First tri-national train service demo on 14th

The first demonstration runs of the train along Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul line from Islamabad (Margala Station) to Turkey (Haydarpashsa Station via Tehran (Tehran Station) will be launched on August 14. According to Railways Officials Iran would provide trans-shipment facilities at Zahedan station until the replacement of Zahedan-Mirjaveh line by standard gauge. As such, containers would be trans-shipped from the train with broader gauge to the train with standard gauge and vice versa. They said that in this case Iranian Railways should provide a train including empty wagons for standard gauge 30-60 minutes before the arrival of the full container train from Pakistan station according to the approved schedule. Similarly Pakistan Railways would provide a train including empty wagons for the broader gauge 30-60 minutes before the arrival of a full container train from Tehran.