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The Trans-Iranian Railway: 1,394 km from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea, built 1927-38 and paid for by a tax on tea and sugar.
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After American and German firms built the first stretches, the Danish company Kampsax took over the Trans-Iranian Railway in 1933, split the work into 43 lots and finished ahead of schedule. The line opened on 26 August 1938.
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The Trans-Iranian Railway crosses the Alborz and Zagros mountains with more than 4,000 bridges and over 200 tunnels. UNESCO inscribed the original route on the World Heritage List in 2021.
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