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. Source: Trend N ews Agency
First freight train from Ulyanovsk to Azerbaijan to depart in September
