Railways freight transport up 25 %

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Railways freight transport up 25%​

The Frontier Post

KABUL ,(Khaama Press) : The volume of commercial goods transported by rail has increased by 25 per cent in the first quarter of this solar year, the Afghanistan Railway Authority said on Saturday.

The head of the Afghanistan Railway Authority, Bakhtur Rahman Sharafat, revealed that 4.5 million metric tons of cargo were transported through the country’s rails in the past year and that ARA made 3.1 billion Afghanis in revenue.

“In transit, compared to previous years. We had a 25 per cent surge in the first quarter. This means that we have a 25 per cent increase in revenue in the transit between Afghanistan and regional countries through the Hairatan, Aqeena, Toghondi and Rozanak railways,” Sharafat said.

He claims that the first phase of the 43-kilometre-long fourth section of the Herat-Khaf railway line will begin soon and be completed within 16 months.

Additionally, he brought up the trans-Afghanistan railway project, noting that it will link Central Asia and South Asia as well as Eastern Europe and South Asia, and its work has accelerated.

“Following the recent meeting of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, a joint office was opened for the one-year plan, whose responsibility is to complete the survey, prepare for the start of practical work, and find financial resources to fund this project,” said.

According to officials, work on the Sheberghan-Andkhoy and Spin Boldak-Chaman railways will begin this year.

“We are starting these projects, and most of the preparations have been taken. The land acquisition process is almost complete, and in the current year, we will regularize the monitoring and maintenance of the railway line in the country,” Abdulbari Sediqi, the financial and administrative deputy of the Afghanistan Railway Authority, stated.

ARA officials say Afghanistan can only resolve its railway problem once it purchases wagons. Hence ARA is looking to purchase wagons that will hasten the shipping process.

Railways freight transport up 25%: officials

KABUL (Khaama Press) : The volume of commercial goods transported by rail has increased by 25 per cent in the first quarter of this solar year, the Afghanistan Railway Authority said on Saturday. …

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Additionally, he brought up the trans-Afghanistan railway project, noting that it will link Central Asia and South Asia as well as Eastern Europe and South Asia, and its work has accelerated.

“Following the recent meeting of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, a joint office was opened for the one-year plan, whose responsibility is to complete the survey, prepare for the start of practical work, and find financial resources to fund this project,” said.

According to officials, work on the Sheberghan-Andkhoy and Spin Boldak-Chaman railways will begin this year.
ARA officials say Afghanistan can only resolve its railway problem once it purchases wagons. Hence ARA is looking to purchase wagons that will hasten the shipping process.

Railways freight transport up 25%: officials

KABUL (Khaama Press) : The volume of commercial goods transported by rail has increased by 25 per cent in the first quarter of this solar year, the Afghanistan Railway Authority said on Saturday. …

thefrontierpost.com

Great news, what track gauge have they chosen. Also Pakistan should he trying to sell wagons.

Didn’t even know the Chatman route was being extended. If the Reko-diq to Gwadar rail route is built, that maybe the first link between Afghanistan and a port on the Arabian Sea.

 

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Afghanistan has three railway lines in the north of the country.

The first is between Mazar-i-Sharif and the border town of Hairatan in Balkh province, which then connects with Uzbek Railways of Uzbekistan (opened 2011).

The second links Torghundi in Herat province with Turkmen Railways of Turkmenistan (opened 1960).

The third is between Turkmenistan and Aqina in Faryab province of Afghanistan (opened in 2016), which extends south to the city of Andkhoy.

The country currently lacks a passenger rail service, but a new rail link from Herat to Khaf in Iran for both cargo and passengers was recently completed. Passenger service is also proposed in Hairatan – Mazar-i-Sharif section and Mazar-i-Sharif – Aqina section.

Afghanistan's rail network is still in the developing stage. The current rail lines are to be extended in the near future, the plans include lines for cargo traffic as well as passenger transportation.

Afghanistan's neighbors have been improving their own railway networks during the early 21st century. The main plan is to use Afghanistan to connect by rail the four subcontinents of Asia.

The gauges in adjacent countries were:
Iran, to the west, and China, to the east: 1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Pakistan, to the south and east: 1676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, to the north: 1520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).

In 2010, the international 1435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) "standard gauge" was chosen to be the country's railway gauge.

The Khaf-Herat railway, a joint project between Afghanistan and Iran completed in 2020, was built to that gauge. It is 130 kilometres (81 miles) long, of which 60 kilometres (37 miles) is in Afghanistan; the remainder is in Iran. It links Turkey and Europe with Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf.

Great news, what track gauge have they chosen. Also Pakistan should he trying to sell wagons.