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Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

Harmonization of Rules and Regulations

Railways of Iran (RAI) International Affairs By: Mozhgan Kordbacheh Deputy Director General

Railway of Iran at a glance

➢Length of the lines: 11 000 km ➢Under construction lines: 6500 km ➢Rail network length by 2025: 25 000 km ➢Passenger transport increase: from 25 Million passengers to 27 MP by the end of 2017 ➢Freight transport increase: from 40 MT to 62 MT by the end of 2017 ➢Railway share increase for freight: 12% to 30% by 2025 ➢Railway share increase for passenger: 8% to 20% by 2025

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

Iran rail connection with other neighboring networks

▪ Sarakhs and Inche Brun border with Turkmenistan and CIS ▪ Jolfa border and rail connection with Azerbaijan (Nakhjavan) ▪ Razai border with Turkey and connection to Europe ▪ Mirjaveh border and rail connection with Pakistan and Indian subcontinent

▪Rail connection with Iraq and Afghanistan

▪ Imam Port and connection with int’l waters ▪ Bandar Abbas Port and connection with int’l waters ▪Amirabad Port and connection with Caspian Sea

• Lack of uniformity of customs rules and

regulations in transit routes

• Non-membership
• f

the countries in international regulations/rules

• Lack of coordination in rules and non-
• bservance from a country to another one
• Physical obstacles along rail transport

between Europe and Asia: standard gauge

• f 1435 mm in the Railways of OTIF

member states and broad gauge of 1520 mm in the Railways of CIS Countries

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

Existing obstacles preventing smooth transport in international traffic

Existing obstacles preventing smooth transport in international traffic

• Break of gauge at the border points and insufficiency of bogie

exchanging system

• Non-completion of missing links along rail routes and corridors
• Weak infrastructures along the routes
• Diversity of fleet technical specifications in the region countries
• Lengthy bogie exchange time at border points
• Lack of enough budget to complete missing links, equip fleet and

border terminals

• Trains' long delays at borders due to customs procedures and

different rules of the countries

• Non competitiveness of rail tariffs compared to other modes of

transport like road transport

• Lack of joint companies among the countries for combined transport
• Political issues and the consequences

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

• Accession
• f

RAI to Railways Cooperation organization (OSJD) in 1998 and Agreement

• n

Freight International Traffic by Railway (SMGS) in 2001 after inauguration of Mashad-Sarakhs rail line in 1996 to realize international transport and freight transit to Central Asian countries

• Accession of RAI to OTIF in 1986 and

COTIF Convention and its 7 appendices in 2001.

Ways to facilitate rail traffic:

RAI Accessions to Int’l Organizations and Int’l Rules

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

Asia-Europe Corridor

SMGS CIM CIM

• Regulating Uniform rail law with the objective of preparing rail laws at global level

and connection of European rail corridor routes to Asia by UNECE

• Organization of several meetings with involvement of CIT, OTIF and OSJD
• Study of the law in the Railways of Iran

UKRAINE ROMANIA

• dessa

constanta varna Poti Bandar-e-Abbas

Persian Gulf-Iran-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Poti Port-Black Sea-Ukraine-Poland

Ways to facilitate rail transport

Combined transportation South-West Corridor

North-South Corridor Mumbai-Bandar Abbas Port (Iran)- Astara-Moscow towards Finland, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia

RAI Discount Policy for development of rail transit

• 30% on cotton transit
• 35% on transit Sulphur
• 30% on the fertilizers transited towards the southern sea ports of the country
• 50% for the freight transported to/from Turkey
• Special discount for ITI route containers

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

• Launching container train from China to

Iran: 28 January 2016 from East of China (Yuwei) to Tehran. 10400 Km in 14 days

• Launching container train from Mumbai to

Moscow through Astara and Azerbaijan, a combined transport: September 2016

• Operation
• f

Nakhjavan-Mashshad passenger train (Azerbaijan-Iran): 5 January 2017.

• Setting

up working group for train movement from Iran to Germany

• Moving of tourist trains from Europe to

Iran: since 2014. 13 trains

Ways to facilitate rail traffic Launching container trains

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

Ways to facilitate rail transport Completing missing links

▪ Rail connection with Afghanistan

• Construction of Sangan in Iran up to the border
• f Afghanistan namely Shamtiq finished.
• From Afghanistan border up to Ghorian

station, 30 km in length is nearly finished and will be opened this month.

• The rest of the line up to Jeno is 30 km the

infrastructure is finished and superstructure shall be started this month. ▪ Rail connection with Azerbaijan Qazvin-Rasht section has a 95% progress, 5 km remained. Astara-Astara section is nearly finished.

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

Ways to facilitate rail traffic Equipping border crossing stations Sarakhs with Turkmenistan

• 2 bogie- changing stations 5 km

from the border line. (New bogie change station with 24 sets

• f jacks

and original bogie change station with 25 sets of jacks)

• 4 lines of the bogie change stations
• Capacity to deal with 200 wagons

per 24 hours each.

• Present capacity for change of bogie

systems to total of 400 wagons per day

• Bogie maintaining capacity :6000
• Capacity to deal with 7.5 million

tons of freight on yearly basis.

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

• 3 lines for accepting and dispatching trains
• 7 parking lines each with capacity of 45 to 50 wagons
• It is agreed a system to be set up in 3 months for

information exchange trough web service

• Wagons exchange is carried out in Kapikoy

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

Equipping border crossing stations Razi with Turkey

• International transport in Zahedan in west part of

Iran

• Supplying crane for loading/unloading cargoes
• Installing weight at Zahedan Station
• In Zahedan cargoes are transshipped

Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of the Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of Intenrational Railway Transport Bangkok,4-5 Sep. 2017

Equipping border crossing stations Zahedan with Pakistan

4900 hec. Area 90 million tons (annually) Port Capacity 3.300،000TEU

(6.000.000 TEU up to 2016)

Container Terminal Capacity 24 hec. Warehouse /Hangar 220 hec. Open Yard

45 km Rail

8 – 17 m Draft 40 Berth

Shahid Rajayee Port

11000 hec. Area 55 million tons (annually) Port Capacity 700،000 TEU Container Terminal Capacity 52 hec. Warehouse /Hangar 210 hec. Open Yard

120 km Rail

13.5 m Draft 37 Berth

Imam Khomeini Port

1060 hec. Area 200.000 TEU Container Capecity 7.5 million ton Port Throughput 62000 m2 Warehouse /Hangar

16 km Railways

200 hec. Open Yard 6 m Draft 10 Berth

Amirabad Port

• Accelerating the construction of new rail lines and complement the

missing links such as Qazvin-Rasht-Astara, Harat – Mazar sharif and Van lake Project

• Cooperation among the Regional International Organizations such as

UIC،OSJD،OTIF ,…

• Strengthening and equipping border stations
• Developing Container transportation and obstacles removing from

border terminals

• Solving border problems and customs, Providing facilities for customs

formalities

• Decreasing goods travel time
• Planning scheduled regular trains

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