Qasr-e Shirin - Transportation

Transportation

Qasr e shirin is located on one of the most important routes in Iran. Road 48 (Iran) passes through Qasr e shirin and ends in Khosravi, which is part of Karbala Freeway.

Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists go to visit Iraqi Kurdistan through Parwiz border point border terminal located north of the city.

Most of the residents travel by car through the system of roads and highways. There are many private travel agencies called phone-taxi providing inner city and inter city services to travelers.

The city is near a proposed railway route called Rahahan e gharb (Iran west railway) planned to connect Iran to Iraqi railway system and ultimately to the Syrian Mediterranean port city of Latakia. Its construction is due to be completed by 1392 Iranian year through Kermanshah-Khosravi line.

There has also been plans of building a regional airport in the vicinity.

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