BAKU: A direct freight train will depart for the first time on the route Ulyanovsk (Russia) – Baku (Azerbaijan) – Astara (Iran) at the end of September, Ulyanovsk Governor Alexey Russkikh said, Trend reports.
“The first export train Ulyanovsk – Baku – Astara will depart from Ulyanovsk approximately at the end of September. This is the western railway corridor of the logistics project “Middle Volga – Caspian Sea – Persian Gulf,” he said.
According to Russkikh, the train will be filled with at least 70 cars of various modifications, including platforms, bunker-type cars and others.
“Each train is designed to transport 3.5 thousand tons of various products – agricultural products, manufactured goods, wood products and others. We expect that over 200 thousand tons of products will be exported and imported along this route in a year,’ he specified.
The governor added that the issue of loading the train back with goods produced in Azerbaijan, Iran and neighboring countries is being worked out.
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