Iran Rail News

The 132-km-long Mianeh-Bostanabad railroad, part of a bigger Mianeh-Tabriz rail project connecting East Azarbaijan Province to the national rail network, is scheduled to be inaugurated by…

Hashtgerd Metro Station, an extension of Tehran-Karaj intercity subway’s Line 5, is to be launched in two weeks.  The line currently connects Sadeqieh Square in Tehran to Golshahr in…

The development of subway networks has been touted as a priority by the urban managers of Iranian megacities. However, expansion plans are crawling in Karaj and Qom.

The western flank of the under construction subway in Karaj, Alborz Province, going up to Hashtgerd New Town is almost complete and ready for undergoing final tests, a deputy roads minister says…

On the eastern flank of Tehran subway's unfinished Line 6, Imam Hussein (PBUH) junction station was inaugurated on Saturday. Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi inaugurated the station, saying the move…

Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) has handed over the first batch of domestically produced 60E1 (UIC60) rails to the Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company.

The Cabinet has decided to allocate €300 million needed to complete the railroad project connecting the southeastern port city of Chabahar to the eastern city of Zahedan near the border with…

Providing people with decent public transportation services is of high importance for cities worldwide and there is much room for improvement in Iran. The initiatives of urban managers of…

In an ambitious initiative to provide Tehran’s residents with extensive and decent transportation services, four new lines have been designed for expanding the capital city’s subway network.

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has authorized the government to withdraw funds needed to complete the railroad project connecting the southeastern port city of…

A total of 213 domestically-made rolling stock worth 36,625 billion rials ($322 million) joined Iran's railroad network during a ceremony attended by Roads Minister Mohammad Eslami and the head…

Urban managers of Qom say that in the next Iranian year (starting March 20, 2020) the holy city’s subway network will partially become operational. Speaking to Borna News, Qom Mayor Seyyed…

After the official launch of two new stations in Tehran Metro’s Line 7 early this week, urban managers assured the citizens of swift progress in the expansion of Tehran subway network. Speaking…

Negotiations are underway between the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways and the State Railways of the Republic of Turkey (TCDD) for launching passenger trains between Tehran and Istanbul, the…

Two more stations along the eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 came on stream on Wednesday, CEO of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company announced. Ali Emam added that Basij and…

The western flank of Line 2 of the urban subway system in the shrine city of Mashhad in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province was launched late last week to further expand the already…

Passenger train services resumed between Iran and Turkey's capital cities, Tehran and Ankara, respectively, at 9:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday after Saeed Rasouli, the head of Islamic Republic…

Tehran City Council has ratified the issuance of participatory bonds worth 300 trillion rials ($2.4 billion) by the municipality to finance the expansion of the capital’s subway network.

Endeavors to expand Tehran subway have led to new developments in the southern and southeastern parts of the network. According to Ali Emam, Tehran Metro's CEO, the Rah-Ahan Station on Line 3…

By Mohsen Sadeqi’s reckoning, who is in charge of the Economic Evaluation Office at the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, future investments in railroad development projects in Iran…

Topographic studies have been started to link the capital’s satellite city of Pardis to Tehran’s subway network, the governor of Pardis said. According to Abdolazim Rezaei, Tehran-Pardis subway…

To develop Tehran’s subway network, a multilateral contract has been signed to involve domestic knowledge-based companies in the production of rolling stock. 

Private investors have expressed willingness to fund the extension of Tehran Metro to District 22 in the western flank of the capital. Early this week, Mohsen Pourseyyed-Aqaei, managing…

A passenger train resumed a weekly service on Tehran-Tabriz-Van Railroad at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, after it was suspended for nearly four years. Mohammad Rajabi, the head of Raja Rail…

Iran and Turkey plan to resume two train services later this month. “Services will resume between Tehran and Turkey’s eastern city of Van on June 25 and between Tehran and Ankara on June 27,”…