RIA Novosti reported that Russian Railways has completed the electrification project of the Iranian Tabriz Azarshahr railway.

The Russian Railways said that 46 kilometers of railway line and 5 railway stations in the northwest of Iran were electrified under the first Russian and Iranian joint railroad project that started four years ago. The new infrastructure is designed to transport students of the Pedagogical University of Azarshahr. Due to this electrification, fuel consumption will be significantly reduced and efficiency of passenger comfort will be increased.

Mr Vladimir Yakunin president of Russian Railways said at the opening ceremony of the railway project that it was a starting point for further bilateral cooperation between the two nations.

Source - RIA Novosti

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