China's financing and construction of Iran "life high speed rail" has been successfully started

In February 7th, the whole country was in the new year with Iran, is also good news, Iran Tribune said the "financial", the Tehran - Mashhad railway electrification project groundbreaking ceremony started.

Okoye, Minister of road and urban development of Iran, and AbbasAkhoundi, general manager of Islamic Republic of Iran Railway Company (MohsenPourseyyed-Aqaei), participated in the opening ceremony.

The project is expected to be completed in 2019 after August, in addition, there will be 5 years of maintenance. The project will be the construction of Iran infrastructure engineering group MAPNA and China CMC and Sudian group. After the completion of the project, 70 Chinese locomotives will be driven at the speed of 250 kilometers at the speed of the railway.

In June last year, Iran and China reached an agreement on the electrification of the line, of which 85% of the cost of $2 billion 100 million was provided by China for loan financing. Based on the agreement between Iran national railway company and SIEMENS, SIEMENS will also contribute to the project, including providing signaling system, increasing locomotives and providing maintenance services.

It is understood that the expansion of the railway network is one of the important goals of its government, because it can create a safe environment and ensure the convenience of traffic. And, through a high-speed railway makes Iran's religious capital (Mashhad) and political capital (Tehran). In addition, by the expiration of the Rouhani administration, 20% of the traffic will be in Iran.

With the improvement of the tracks and signals, the project is expected to be from Tehran to Mashhad journey down from the existing 12 hours for 6 hours, and the annual cargo capacity increased to 10 million tons.

It is reported that the construction of this section of the railway will become a "road of life". Tehran - Mashhad highway mortality of about 2500 people each year, and the electrification of the railway of the year will save 1800 lives in Iran.