HC Deb 20 March 1885 vol 296 c53
MR. ONSLOW

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he could not obtain reliable information from our Minister at Teheran as to how far the Railway from the Caspian to Sarakhs has been completed; and, how soon it is probable that the whole line will be made?

LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

Her Majesty's Minister at Teheran has informed Her Majesty's Government that the railway, as I stated on Tuesday, is being pushed on to Askabad, and that his correspondents on the frontier report that it is not open beyond Kizil Arvat, the point up to which I some time ago informed the House it was finished. I have, however, seen other statements to the effect that it was open to Bami.