China plans to invest in Iran’s subway development plans as per the 25-year cooperation deal recently signed between the two countries. Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said China is to help Iran expand its public transportation network in 10 cities, including Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Tabriz and Shiraz, by providing subway...
Read MoreIn line with the country’s policy of promoting eco-friendly public transportation, metropolises such as Tabriz and Isfahan are expanding subway connectivity. Late last week, urban officials in Tabriz, the provincial center of East Azarbaijan, announced that the government has allocated 100 trillion rials ($393.7 million) to subway development...
Read MoreThe development of public transportation has been high on Tehran urban managers’ agenda, for which the capital launched the construction of the subway’s Line 10 last week. According to Tehran Metro’s CEO Ali Emam, the line is the largest urban development project in the past several years, ISNA reported....
Read MoreLondon Underground becomes the first European metro system to take delivery of Chinese manufactured maintenance rolling stock from CRRC. The order which was placed three years ago is for 71 wagons to cover a variety of technical support roles. It is however a small order by comparison with the...
Read MoreThe tunnel will form part of the 28·5 km-long metro Line 3 connecting Amirieh Boulevard in the northwest part of the city to Abouzar district in the southwest. Mashhad Metro completed the excavation of an 8·5 km tunnel for Line 3, on March 9. The tunnel will form part...
Read MoreIn an ambitious initiative to provide Tehran’s residents with extensive and decent transportation services, four new lines have been designed for expanding the capital city’s subway network. Tehran Municipality announced that in collaboration with a French engineering and consulting group and the Iranian engineering group Gueno, four additional lines...
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