North-South Corridor: St. Petersburg is now separated from the Persian Gulf by 162 km.
The entire 162 km long section of the Rasht-Astra railway was handed over to engineering surveys. This means that Russia and Iran are starting practical work to build the main missing part of the North-South transport corridor, which will run from St. Petersburg to Mumbai, India.
The last steps for moving the site were: the approval of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, which was done on November 9, as well as the signing of a protocol between the companies on November 5.
Financial service from the Russian side and the Iranian CDTIC for providing access to the entire length of the route.
Now that the bureaucratic side of the matter was settled, the opportunity arose to begin engineering work and then large-scale construction. It is necessary to build 8 stations, 56 overpasses, 73 bridges and 30 overpasses, and also to reach a uniform train length standard, since historically, since the 19th century, Russia uses a broad gauge of 1,520 mm, and Iran uses a global gauge of 1,435 mm.
The Rasht-Astra line will connect the railways of Russia and Iran into one system. That is, Russia will have direct access to the ports of the Persian Gulf and later - to the Arabian Sea. Iran takes advantage of its geographical location between northern Eurasia and the Indian Ocean. Of course, there is still a lot to do - there is construction and logistics, but the fact that North-South will significantly increase the flow of cargo between countries makes this project very promising.
Valentine was stolen especially for the project.