Tehran Municipality plans to build 4 new subway lines

TEHRAN – Tehran Municipality plans to construct four new subway lines in the capital after putting all the under-construction lines on operation, Mohsen Pourseyyed Aqaei, deputy mayor for traffic and transport affairs has said.

Tehran metro line 6 partially inaugurated

TEHRAN – Tehran metro line 6 partially opened on Sunday morning during a ceremony with President Hassan Rouhani in attendance.

Tehran subway line 7 partially inaugurated 

TEHRAN — Tehran subway line 7, connecting southeastern Tehran to northwestern parts of the city, was partially inaugurated on Saturday morning, Tasnim news agency reported.

$1.5b needed to complete 2 metro lines in Tehran

TEHRAN – A budget of 60 trillion rials (about $1.5 billion) required to complete two metro lines of 6 and 7, stretching to 70 kilometers in the capital, Tehran City Council member has stated.

Six metro stations to be inaugurated within month

TEHRAN – Six new stations in lines 6 and 7 of Tehran subway will be inaugurated by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), director for Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation Company has announced.

16,000 clunker buses running in transport fleet nationwide

TEHRAN – Some 22,000 busses are operating in the country’s public transport fleet, 16,000 of which are clunkers, accounting for 70 percent of the volume of bus transport system, deputy interior minister for urban and rural development has said.

Tehran metro delivers 730 million rides annually

TEHRAN – The underground transport system stretching to 170 kilometers in the metropolis of Tehran is delivering over 730 million rides each year, Mehdi Jamalinejad, deputy interior minister, has announced.

2 subway lines to become partially operational: Tehran councilor 

TEHRAN — Subway lines 6 and 7 of Tehran will become partially operational by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2019), councilor Ali Krooni has said.

Studies on launching Iran’s first tram started

TEHRAN – An appraisal study on the country’s first tram, to be established in the northern city of Rasht, has been started, an official with the municipalities and village administrations has announced.

Tehran metro to soon face car shortages

TEHRAN – Although currently some 121 trains are running in the capital’s subway system, it will soon face lack of cars with inauguration of new lines being under construction, head of construction and transportation commission of Tehran City Council has said.

University of Tehran’s Jahad Daneshgahi to manufacture subway equipment

TEHRAN — Jahad Daneshgahi, the University of Tehran's academic center for education, culture and research, will domestically produce equipment for developing subways, deputy mayor of Tehran for traffic and transport affairs has said.

By Kim Wookjin, Iran expert at KOTRA Tehran office

Learning about Iran: A supreme pleasure

TEHRAN - It has been already five years since I first step onto very unfamiliar land, Iran. Back in August, 2013, I began my governmental service in the Islamic Republic of Iran. I did not know anything about Iran then. It was literally ‘the unknown world’ to me.

Tehran subway line 7 partially reopens

TEHRAN — Tehran subway line 7 was partially reopened on Sunday, ISNA news agency reported.

Mayor seeks govt., parliament’s financial support to manage Tehran

TEHRAN — Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Afshani has urged the Rouhani administration and Majlis (parliament) to mobilize more financial support for urban management in the capital, IRNA reported on Thursday.

Tehran subway short of 10,000 cars: councilor

TEHRAN — Tehran subway is short of some 10,000 cars in order to be fully operational, councilor Mohammad Alikhani has said.

Tehran plans to increase metro ridership to 5 million by March 2019

TEHRAN — In an effort to reduce air pollution in the metropolis of Tehran, the municipality is planning on increasing the subway ridership by the end of the current Iranian calendar year falling on March 20, 2019.

Tehran metro short of 1,300 cars: mayor

TEHRAN — The Tehran metro is experiencing overcrowding as it is short of some 1,300 cars, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi said.

Tehran metro ranks 25 among world’s busiest subways

TEHRAN – With an annual ridership of 459 million, Tehran metro has attained the rank of 25 among busiest subway systems in the world.

Plans to reinforce Tehran’s subway fleet underway

TEHRAN – Supplying Tehran’s underground transport fleet with 1,000 new subway cars is underway for the next Iranian calendar year 1397 (March 2018-March 2019), the head of Tehran’s Planning and Budget Organization has said.

‘Tehran metro can resist magnitude 8 earthquake’

TEHRAN – Tehran metro can endure earthquakes measuring up to 8 on the Richter scale, director of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operations Company said.

Tehran metro among ITA Tunneling Awards finalists

TEHRAN —Tehran metro line 6 is among the four finalists at International Tunneling and Underground Space Association (ITA) Tunneling Awards 2017 in the category of ‘major project of the year’.