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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
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 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]
The Trans-Iranian railway traverses many mountain ranges, and is full of spirals and 1 in 36 ruling grades. Much of the terrain was unmapped when construction took place, and its geology unknown. Several stretches of line, including tunnels, were built through unsuitable geology, and had to be replaced even before the line opened.
The line will be 750 kilometers long and built on a single track with the standard gauge common in Iran. [4] The maximum gradient will be 15 ‰ with a maximum curve radius of 1000 meters. The line is designed for a maximum permissible speed of 120 km/h for passenger trains and 90 km/h for freight trains.
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 ...
First steam-powered locomotive on the narrow-gauge railway from Tehran to Rey - in service Current condition of the railway locomotive. In December 1886 the project was offered to the French engineer Fabius Boital, who first signed a concession agreement with Naser al-Din Shah for the construction and operation of a steam-powered Decauville narrow-gauge railway.