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Iran plans 50% network expansion as Mashhad - Bafgh line opens

By and David Brice2005-05-01T08:32:00

Faced with growing demand for transit freight between the Central Asian republics and the Indian Ocean, RAI needs to modernise motive power and freight operations if it is to handle major flows of high-value traffic and containers. David Brice reports

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