Iran is planned to export 400,000 metric tons of domestically produced cement from the route to the Caspian littoral states annually.
Iran’s Acting President Mohammad Mokhber inaugurated the Rasht-Caspian railway line in the presence of other officials on June 20.
Earlier, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash described the railway's opening as a historic development that will significantly boost the country’s cargo transit capacities.
The Caspian Port is a seaport located in the Anzali Trade-Industrial Freezone, Gilan Province, Iran.