North-South Railway (Iran)

North-South Railway
Route length:	1568 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend 122 164 Seraqs Turkmenistan / Iran 131 155 Sarachs 133 Gonbadli 110 Robat Sharat 84 Marzdaran 68 Power Qoli 46 Robat Mahi 29 Azadegan 6th Shahid Motahhari 812 Mashhad 800 Turuk 792 Salam 774 0 Fariman Garmsar – Mashhad railway line from Tehran 676 Torbad-e-Heydariyeh Torbat-e Heidarije – Herat railway line 625 Faizabad 555 Zardak 432 Rigu 420 Nagineh 396 Asfak 342 Tabas Tabas – Zahedan railway line (project) 132 Jondaq by Ardakan 67 See Tschahun 18th Tschoqart 15th Tschoqartsorch Railway line Qom – Zahedan to Zahedan 0 Bafq Qom – Zahedan railway from Qom 21st Now 49 Janat Abad 72 Now Deh 132 Shame Abad 188 0 Chatun Abad 43 Ma'dan-e Mes-e Sartschesmeh 224 Churan 254 Sirjan 304 0 Golgohar 11 Ma'dan-e Golgohar 319 Golgaran 346 Qarah Tappeh 377 Kaheh 398 Chahtar 431 Tezerdsch 473 Zadmahmud 532 Fin 555 Sarzan 573 Piku 613 Bandar Abbas 621 Shahid Bahonar Ahbari harbor

The North-South Railway of Iran connecting Sarakhs , one of the three Iranian border stations to Turkmenistan , with the port of Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf .

Geographical location

The route opens up beyond Turkmenistan to the Iranian rail traffic Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan , Russia and China . It crosses the country in its eastern half, while the Trans-Iranian Railway, which went into operation at the end of the 1930s, provides the connection between Turkmenistan and the Persian Gulf in the western half of the country. The combination of the Sarachs – Fariman section with the Garmsar – Mashhad railway resulted in a new east-west connection between China and Europe .

history

The route was created and was also put into operation in sections:

• Sarachs – Fariman 1996
• Fariman – Tschoqart 2005
• Tschoqart– Bafq 1979/1982
• Bafq – Bandar-e Abbas – Shahid Bahonar Ahbari 1990–1995

Technical Equipment

The line is built in the standard gauge common in Iran . The cross-border section between Sarachs (Iran) and Saraqs (Turkmenistan) is equipped with a three- rail track 1435 mm / 1520 mm. The line is single-track north of Tschoqart (18 km north of Bafq) and double -track to the south .

literature

• Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Roads and Urban Developement - Deputy for Construction & Developement of Railway, Airport and Ports: [ Map of the Iranian railway network ]. Status: August 2014.
• Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas . Vol. 8: The Middle East and Caucasus . 2006.

Remarks

1. ↑ The other two are: Intschech Borun at the northern end of the Trans-Iranian Railway and Lotfabad , which is only about 5 km long, from Turkmenistan across the border and operated in Iran as an island operation in Russian broad gauge (Robinson, p. 22; Ministry: Card ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ministry: Map .
2. ↑ Gholamreza Najafi and Yousefali Malekan: Railway of the Islamic Republic of Iran: a New Perspective . In: OSJD Bulletin 1–2 (2017), pp. 15–20 (16).
3. ^ Robinson, pl. 46.
4. ^ Ministry: Map .