Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 26, 1996

At half past seven in the morning, Mr. [Akbar] Turkan, [Minister of Roads and Transport] came to the railway company for the simultaneous opening ceremony of 26 construction and railway projects. On the way, he gave good explanations about the railway situation and plans. We went to the area of ​​Tehran railway station. I haven't gone yet; It is very wide. It was in disarray and recently it has been reconstructed and is in a good shape.

We visited wagons and locomotives repair shops. I have a lot of information. They rebuild old and defective units. If all are rebuilt, a good capacity is obtained. We have hundreds of locomotives out of service and thousands of worn-out wagons. Then we visited the signaling exhibition hall. With the participation of a German company and the private sector of Iran [=Maharan company], they are building something that will save us from dependence.

Then we opened the new two-track lines "Tehran-Pishva" and "Tehran-Islamshahr". In the large hall, they gave explanations about the development of the station buildings, which will increase five thousand square meters to 50 thousand square meters; With hotel, guest house and parking lot. In the gathering of the employees, Mr. Turkan gave the report of 26 projects, including 14 reconstructed stations and fiber optic projects and new lines and increasing the speed of the locomotive, with seven billion Tomans [Rial budget] and thirty million dollars [foreign currency budget]. I gave the third degree [service] badge to Mr. [Sadegh] Afshar, [CEO of the railway company] and I spoke about the importance of the development of the railway line after the start of the "Sarkhos-Mashhad" railway to the world and appreciated the services of the Ministry of Roads and Transport. I gave an interview to the radio station and we knocked the hotel down.

I returned to the office. Expediency Council had a meeting. We came to two orders and considered both of them outside the scope of work of the assembly. I broke my tooth last night at dinner. This evening, I went to Jihad [Construction] Dentistry. Saeed [Lahoti] and Dr. Farahani filled two teeth. They also charged. I came home Chastity has gone to Bam city. The children came. We ate sandwiches for dinner.