Construction of Yazd- Eqlid railway with length of 271 Km commenced in 2011. The main goals of the project are to connect Yazd province to Fars province, to complete two industrial and mining centers, and to reduce the length of Shiraz-Mashad railway by 310 Km. The capacity of the axis over 20 years is 7 million tons of cargo and 3 million passengers. The project consultant is Iran Oston Consulting Engineers.