Ahmadi Naqedi said that the company decided to put out of service all the wagons built more than 55 years ago.
He said that according to a new approval, the Islamic Republic of Iran railways has plans to put out of service the wagons with the age of 45 years this year.
Noting that Tehran-Mashad trains will be electricity-powered and the plan is passing its final stages, he said that some 70 electricity-powered locomotives have been allocated to the project.
He said that modernization of the railway is one of the four main priorities of the country.
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