2 8 ALMATY ALMATY NNP 8 9 . . . 10 15 March March NNP 16 18 14 14 CD 19 20 ( ( ( 20 39 Interfax-Kazakhstan Interfax-Kazakhstan NNP 39 40 ) ) ) 41 42 - - HYPH 43 44 A a NN 45 53 railroad railroad NN 54 58 link link NN 59 65 opened open VBD 66 73 between between IN 74 80 Almaty Almaty NNP 81 84 and and CC 85 91 Tehran Tehran NNP 92 96 when when WRB 97 102 train train NN 103 106 No. no. NN 107 112 19/20 19/20 CD 113 119 Almaty Almaty NNP 120 121 - - HYPH 122 130 Tashkent Tashkent NNP 131 132 - - HYPH 133 144 Turkmenabad Turkmenabad NNP 145 146 - - HYPH 147 153 Seraks Seraks NNP 154 155 - - HYPH 156 163 Meshked meshke VBN 164 165 - - HYPH 166 172 Tehran Tehran NNP 173 181 departed depart VBN 182 186 from from IN 187 195 Almaty-2 almaty-2 NN 196 203 station station NN 204 206 on on IN 207 215 Thursday Thursday NNP 216 223 evening evening NN 223 224 . . . 225 227 In in IN 228 232 line line NN 233 237 with with IN 238 239 a a DT 240 250 memorandum memorandum NN 251 257 signed sign VBN 258 260 by by IN 261 264 the the DT 265 272 Iranian Iranian NNP 272 273 , , , 274 280 Kazakh Kazakh NNP 280 281 , , , 282 288 Kyrgyz Kyrgyz NNP 288 289 , , , 290 295 Tajik Tajik NNP 295 296 , , , 297 304 Turkish Turkish NNP 304 305 , , , 306 313 Turkmen Turkmen NNP 314 317 and and CC 318 323 Uzbek Uzbek NNP 324 332 railroad railroad NN 333 348 administrations administration NNS 349 351 in in IN 352 356 Baku Baku NNP 357 359 on on IN 360 367 October October NNP 368 370 31 31 CD 370 371 , , , 372 376 2001 2001 CD 376 377 , , , 378 381 the the DT 382 386 link link NN 387 391 will will MD 392 394 be be VB 395 403 extended extend VBN 404 406 to to TO 407 415 Istanbul Istanbul NNP 416 420 when when WRB 421 422 a a DT 423 431 railroad railroad NN 432 434 is be VBZ 435 440 built build VBN 441 447 around around IN 448 452 Lake Lake NNP 453 456 Van Van NNP 456 457 . . . 458 461 The the DT 462 467 train train NN 468 472 will will MD 473 478 cover cover VB 479 482 the the DT 483 498 3,300-kilometer 3,300-kilometer JJ 499 504 route route NN 505 507 to to TO 508 514 Tehran Tehran NNP 515 522 through through IN 523 533 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan NNP 533 534 , , , 535 545 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan NNP 545 546 , , , 547 559 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NNP 560 563 and and CC 564 568 Iran Iran NNP 569 571 in in IN 572 574 68 68 CD 575 580 hours hour NNS 580 581 . . . 582 586 Both both DT 587 595 tourists tourist NNS 596 599 and and CC 600 611 businessmen businessman NNS 612 615 are be VBP 616 622 likely likely JJ 623 625 to to TO 626 629 use use VB 630 633 the the DT 634 639 route route NN 639 640 , , , 641 644 the the DT 645 651 Kazakh Kazakh NNP 652 660 Railroad Railroad NNP 661 668 Company Company NNP 669 677 believes believe VBZ 677 678 . . .