Metro
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Tehran Metro Renovation Underway
EghtesadOnline: Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company is renovating subway trains to quickly optimize the environmentally friendly mode of transportation before the likely opening of schools…
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Tehran Eyes Metro Expansion
EghtesadOnline: Authorities in Tehran are working hard to overcome obstacles in the way of subway construction to provide people with a more efficient and environmentally friendly mode of transit.
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More Stations for Tehran Metro
EghtesadOnline: The subway network in the capital city of Tehran will have at least eight more stations by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2022), the head of Tehran Metro Company said.
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Tehran Metro Expansion Plan Facing $8 Billion Deficit
EghtesadOnline: The unfinished subway network in the capital city of Tehran needs 2 quadrillion rials ($8.1 billion) of budget for the construction of unfinished lines, purchase of train cars…
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Covid-19 Saddles Tehran Metro With Losses Worth $11 Million
EghtesadOnline: The outbreak of Covid-19 in Iran since mid-February has saddled Tehran Metro Company with a massive loss of 2 trillion rials ($11.2 million), the head of the company said.
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Oil Ministry Invests $15m to Expand Tehran Metro Network
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Oil Ministry has invested $15 million in Tehran Metro to help expand the capital’s public transportation network, the oil minister wrote on Twitter.
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25% Rise in Tehran Public Transport Fares Next Fiscal Year
EghtesadOnline: Public transportation fares for metro, bus, taxi and minibus will see a 25% rise in the next Iranian year (starting March 20), as per the approval of Tehran City Council on Tuesday.
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$258m Agreement to Establish Tehran-Pardis Metro Linkup
EghtesadOnline: To link Pardis to Tehran via a subway line, an agreement worth 40 trillion rials ($258 million) has been signed by New Towns Development Company and Khatam-al Anbiya Construction…
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ESCO Signs Deal to Deliver Rails for Tehran Metro Projects
EghtesadOnline: Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) has signed an agreement with Tehran Metro Company for providing 800 tons of rails to boost the development of urban and intercity railroads.
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Tehran Metro Line 7 to Add Another Station
EghtesadOnline: One more station along the eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 is to come on stream in three weeks, CEO of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company announced.
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Tehran-Karaj Metro Reaching Hashtgerd
EghtesadOnline: Hashtgerd Metro Station, an extension of Tehran-Karaj intercity subway’s Line 5, is to be launched in two weeks.
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Tehran Mayor Hanachi Promises Swift Progress in Metro Expansion
EghtesadOnline: After the official launch of two new stations in Tehran Metro’s Line 7 early this week, urban managers assured the citizens of swift progress in the expansion of Tehran subway…
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Tehran Subway Expansion to Require Over $470 Million
EghtesadOnline: The completion of lines 6 and 7 of Tehran’s subway network will cost 67 trillion rials ($478 million), CEO of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company says.
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Metro to Reach Hashtgerd in Summer
EghtesadOnline: An under-construction subway line in Alborz Province, west of Tehran, will reach the province's western flank at Hashtgerd New Town in a few months, a deputy roads minister said.
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Tehran Metro Line 6 Opens
EghtesadOnline: Tehran Metro Line 6 opened partially on Sunday in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani and Mayor Pirouz Hanachi.
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Tehran Metro Line 7 Reopens
EghtesadOnline: Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi reopened Metro Line 7 partially on Saturday. It stops at three stations.
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Hashemi: Tehran Metro Lines 6, 7 Need $1.8b
EghtesadOnline: Among the costly urban projects underway in the capital, the subway network, which is already seen as a white elephant, seems to have an insatiable appetite for funds.