Islamabad - Istanbul train Link from Aug 14!! Good news
ISLAMABAD A freight train link between Islamabad and Istanbul via Tehran is to be launched on August 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 transshipment facilities at its Zahedan station on the border with Baluchistan. 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.
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Source: Qatar Tribune [Date:06 Aug, 2009]