Islamabad-Istanbul train link from Aug 14
By IANS,
Islamabad : A freight train link between Islamabad and Istanbul via Tehran is to be launched Aug 14, Pakistan's independence day.
The train will run from Islamabad's Margala Station to Istanbul's Haydarpasa Station via Tehran Station, APP news agency reported, quoting railway officials here.
Iran would provide trans-shipment facilities at its Zahedan station on the border with Balochistan.
For this, Iranian Railways would provide a train including empty wagons 30-60 minutes before the arrival of the train from Pakistan.
Similarly Pakistan Railways would provide a train including empty wagons 30-60 minutes before the arrival of a full container train from Tehran, the officials said.
The decision to start the train was taken at a trilateral Pakistan-Iran-Turkey meeting at Tehran March 1, 2009 that discussed some of the key projects needed to improve the capacity and speed of transit traffic in the region.
reminds me of the famous train line just before the WW1 Germany to Istanbul or the Istanbul to Medina link - I'm not even sure if that is even on?
anyways great to see the link up - But there could be a problem with terrorists.
Do you think the pious don't sin?
They merely:
Veiled themselves and didn't flaunt it
Sought forgiveness and didn't persist
Took ownership of it and don't justify it
And acted with excellence after they had erred - Ibn al-Qayyim
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