew Grantham

Some photos of the Khaf – Herat railway project, posted on Twitter by Ahmad Mirzad, Online News Editor at 1TV.

#Khawaf-Herat Railway, #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/VPbMpSSkRu

— Ahmad Mirzad (@Ahmad07Mirzad) October 3, 2017

Hairatan photo

Posted on 18 July 201731 July 2017 by Andrew Grantham

Not sure what is happening here, but there is a train.

امروزسه شنبه27.04.1396ریاست اداره خدمات بندرحیرتان(شرکت استراس)پورت نمبر5خویش راواقع میدان هوایی ولایت بلخ رسماًافتتاح کرد#حیرتان #hairatan pic.twitter.com/MRLf742Ldu

— Hairatan City (@Hairatan_City) July 18, 2017

AP Archive footage of the Friendship Bridge

Posted on 3 May 20173 May 2017 by Andrew Grantham

An undated AP video of the Uzbek end of the Friendship Bridge. “Kharitom” is another variant spelling of Hairaton, Hayratan etc to add to the list…

Railways of Afghanistan

Photographs

Khaf – Herat railway photos

Photos of the Iran to Herat railway project

Torghundi railway photos

BBC video of Hayratan

Colourised photo of Darulaman train

Kabul – Darulaman railway photo

Kabul trolleybus photos

Khaf – Herat railway photos

Hairatan photo

AP Archive footage of the Friendship Bridge