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Raja Passenger Train Company is an associate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) and manages its passenger trains, including international trains linking Tehran to Istanbul and Damascus. Raja Passenger Train Company carried more than 4 million passengers during 2003–05.
Iran has a state-owned railway system built to standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)) which falls under the remit of the Ministry of Roads & Urban Development.The primary rail carrier is the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (abbreviated as IRIR, or sometimes as RAI, or as IRI Railway) which is the national state-owned railway system of Iran
The Iranian government has been planning this railway since 1990. [9] [10] It would have only cost 1.4 million euros but the project has been derailed since by political administrations. [11] By 2023, 60% to 70% of the foundation (150 kilometer out of 245 kilometer) was done according to the government. [12]
Electrified railway is 146 km from Tabriz to Jolfa and the tender for electrification of Tehran–Mashhad has been finished according to Railway electrification in Iran. Note: Broad-gauge track is employed at the borders with Azerbaijan Republic and Turkmenistan which have 1,520 mm ( 4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in ) broad gauge rail systems; 41 km of ...
There are about 300 railway stations in Iran from 1938. The names of some of these stations are as follows: Tehran railway station; Kermanshah railway station; Tabriz railway station; Mashhad railway station; Istgah-e Rah Ahan-e Shush; Istgah-e Kuh Pank; Maragheh City railway station; Nishapur City railway station; Arak railway station; Kerman ...
The Trans-Iranian Railway in 1938. After the substantial interruption of World War I, the project for constructing a standard-gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) railway across Iran was initiated by Reza Shah Pahlavi as part of numerous reforms contributing to the drastic modernization of Iran that occurred over the two decades between World War I and World War II.
Iranian Rail Industries Development Co (IRICO) was founded in with the aim of domestic manufacture of rolling stock including metro, suburban, light rail and monorail vehicles. A $45 million investment established a factory in Abhar, Zanjan province Iran. [1]
The railway is being developed with Iranian-government backing and forms a part of the Iranian Economic Reform Plan. The Iran Khodro Rail Transport Industries Company (IRICO) was established in 2003 to produce passenger cars , and the Mapna Locomotive Engineering and Manufacturing Company was established in 2006 to manufacture locomotives .