News / RZD Logistics boosts Russian trade with rail link via Iran to India

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RZD Logistics, a subsidiary of Russian railway monopoly RZD, has begun regular container train services from Moscow to Iran to serve growing trade with India by transloading.

This is aimed at maximising use of the alternative International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a Central Asia cross-border multimodal freight network helping the two strategic partners work around supply chain challenges created by western sanctions on Russia.

With one round-trip a month, RZD links Chekhov, near Moscow, via Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, to Bandar Abbas, Iran’s ...