Iran Transited 773,000 Tons of Cargo via Rail in 5-Month Period
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said 773,000 tons of goods were transited from the country via rail in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year.
The transit of goods from the country via the rail sector in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to August 22, 2024) registered a 47 percent growth compared to last year’s corresponding period, it said.
According to the ministry’s website, 526,000 tons of goods had been transited from the country via rail in the first five months of the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21 to August 22, 2023).
The report added that more than 1 million tons of goods were transited from the country via rail sector in 2021.
Sarakhs and Astara border crossings accounted for the largest volume of the transited goods with 536,000 tons and 129,000 tons of goods transited from Sarakhs and Astara border crossing in this period, respectively.