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Regular train services between Pakistan-Turkey to start in August

10 February 2010 [18:32] - TODAY.AZ
Regular train services between Pakistan and Turkey will begin in August, Karachi chamber of commerce has said.

A statement by the chamber said that freight train services between Pakistan and Turkey would cover 6,800 km and trains would reach Turkey via Iran in 11 days.

The first international freight train service took place from Rawalpindi, Pakistan to Istanbul on August 14, 2009 to boost economic relations between the two countries.

/World Bulletin/
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