VIA IRAN AND IRAK
EXTENSION OF RAILWAYS
LONDON, September 2S,
Teheran reports that British and Russ'ain experts are hastening the organisation of the transport of war material to Russia from Britain and the Empire
across Iran
The Iranian railway, 'the message states, has proved inadequate, f6r which reason the line across Irak will also be used and the trans-Iranian line from Bandai* Shahpur to the Caspian Sea will be extended to Tabriz, connecting with the Russian transCaucasian railway.
Material from India and Australia is already traversing Iran, and some material, including British and American, is being landed at the Iraki port of Basra. Considerable improvements will be necessary in the trans-Iranian line before it is capable of handling increased traffic, and the port of Bandar Shahpur will also be extended.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 76, 26 September 1941, Page 5
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