Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)-Herat: Mostafa Rezaei added in an interview with IRNA on Monday: Currently, for the movement of this passenger train, the custodial agencies such as the passport police must be deployed at the border of Shamtigh-Khaf, which is planned according to the plan.
He continued: Currently, with the implementation of smoothing, the process of moving cargo on the Herat-Khaf railway route every week with the traffic of 2 to 4 trains carrying export or transit cargo or equipment related to the development and equipping of the railway in Herat province.
The managing director of the Afghanistan Railway Development Consortium stated: Currently, the process of loading and unloading cargo trains takes place at Roznak Herat station, 62 km from the Shamtigh border.
He further stated: "Rabat Peryan" station is under construction at a distance of 43 km from Roznak station and 105 km from Shamtigh border. This station, which is located at the entrance of Herat and 20 km from this city, will be put into operation next year and then After completion, loading and unloading operations will be carried out in this place.
Rezaei said: Also, the Herat Airport railway station, as the last station on the Khaf-Herat railway route, will be put into operation in three years, with the completion of the 47-kilometer railway from Rabat Perian station to the airport, practically the airport and the city. Herat industry, which is 20 kilometers away from this city, will be connected to Iran's railway network and the Khaf-Herat railway line will be completed.
By connecting Iran's railway network to Herat in the west of Afghanistan, the Khawaf-Herat railway crossing plays a key role in regional communication, and as part of the East-West railway crossing of the world, it covers a 2,000-kilometer route from China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iran. , Turkey and Europe has created.
The border customs crossing "Shamtigh" between Iran and Afghanistan was opened in 2019 in the border town of Khaf, located in the southeast of Razavi Khorasan.
As an official border customs crossing, Shamtigh is located about 50 kilometers from Khawf on the Khawf-Herat railway route.