Iran Rail News
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November 11,2019The 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 President... -
November 02,2019Hashtgerd 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 Alborz...
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October 23,2019The 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. Unlike the capital city of...
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October 09,2019The 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....
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September 28,2019On the eastern flank of Tehran subway's unfinished Line 6, Imam Hussein (PBUH) junction station was inaugurated on Saturday.
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September 22,2019Esfahan 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 event was...
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September 20,2019The 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...
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September 18,2019Providing 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...
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September 07,2019In 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....
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September 04,2019Leader 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 Chabahar...
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September 03,2019A 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 of...
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September 02,2019Urban 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 Morteza...
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August 28,2019After 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 at...
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August 26,2019Negotiations 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 head...
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August 21,2019Two 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...
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August 10,2019Passenger 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 of...
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August 10,2019The 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 operating...
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August 05,2019Tehran 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. After the...
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July 28,2019Passenger train services will resume on Tehran-Ankara route from Aug. 7 on a regular weekly basis, the deputy head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said.
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July 15,2019Endeavors 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 of...
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July 12,2019By 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 should...
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July 10,2019Topographic 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...
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July 03,2019To develop Tehran’s subway network, a multilateral contract has been signed to involve domestic knowledge-based companies in the production of rolling stock. Early this week, a deal was signed by...
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June 24,2019Private 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 director...
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June 24,2019A 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.
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