[1] The train connects Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul by covering 6,500 kilometers or 4,040 miles in 15 days.

The main obstacle in project is the poor railway infrastructure between Quetta and Taftan in Pakistan.

[2] The 10th edition of the joint meetup of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) held in Istanbul national railways of Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan have mutually agreed to resume regular operations after a meeting Turkey’s Transport Minister, Adil Karaismailoğlu, informed all requirements for the railway triad have been fulfilled.

[3][4][5] The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Freight Train Project, which was implemented between Turkey, Iran and Pakistan in 2009 and stopped in 2011, was restarted with the train departing from Islamabad on 21 December 2021.

[6] The train reached Ankara with a load of 150 tonnes of pink salt on 4 January, 14 days later.