Construction of additional railway in Iran to connect Baku and Nakhchivan starts this year

Baku. 11 April. REPORT.AZ/ The works are underway for construction on Iran’s territory of additional railway line to connect Baku and Nakhchivan.

This was stated to Report by Javid Gurbanov, Chairman of "Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları" CJSC.

"A credit has been allocated for construction of the lacking 167 km of the railroad. Currently, the conditions of issuance of the credit are agreed. The construction works will be started after 4-5 months. After completion of construction of the road it will be possible to travel to Nakhchivan from Baku passing through Tebriz City", he stated.

Besides, Gurbanov said that the institution headed by him tried to put into operation in September of this year the first high-speed train which would haul to Ganja City.