The Railway CEO announced the launch of the first Tehran -Van train on Sunday, March 5.
Jabar Ali Zakeri, CEO of Railway, said:
The purpose of the Tehran – Van train is to facilitate the traffic of Nowruz passengers. The train will travel from Tehran to Van on Sunday and Wednesday from Tehran and Thursday to Tehran. Ticket pre -sale will take place between February 1 and 2, as well as if the welcome is well received, the second stages of the train will continue to Ankara and Istanbul.
Farzaneh Sadegh, the Minister of Roads and Urban Development, announced during a one -day trip to Ankara that the Tehran -Van passenger train re -launched, saying that “the increase in the transit of goods and the travel and tourist traffic is effective in the development of both countries. “.”
Tehran – Van train was moved in cooperation with the two countries’ railroads in July to develop the cooperation of the regional countries and expand the Iranian tourism industry and the global industry, but the train was stopped shortly after years. The two countries, the train, will be reopened in March this year.
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