Iran Rail News
October 28, 2020 18:29
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October 28,2020Tehran Municipality’s investment organization will inject non-cash resources worth 22 trillion rials ($76.65 million) to boost the construction of Tehran Metro’s Line 10. Shokrollah Banar, the... -
October 12,2020Iran’s Wagon Pars Company, a manufacturer of rolling stock, has manufactured 275 freight and passenger wagons since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 20, 234 of which have already... -
October 12,2020Iran and Afghanistan will be connected through the Khaf-Herat railroad next month, according to the minister of roads and urban development. “The rail route between Iran and Afghanistan has been... -
September 28,2020Plans for development and expansion of subway networks in Iranian cities of Ahvaz and Shiraz are gaining momentum. The municipality of Ahvaz, the provincial center of Khuzestan, has forged an... -
September 23,2020Amid the third wave of Covid-19 infections in Iran, the number of subway passengers has recently risen by 10% and made the bad situation worse, Tehran Metro’s CEO said. -
September 14,2020The development of public transportation has been high on Tehran urban managers’ agenda, for which the capital launched the construction of the subway’s Line 10 last week. According to Tehran... -
September 11,2020Raja Passenger Train Company has launched a five-star train called “Zendegi (Life)” between Rasht, the capital city of Gilan Province, and Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan Razavi Province, with the... -
September 09,2020A total of 70 domestically-made and overhauled rolling stock worth 73 billion rials ($2.88 million) recently joined Iran’s rail fleet. The additions included newly-manufactured 59 freight and 2... -
September 05,2020Providing people with decent public transportation services is of high importance worldwide and there is much room for improvement in Iranian cities. Plans are on track in cities like Ahvaz,... -
August 16,2020The railroad project connecting the central province of Yazd to Fars Province in southwest Iran will come on stream by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2021), a deputy minister of... -
August 08,2020Chabahar Port and Afghanistan have signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to expand cooperation in transportation, transit, investment and logistics. “Based on the MoU, the Afghan... -
August 01,2020The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the Iranian rail sector. -
July 28,2020Khaf-Herat railroad project is scheduled to be launched this autumn (Sept. 22-Dec. 20), says the deputy head of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company, affiliated... -
July 27,2020The first successful TIR pilot operation involved land freight transportation from Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern Hormozgan Province to Kyrgyzstan via Afghanistan and Tajikistan—the so-called... -
July 20,2020The unfinished subway network in the capital city of Tehran needs 2 quadrillion rials ($8.1 billion) of budget for the construction of unfinished lines, purchase of train cars and standardization... -
July 15,2020The number of Covid-19 infections in the capital city of Tehran has hit an emergency level in the past several days, while a large number of residents commute to work using public means of... -
July 01,2020A total of 65 domestically-made and overhauled rolling stock worth 1.56 trillion rials ($7.6 million) joined Iran’s rail fleet on June 30. The event was attended by Minister of Roads and Urban... -
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June 19,2020The second track of Karaj-Qazvin Railroad was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani on June 18 via videoconferencing.
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June 15,2020Tehran Municipality is pushing forward the expansion of the capital’s subway system, with officials saying that economic headwinds and Covid-19 should not be a pretext for halting the initiative.... -
June 13,2020The resumption of traffic schemes in Tehran as of last week has reduced traffic congestion in the city’s thoroughfares, but it is increasing passenger density in subway trains, heightening concerns... -
June 13,2020A total of 41,535 tons of goods were exported through Astara border rail terminal during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 20-May 20), to register a 178% growth compared with... -
June 09,2020The government is offering a total of 9.4 trillion rials (53.4 million) as low interest loans (12%) to rail passenger transportation companies to help them get back on their feet after they... -
June 08,2020The outbreak of Covid-19 in Iran since mid-February has saddled Tehran Metro Company with a massive loss of 2 trillion rials ($11.2 million), the head of the company said. -
June 06,2020Traffic schemes in Tehran resumed as of Saturday, pushing more people toward using public transportation and increasing the spread of coronavirus. Many experts have cautioned that the observation...
