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2021-04-09 19:13
National subway train unveiled
TEHRAN – The first domestically-manufactured subway train was unveiled on Thursday with President Hassan Rouhni in attendance, IRIB reported.
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2019-09-25 13:28
Tehran metro hosts 13,000 cyclists in 10 months
TEHRAN – Some 13,000 bike riders used the metro since last year on the Iranian calendar month of Azar (November 22 to December 21, 2018), according to Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation Company.
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2019-09-03 22:02
Old buses to reach 15,000 within 6 months
TEHRAN – There are currently 22,000 buses running in the country’s transport fleet, 15,000 of which will turn over 10 years old by the end of this year (March 2020), Hossein Rajab Salahi, an official with the Ministry of Interior has said.
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2019-07-15 20:24
2 metro stations in Tehran to become operational
TEHRAN – Two subway stations in line 7 of Tehran underground transport system will become operational by the end of the next Iranian calendar month (August 22), Ali Emam, the CEO of Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Operation Company, has said.
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2019-06-22 18:02
70 imported metro cars to join transport fleet soon
TEHRAN – Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi announced that some 70 new metro cars have been imported to the country which will soon join operational metro lines, Tasnim reported on Saturday.
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2019-06-01 20:18
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.
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2019-04-07 11:54
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.
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2019-03-16 21:46
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.
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2019-02-21 01:58
$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.
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2019-02-20 10:37
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.
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2019-02-19 09:37
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.
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2019-01-13 22:33
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.
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2018-12-25 21:33
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.
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2018-12-11 22:43
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.
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2018-12-05 10:14
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.
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2018-10-16 19:57
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.
