New Subway Station Opened

The new Hossein Abad subway station located on Tehran Metro Line 3 (between Heravi and Nobonyad stations in district four of Tehran Municipality) was inaugurated on Monday. According to Tehran Urban and Suburban Railways Organization a total of 16 escalators have been installed at this station, Alef News Agency reported. In all, 116 subway stations have been constructed by the organization so far. Tehran Metro carries more than 3 million passengers a day.  At present, the subway system comprises five operational lines (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 – line 3 is not fully completed). Lines 6 and 7 are currently under construction.