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January 10, 2020 | Fleet

Iran focuses on domestic fleet production

IRANIAN transport and urban development minister, Mr Mohammad Eslami, says Iran Railways (RAI) expects to receive “300 new domestically-manufactured wagons and locomotives” by March 19, the end of the Iranian calendar year.

August 13, 2019 | Metros

Mashhad metro Line 2 extended

THE Iranian city of Mashhad added the 31st station to its metro network on July 27 with the opening of the Shariati - Shahid Kaveh section of Line 2.

August 12, 2019 | Infrastructure

Plans for Iran - Azerbaijan line move forward

PLANS to construct a 167km line along the coast of the Caspian Sea between Rasht, Iran, and Astara, Azerbaijan, have taken a step forward following a meeting between Iran’s minister of roads and urban development, Mr Mohammad Eslami, and Azerbaijan’s minister of economy, Mr Shahin Mustafayev.

August 5, 2019 | Middle East

Iran to complete Chabahar - Zahedan line by end of 2019

THE Iranian government has announced plans to finish construction of the 750km Chabahar - Zahedan line by the end of the year.

June 25, 2019 | Main line

New Iran - Turkey passenger service launched

IRAN’s Raja Passenger Trains Company launched a new passenger service linking Tehran with the Turkish city of Van on June 24.

April 8, 2019 | Metros

Tehran metro Line 6 inaugurated

THE first phase of Tehran metro Line 6 was inaugurated on April 7 in the presence of Iran’s president, Dr Hassan Rouhani, and the city’s mayor, Mr Pirouz Hanachi.

June 25, 2018 | Asia

Iran - Turkey passenger services resume

AFTER a three-year hiatus, passenger services resumed between Tabriz in northwest Iran and Van, Turkey on June 18.

May 11, 2018 | Metros

Iranian president opens Mashhad metro extension

IRANIAN president Dr Hassan Rouhani inaugurated a 2km extension of Mashhad metro Line 2 from Shohada to Shariati on May 7, connecting the city’s two metro lines for the first time.

March 26, 2018 | Asia

Iran inaugurates Firuzan - Kermanshah line

THE city of Kermanshah in western Iran joined the national railway network on March 20, when the country’s president Dr Hassan Rouhani inaugurated the 110km line from Firuzan.

December 4, 2017 | Rolling stock

Iran orders 450 DMU cars from Hyundai Rotem

HYUNDAI Rotem announced on December 4 that it has been awarded a Won 929.3bn ($US 856m) contract by Iranian Islamic Republic Railways (RAI) to supply 150 three-car DMUs for Raja Passenger Train Company.

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