mainly in the winter and autumn months. Transportation Sarahs is a crossing point on the Iranian-Turkmen border and the place where bogies must be changed on the freight railway line from Tejen to Mashhad in Iran, which was opened in 1996. The passenger connection between Sarahs and Ashgabat is also operated. The airport at Sarahs is out of service. See also Railway stations in Turkmenistan References Populated places in Ahal Region Transcaspian Oblast Oases of Turkmenistan Iran–Turkmenistan border crossings