Final UN annex distinguishes bridge damage levels in the railway inventory

Iran’s single-track railway network grew from 4,570 kilometres in 1980 to 4,834 in 1988, the annex reported. Annual passengers rose from five million to 6.8 million; national growth coexisted with...

Iranian Railways carried 5.7 million tonnes of freight in 1980 and 12.5 million in 1988, the annex reported. Growth in national traffic did not establish that war-damaged lines and stations had...

Between 1980 and 1988, freight wagons increased from 12,150 to 13,312, passenger coaches from 760 to 925, and locomotives from 418 to 531. These national inventories are distinct from counts of...

Iran’s railway loss inventory listed 150 kilometres of lines as 100 percent damaged. The annex presented this government-reported physical measure separately from partial damage to buildings,...

The railway inventory listed 118,569 square metres of buildings with damage ranging from 20 to 100 percent. This was affected floor area across different damage levels, not an assertion that all...

The railway inventory listed communications and signalling damage of 100 percent over 120 kilometres, 55 percent over 107 kilometres, and 15 percent over 146 kilometres. These system measures differ...

Reported railway electrical-equipment and network damage was 100 percent over 120 kilometres, 45 percent over 107 kilometres, and 20 percent over 146 kilometres. Its damage grades differ from those...

Iran listed 956 wagons damaged by 35–85 percent and 21 locomotives by 30–75 percent. The mission could not verify exact destroyed-equipment counts because damaged rolling stock had been cleared from...

Damage to the Qotur bridge near Turkey closed a major railway goods route to and from Turkey for several months, the annex reported. This trade interruption is distinct from the later inspection of...

Roads carried about 85 percent of domestic freight, the annex reported. Iran had over 2,000 road-transport companies, fewer than six percent government-owned, making road recovery central to goods...