Iran Rail News
January 19, 2021 20:07
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January 19,2021Iran 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... -
January 18,2021Tehran’s subway network requires 20 trillion rials ($88.49 million) to launch 10 stations in three lines, the CEO of Tehran Metro Company said. Ali Emam added that the construction of these... -
January 12,2021The parliaments of Afghanistan and Iran have approved an agreement on the international rail link that will pave the way for a new railroad border between the two neighboring states. Abdul Bari... -
December 26,2020The subway system in Karaj, the provincial center of Alborz Province, will start partial operation in six months, the chief of Tehran City Council said. Mohsen Hashemi added that 90% of the first... -
December 16,2020Urban 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... -
December 15,2020With the manufacture of rail monoblock wheels and wagon breaks by local companies, Iran became 100% self-sufficient in producing cargo wagons, according to the minister of roads and urban... -
December 11,2020The railroad connecting Iran and Afghanistan was inaugurated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday via videoconference. “Today marks an... -
December 06,2020The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development plans to inaugurate seven rail projects stretching 1,443 kilometers across the country by the end of next Iranian year (March 2022). According to Abbas... -
December 05,2020The share of Iran’s railroads in land transit reached 30% during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21), showing a 220% increase compared with last year, according to the... -
November 30,2020Over a third of wagons in Tehran’s subway system needs to be overhauled, otherwise their technical faults might disrupt operations sooner or later, an official with Tehran Municipality said.... -
November 22,2020The expansion of the Iranian capital city’s subway network is a challenging task for urban managers, who are struggling to secure financial resources to accomplish the same. According to Ali Emam... -
November 15,2020A subway development project in Karaj, the central city of Alborz Province, is in progress and two stations will be launched by the end of the current fiscal year (March 2021). According to Ali... -
November 14,2020A clinker transportation rail line was recently launched in the southern Khuzestan Province’s Shalamcheh border checkpoint. “Through this rail line, we expect clinker exports from Arvand to reach... -
November 14,2020A total of 122 domestically-made and overhauled rolling stock worth 3.66 trillion rials ($13.28 million) joined Iran’s rail fleet on Wednesday, during a ceremony attended by Minister of Roads and... -
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 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... -
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... -
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...
