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October 09,2021
The development of high-speed, decent transportation has gained traction with the allocation of funds for projects in the holy cities of Mashhad and Qom.
The government recently allocated 19...
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September 24,2021
The subway project of Tabriz, the provincial center of East Azarbaijan, has received 7 trillion rials ($25.4 million) in new funding in the current Iranian year (started March 21), as the...
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September 19,2021
Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company is renovating subway trains to quickly optimize the environmentally friendly mode of transportation before the likely opening of schools in October....
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August 24,2021
Authorities in Tehran are working hard to overcome obstacles in the way of subway construction to provide people with a more efficient and environmentally friendly mode of transit.
On Tuesday,...
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August 08,2021
Trains operated on the Tehran-Tabriz-Sharafkhaneh-Salmas route and back as of August 7, according to the director general of Azarbaijan Region’s Railway Organization.
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August 06,2021
Yazd-Eqlid railroad, a missing link from a triangle connecting three major tourist attractions of Isfahan, Yazd and Fars provinces, recently came on stream.
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July 26,2021
Tehran Metro’s extension to Eslamshahr, a working district in the southwest, requires 13 trillion rials ($52 million), one of the county’s municipal officials said.
According to Reza Qasemi, 3.6...
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July 12,2021
The subway network in the capital city of Tehran will have at least eight more stations by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2022), the head of Tehran Metro Company said.
Ali Emam added...
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June 19,2021
Two subway stations in Line 6 and 7 of Tehran Metro were inaugurated on Thursday to speed up the development of traffic-free, green means of transportation.
The stations were inaugurated by...
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May 30,2021
Railroad officials in President Hassan Rouhani’s two-term government pursued rail infrastructure development as one of their main priorities from the onset.
Railroads have expanded from 10,223...
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May 26,2021
The semi-complete Phase 1 of Line 2 subway project of Karaj, the provincial capital of Alborz, requires 4.9 trillion rials ($21.6 million).
According to a worksheet published by Karaj Urban and...
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May 21,2021
The construction of a 32-kilometer-long Shalamcheh-Basra railroad, which will connect Iran and Iraq, is to start within a month using Iranian private sector investments, according to the deputy...
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May 17,2021
A rail track-laying crane and its dual-purpose carrier, which can be used on both railroads and roads, have been manufactured for the first time in Iran by Paya Saman Pars Company, a subsidiary of...
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May 15,2021
The first phase of Tehran Metro’s Line 10, which runs across the western part of the capital city, needs 97 trillion rials ($429.2 million), the CEO of Tehran Metro Company said.
During a...
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May 08,2021
The government plans to complete the construction of five rail projects, all of which have so far had more than 50% progress, by the end of its term in August, according to a report released by the...
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April 23,2021
Iran’s rail freight transportation grew by 29% in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2021) compared with the year before, despite border closures during the first four months of the Covid-19...
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April 21,2021
Although US sanctions hampered Iran’s subway development plans, Tehran’s urban managers tapped into local potentials to accelerate its subway network expansion.
The sanctions disrupted relations...
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April 12,2021
The 41-kilometer railroad connecting Gilan Province’s capital, Rasht, to the port city of Anzali has made 63% and 13% progress in infrastructure and superstructure respectively, which is estimated...
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April 03,2021
China plans to invest in Iran’s subway development plans as per the 25-year cooperation deal recently signed between the two countries.
Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said China is to help Iran...
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March 17,2021
The state-backed Iran National Innovation Fund plans to lend 600 billion rials ($2.4 million) to local tech and knowledge-based businesses to accelerate the indigenization of subway trains and...
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February 27,2021
In line with the country’s policy of promoting eco-friendly public transportation, metropolises such as Tabriz and Isfahan are expanding subway connectivity.
Late last week, urban officials in...
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February 15,2021
Seven stations in Tehran’s subway network will become operational next month, the head of Tehran Metro Company said.
Visiting subway construction sites on Saturday, Ali Emam added that after the...
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January 26,2021
Iran’s High Council of Transportation has approved a 25% hike in train fares as of Jan. 20 due to the decline in the number of passengers per train following measures to curb Covid-19 transmission...
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January 26,2021
Afghanistan’s first passenger train to Iran will start operating in the next Iranian year (starting March 20), according to the head of Afghanistan’s Railway Authority.
“This project is among ARA’...
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January 19,2021
Iran and Turkey have signed three documents for maximizing the capacity of freight and passenger rail transportation, Managing Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Saeed Rasouli said...
October 09,2021The development of high-speed, decent transportation has gained traction with the allocation of funds for projects in the holy cities of Mashhad and Qom. The government recently allocated 19...
