Rahahane Gharb

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Rahahane Gharb (Persian: راه آهن غرب) or Iran's west railway is a railway corridor in western Iran. The west railway consists of Malayer – Khosravi corridor which will eventually run to the border with Iraq. The first section from Malayer to Firuzan opened in May 2017, and the remaining 263 km between Kermanshah and Khosravi is being built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation at a cost of 3·53bn yuan. The west railway project starts from Samangan Station near Arak for 605 kilometres and passes through Malayer, Nahavand, Kangavar, Sahneh, Kermanshah, Islamabad-e Gharb, Gilan-e Gharb and Qasr-e Shirin and reaches to Khosravi town located on the border of Iran and Iraq. It is then connected to the port of Lattakia through Khanaqin, Baghdad, Mosul, Qamishli, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and Aleppo. The line is part of a new railway connecting Malayer with Khosravi on the border with Iraq.

The initial section of the line from Malayer to Firuzan opened in May 2017 and the 263km Kermanshah – Khosravi stretch is being built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, a subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corporation. A branch running south to Ilam is also planned.

See also[]

• Kermanshah railway station

• Iraqi Republic Railways

• Syrian Railways

References[]

External links[]

• Iranian railway expansion continues
• Iran inaugurates Firuzan - Kermanshah line
• Kermanshah connected to national railway network
• Railway Gazette International
• Iran opens the rail link to Iraqi border