Iran Rail News

Iran is now self-sufficient in the production of railroad switches, the managing director of Iran Rail Industries Development Company said. Kazem Taherzadeh was speaking in a press conference…

Tehran’s subway network is to expand in four new directions after the under-construction lines are completed, a municipal authority said.

The completion of lines 6 and 7 of Tehran’s subway network will cost 67 trillion rials ($478 million), CEO of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company says. In a talk with YJC, Ali Emam added…

Iran became a permanent member of the Council for Rail Transport of the Commonwealth of Independent States during the council’s 70th meeting held in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, on May 14-15…

The eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 will become operational in the current Iranian year (started March 21), CEO of Tehran Metro Group says.

An under-construction subway line in Alborz Province, west of Tehran, will reach the province's western flank at Hashtgerd New Town in a few months, a deputy roads minister said. 

Passenger rail services between the capital cities of Iran and Turkey are set to resume in July, the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways announced. Saeid Rasouli made the announcement…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways will join the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration to carry out a rail-port transportation drill…

Preliminary studies for the metro project in Hamedan Province will start as soon as funds are made available, a Hamedan lawmaker said. According to Amir Khojasteh, feasibility studies will…

Iranian rolling stock manufacturer, Wagon Pars Company, built 290 freight and seven passenger wagons in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19) at a cost of 812 billion rials ($6 million), the…

Tehran Metro Line 6 opened partially on Sunday in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani and Mayor Pirouz Hanachi.

Visiting Shiraz, the gateway to the world famous Persepolis, and capital of Fars Province in southwest Iran, which is home to unique historical heritage, travelers can take the subway for easy…

A passenger rail service connecting the capital city Tehran to Hamedan started on Wednesday.

The cargo train between Pakistan and Iran has resumed services after a suspension of one week due to flash floods in Chagai District. According to Pakistan Railways sources, the train service…

The long-awaited Qazvin-Rasht railroad project was officially inaugurated by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday in the northern city of Rasht, Gilan Province.

A train…

The railroad linking the two Iranian cities of Qazvin and Rasht is expected to be inaugurated today (March 6) in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani.

The Seventh International North-South Transport Corridor's Coordination Council Meeting and the eighth meeting of Expert Groups convened in Tehran on Monday. 

Construction of Sirjan-Kerman Railroad kicked off on Monday. The project will cost 889 billion rials ($7 million) and take 30 months to complete, the CEO of Golgohar Mining and Industrial…

Tehran subway network will expand to the city of Parand in Robat Karim county, southwest of the capital. In 2016, in a bid to provide subway access to the southwestern areas of the province, a…

A total of 231,000 tons of commodities were exported to Central Asian countries via rail from Sarakhs Border Crossing in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province during the first 10 months of…

More than a decade after the subway construction plan in Alborz Province was announced, municipal bodies have stopped promising ambitious dates for its conclusion. A member of Karaj City…

RAJA Rail Transportation Company will resume its high-speed train services as of Jan. 16. The resumption comes as CEO of the company, Mohammad Rajabi, announced last week that RAJA had stopped…

Heavy expenses have prompted RAJA Rail Transportation Company to ground its high-speed trains as of Jan. 5, the CEO of the company said. Mohammad Rajabi also warned that suburban trains are…

The contract between South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem and the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways for the production of suburban railbus wagons has not been terminated and is still in place. 

Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance trade relations and improve rail connectivity. The understanding came at the 10th round of Pakistan-Iran Political Consultations in Islamabad, Daily…