Shiraz, Tehran Accelerating Subway Expansion Projects

Urban managers are rushing ahead with plans to push the development of subway lines of Shiraz and the Iranian capital Tehran, to improve mobility options and curb air pollution.
In Shiraz, the provincial center of Fars, five stations of the unfinished metro Line 2 are expected to become operational by the beginning of the next Iranian year (March 2021), the city’s mayor said.
According to Heydar Eskandarpour, the first station, Qahramanan, in the line’s southern flank, as well as the subsequent Adelabad, Dolat and Amir Kabir stations are near completion for launch, IRNA reported.
“By reaching the operational Imam Hossein Station in northern Shiraz, the 10-km line will soon link the south to the north of Shiraz,” he said.
Eskandarpour noted that a team of experts regularly visits the construction sites to ensure the quality of work.
The first and only operational stop on Line 2, which links up with the working Line 1, has a buildup area of 2,540 square meters with a 1,500 square-meter yard.
Its initial phase was launched in February 2019 and the second part was completed in late September.