Summary：ASIA: The first test train ran across the recently-completed bridge over the River Astarachay which forms the border between Azerbaijan and Iran at Astara on March 3, hauled by a GE LKZ TE33A Evolution diesel locomotive

ASIA: The first test train ran across the recently-completed bridge over the River Astarachay which forms the border between Azerbaijan and Iran at Astara on March 3, hauled by a GE/LKZ TE33A Evolution diesel locomotive.

Construction of the cross-border link was approved by Azerbiajan’s President Ilham Aliyev on December 7 2015, and a groundbreaking ceremony was held on April 20 2016. The project includes the 82·5 m long, 8·0 m high and 11·8 m wide bridge, plus 16 track-km of new 1 520 mm gauge track. The 8·3 km single-track extension of the ADY network to the border has now been completed, while on the Iranian side the first 650 m has been completed of the 1·4 km route to the site of the future ​​35 ha freight transhipment terminal.