A trial freight train delivered more than 400 tons of cement from Khaf in Iran to Rosnak in Afghanistan’s Herat province on Dec. 2, ahead of the ceremonial inauguration of the newly completed railway which is scheduled for this month. A passenger train also carried Iranian railway officials to and from a meeting with their Afghan counterparts.
The Afghanistan Railway Authority (AfRA) said the line forms one of its most important regional connectivity projects, as it will provide the landlocked country with a link to Iranian ports and to the rail networks of Iran, Turkey and Europe.
