Iran Rail News

The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development plans to lay 1,660 kilometers of new railroads across the country by the end of the current fiscal year (March 20, 2021). The new projects would…

The three sections of the railroad project connecting the southeastern port city of Chabahar to the eastern city of Zahedan near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan will be inaugurated by…

A total of 88 units of domestically-made and overhauled rolling stock worth 1.44 trillion rials ($8.16 million) joined Iran’ rail fleet on May 19 in a ceremony attended by Roads and Urban…

The development of subway system in the Iranian capital city, Tehran, is a challenging task for urban managers, as officials struggle to make the best out of the least available resources to…

Iran’s Oil Ministry has invested $15 million in Tehran Metro to help expand the capital’s public transportation network, the oil minister wrote on Twitter. Bijan Namdar Zanganeh wrote that the…

The challenging task of developing the subway system in Iranian metropolises has raised concerns among urbanists who censure mismanagement and lack of budget for the lagging progress. Officials…

Providing decent public transportation services for Tehran’s satellite cities has long been a concern of urban managers, as the population is steadily growing in those areas. Therefore, Tehran…

As an increasing population use public transportation in the Iranian capital city, Tehran, adhering to social distancing will turn into a farfetched goal.

A total of 120,068 tons of goods worth $36.73 million were exported via Astara railroad in the northern Gilan Province last year. According to Rasoul Omidi, a local official, exports mainly…

Passenger and freight rail transport could suffer losses estimated at 5,050 billion rials ($31.5 million) and 1,000 billion rials ($6.2 million) by June 20 due to the spread of coronavirus, the…

Development of public transportation in the Iranian capital city, Tehran, has turned into a challenge for officials struggling with a budget crunch. However, officials are determined to…

To link Pardis to Tehran via a subway line, an agreement worth 40 trillion rials ($258 million) has been signed by New Towns Development Company and Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters.…

Esfahan Steel Company has committed to provide 5,000 tons of rails for a major project connecting Chabahar Port in southeastern Iran to the city of Zahedan that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan…

As projected in the draft budget of the fiscal 2020-21, the government has earmarked 26 trillion rials ($180.5 million) for streamlining public transportation development in Isfahan.

The recent subway network expansion in Tabriz and the holy city of Mashhad are expected to help curb air pollution and ease traffic congestion, making life easier for the citizens of these…

A total of 50.47 million tons of commodities were transported by railroads in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), showing an 8% increase compared with the previous year, according to a report…

Iranian rolling stock manufacturer Wagon Pars will be making 20 passenger wagons for RAJA Railway Transportation Company as per the contract signed by the two companies on Wednesday. The…

Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) has signed an agreement with Tehran Metro Company for providing 800 tons of rails to boost the development of urban and intercity railroads. The deal was signed…

Iranian rolling stock manufacturer Wagon Pars Company has built a total of 411 cargo and passenger wagons since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21, 2019, according to the…

President Hassan Rouhani is to inaugurate Hashtgerd Subway Station in Alborz Province on Tuesday.  Habibollah Taherkhani, a deputy roads minister, said the line has undergone all the…

A total of 456 locomotives and passenger, cargo and self-propellant wagons have been added to Iran's rail fleet since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21, registering a 95%…

The 132-kilometer-long Mianeh-Bostanabad railroad was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani in Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan Province on Wednesday. The railroad is part of the longer…

Iran needs to build or renovate some 40,000 locomotives and passenger, freight and subway wagons within the next 10 years, Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Reza Rahmani said in a meeting…

One more station along the eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 is to come on stream in three weeks, CEO of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company announced. Visiting the under-…

The Seventh UIC (International Union of Railways) Nextstation International Conference, hosted by the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways and organized by UIC, is being held in Iran. The event…