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Metro Report InternationalTehran metro extensions open
IRAN: Two extensions of the Tehran metro network have been formally inaugurated by President Ebrahim Raisi. The opening on March 18 of the 9·5 km central section of Line 6 between Tarbiat Modares University and Emam Hossein has joined up two previously isolated sections to complete ...
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Metro Report InternationalTehran adds more metro stations
IRAN: Two stations at the northwestern end of Tehran metro Line 6 were opened for revenue service on March 13, along with an isolated section of the route. The short section of Line 6 serving Yadegar-e-Emam and Shahid Sattari is being operated as a separate shuttle from ...
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Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Co (TUSRC)
Opened 1999, Iran’s first metro. Seven-line network serving 133 stations. See Tehran network map. Services were inaugurated on March 7 1999 on regional Line 5 linking central Tehran with Karaj (31·5 km, initially with 3 stations), which is built to mainline standards. The line was extended west to Golshahr in ...
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Karaj opens
TEHRAN Urban & Suburban Railway Co has started revenue services on its 42 km outer-suburban feeder line linking Karaj to the Tehran metro Line 2 at Ayatollah Kashani. At the beginning of February TUSR announced that following trials the line would be open to traffic for 3h each day. Services ...