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March 06,2021
Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in February 2020, Tehran’s public transportation system has incurred an additional monthly expense of over 1 trillion rials ($3.97 million)...
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February 15,2021
Seven stations in Tehran’s subway network will become operational next month, the head of Tehran Metro Company said.
Visiting subway construction sites on Saturday, Ali Emam added that after the...
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February 13,2021
The scheme to streamline Iran’s public transportation will be launched soon, based on a deal to overhaul age-old buses and taxis in metropolises, a deputy interior minister said.
During a press...
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January 30,2021
The Iranian government has paid loans worth 28.9 trillion rials ($120 million) to transportation companies hurt by the coronavirus as of Jan. 19, an official with the Ministry of Roads and Urban...
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January 09,2021
Tehran Municipality plans to spend 5 trillion rials ($19.53 million) on new buses to bolster the aging public transportation fleet in the capital.
Mahmoud Tarfa, the head of Tehran Bus Company,...
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December 13,2020
Tehran Bus Company and the Industries Ministry have reached an agreement to restore 1,000 dilapidated urban buses under a long-term scheme.
Mahmoud Tarfa, the head of TBC, told reporters that the...
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December 05,2020
The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of “transportation” in the 12-month period ending Nov. 20, which marks the end of the eighth Iranian month, increased by 63.7% compared with the...
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December 05,2020
The 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...
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December 01,2020
A total of 4.95 million passengers travelled via railroad during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21), which shows a 67.5% decline compared with the similar period...
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November 09,2020
Public means of transportation is a hotbed of Covid-19 transmission, especially in major cities like Tehran, and immediate action must be taken before it gets too late, the head of Tehran City...
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October 19,2020
Tehran’s ailing public transportation will soon get a boost with hundreds of new buses and minibuses joining the fleet, Tehran Municipality’s deputy director for traffic and transportation affairs...
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October 17,2020
Economic constraints and Covid-19 have taken a toll on Tehran public transportation, as they push the sector to the verge of bankruptcy, the head of Tehran City Council’s Transportation Commission...
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October 12,2020
With costs of infrastructure development soaring, Tehran City Council has ratified a motion allowing Tehran Municipality to raise 40 trillion rials ($133.30 million) through the issuance of...
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September 30,2020
The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of transportation increased by 51.5% in the 12-month period ending Sept. 21, which marks the end of the sixth Iranian month, compared with the...
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September 26,2020
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in February, the country’s public transportation system has incurred a massive loss of over 20 trillion rials ($68.6 million), an official with...
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September 16,2020
Tehran Municipality has urged the government to pay 40 trillion rials ($148.15 million) for the renewal of public transportation in the capital by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2021...
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September 05,2020
The transportation sector’s recovery from the shock of coronavirus has gathered pace in the past couple of months, a senior official with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said.
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August 10,2020
Iranian urban managers’ struggle to upgrade public transport fleet has been delayed by the country’s sanction-induced and Covid-19 enhanced economic problems.
To address the thorny issue,...
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August 08,2020
The new round of traffic rule waiver in the capital city of Tehran has failed to curb the jostling crowd in the subway, contrary to expectations, Tehran Metro’s CEO said.
According to Farnoush...
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July 25,2020
Tehran Municipality has recently issued participatory bonds worth 15 trillion rials ($68.1 million) to help expand the capital’s public transportation system, the head of Tehran City Council’s...
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July 03,2020
Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Shahram Adamnejad said 35,000 billion rials ($175 million) worth of loans will be allocated to the coronavirus-hit transportation sector (air, rail,...
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June 22,2020
A deal backed by the government worth 10 trillion rials ($51 million) has been signed by Tehran Municipality and Iran Khodro (IKCO) to add 230 buses and minibuses to the capital city’s public...
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May 13,2020
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Iran in February, Tehran's public transportation system has incurred a massive loss of 1.2 trillion rials ($7 million) per month, a Tehran City Council member...
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April 29,2020
The national coronavirus taskforce is planning to make wearing facemasks mandatory in public transportation, including buses and subway, a deputy health minister said.
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April 25,2020
To expand Tehran’s public transportation system, 500 new buses will be added to the operating fleet by the end of May, a member of Tehran City Council said.
Shahrbanou Amani added that the...
March 06,2021Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in February 2020, Tehran’s public transportation system has incurred an additional monthly expense of over 1 trillion rials ($3.97 million)...
