Rail connections to and from Herat were proposed many times, during The Great Game of the 19th century and again in the 1970s and 1980s, but nothing came to life. In February 2002, Iran and the Asian Development BankKhaf-Herat railway, http://www.raillynews.com/2013/khaf-herat-railway/ afghanistan railways, 2014, http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/railways/iran-to-herat/ announced funding for a railway connecting Torbat-e Heydarieh in Iran to Herat. This was later changed to begin in Khaf in Iran, a railway for both cargo and passengers, with work on the Iranian side of the border starting in 2006.Opening up Afghan trade route to Iran Railway Gazette International 2008-01-29 Construction is underway in the Afghan side and it was estimated to be completed by March 2018. There is also the prospect of an extension across Afghanistan to Sher Khan Bandar.
Rail connections to and from Herat were proposed many times during The Great Game of the 19th century and again in the 1970s and 1980s but nothing came to life In February 2002 Iran and the Asian Development BankKhaf-Herat railway http//wwwraillynewscom/2013/khaf-herat-railway/ afghanistan railways 2014 http//wwwandrewgranthamcouk/afghanistan/railways/iran-to-herat/ announced funding for a railway connecting Torbat-e Heydarieh in Iran to Herat This was later changed to begin in Khaf in Iran a railway for both cargo and passengers with work on the Iranian side of the border starting in 2006Opening up Afghan trade route to Iran Railway Gazette International 2008-01-29 Construction is underway in the Afghan side and it was estimated to be completed by March 2018 There is also the prospect of an extension across Afghanistan to Sher Khan Bandar