Turkmenistan-Iran rail link: President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan are today due to officially open the railway corridor between the two countries at the border stations of Inche-Burun in Iran and Etrek in Turkmenistan. The 900-km-long railway link runs from the Kazakh steppes across the Turkmen Karakumy desert to Iran’s northern Gulistan province. Key stations along its route include Uzen (Kazakhstan) Kyzylgaya, Bereket and Etrek (Turkemenistan) and Gorgan (Iran). The project has been funded by the Asian Development Bank he Islamic Development Bank. Tengrinews
Turkmenistan-Iran rail link opened by Rouhani and Nazarbayev
Bereket Station, Kazakhstan