shiroyeh

Breif history on the project:

The initial plans or the Tehran Metro, which was to be Iran's first metro system, were laid out before the Iranian revolution in the 1970s. In 1970 the Plan and Budget Organization and the Municipality of Tehran announced an international tender for construction of a metro in Tehran. The French company Soferto , affiliated to the state-owned Transportations Company in Paris won the tender and in the same year began to conduct preliminary studies on the project. In 1974, final report with a so-called 'street-metro' proposal was tendered. The street-metro system recommended a road network with a loop express way in the central area and 2 highways for new urban areas and a 7-line metro network which were complemented by bus network and taxi services. Geological surveys commenced in 1976. In 1978 construction on the line was started in northern Tehran by the French company, however this development was shortlived with the advent of the Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq war in 1979 and 1980 respectively. Suferto ceased operations in Iran in December 1980. On March 3, 1982, the Iranian Cabinet ministers formally announced the stop of Tehran Metro operations by the French company.

The Tehran metro began operating in the year 2000 and was Iran's first metro system.

On March 7, 1999, an overland Tehran-Karaj express electric train started a limited service of 31.4 km between Azadi Square (Tehran) and Malard (Karaj) calling at one intermediate station at Vardavard. The line was constructed by the Chinese company NORINCO. Silent outrage over the amount of resources harnessed by the Metro Company relative to its achievements was rampant and charges of government theft at the highest levels and corruption widespread.

From 2000 onwards construction began on Lines 1 and 2. The wagons on these lines are provided by CNTIC. The railway tracks and points on these lines are provided by the Austrian company VOEST ALPINE

The Metro uses equipment manufactured by a wide range of international companies: Double-deck passenger cars for the Tehran-Karaj commuter line are supplied by CNTIC and assembled by the Pars Wagon factory in Arak.

To date, approximately one billion US dollars have been spent on the Metro project. [2] Once fully operational, the Tehran Metro is expected to transport about 1.5 million passengers through its first and second lines.

Read on... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Metro

Official Site: http://www.tehranmetro.com/





Line One

The line is 34,259 meters long of which 14,879 meters go under ground (from Martyr Haqqani highway to Shoush-Khayyam crossing) and 19,830 meters are over ground. The number of stations along this line is 27 of which 15 stations are located underground and 12 over the ground. As of 2005, the total capacity of line one is 640,000 passenger per day, with trains stopping at each station for 60 seconds. The trains of the western half of the line are each made up of 11 compartments and seven wagons, with a total capacity of 1,290 seated and standing passengers. The maximum speed of the trains is 80 km per hour which will be tempered to an average of 37 km per hour due to stoppages at stations along their route.

Line Two

The line is 20,412 meters long of which 19,022 meters are underground and 1,390 meters over the ground. There are 19 stations along this line one of which is shared by line one.

Line Three

The line is 41,469 meters long of which 2,499 meters are under the ground and 38,970 meters over the ground. The line has nine stations and one terminal.

Line Four

The line is 15 kilometers long and has 17 stations and one terminal. Two stations of this line are shared by line two.

Line Five

The line is 41 km long and has seven stations and one terminal. Entering the area of Karaj with main stations at Bonyad-e Rangam, Malard and Mehrshahr.

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As it says above some of the metro is completed... Il start off by posting images of the construction then some of the completed lines and platforms

(Apologies regarding the low res pics)

Tunnel Construction:











Station Construction:







Pics of completed stations and the trains to come

shiroyeh

Ali Abad Station:


Hasan abad Entrance:




Hafte Tir:



Terminal-e Jonoub/South Terminal




Imam Khomeini platform




Khayyam Station


Khazaneh Station

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Artwork Around the stations:









The Busy-ness lol:







Trains:



Line 1:







Locomotive Line 5

Reignman

Some stations are very impressive! Good job, thanks

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messiah

too much kitsch for me



but generally seen cool trains and stations! Are the double decker suburan trains´?