Tehran Metro

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TEHRAN - MP Ali-Akbar Olia says that the Tehran Metro’s problems should be resolved once and for all.

The disagreement between the administration and the Majlis over the Tehran Metro’s funding should be resolved, Olia told the Mehr News Agency on Sunday.
He stated that the Majlis is [...]

Reports say cracks have appeared in line two of the Tehran metro, which passes above the Iranian capital’s under-construction Tohid tunnel.
Head of Tehran City Council’s Technical Development Commission Hamzeh Shakib announced the news saying that the cracks are only one meter from the tunnel.
Shakib also referred to the Sunday Tohid tunnel [...]

Tehran, July 1, 2009: Tehran and Suburbs Subway Operations Company announced that Enqelab Square which has been made operational on May 31 has thus far handled 265,000 trips.

SAMA said the origin of the fourth subway line is at Shohada Square and it ends at Enqelab Square and includes Shohada, Darvazeh [...]

Tehran, July 13, 2009: Managing director of Tehran and Suburbs Subway Operations Company announced that more than 1.5 million passengers travel on the subway every day, up by 10 percent compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year.
SAMA quoted Rabiei as saying that as summer begins, subway trips fall and trips by the subway [...]

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Tehran, July 4, 2009: Two more escalators have been made operational at Darvazeh Dowlat station along the fourth subway line to facilitate access by passengers to platforms.
SAMA reported that the new escalators have increased total number of escalators along the fourth line to 10.
The two escalators are 15.5 m high and are the highest escalators [...]

Tehran, July 22, 2009: Identity signs have been installed at all subway stations apart from a few new ones.
SAMA quoted Rabiei, managing director of Tehran and Suburbs Subway Operations Company, as saying that the signs, which have been installed at ticket sale corridors clearly show why that station has been named and give a whole [...]

Tehran, July 21, 2009: Deputy director of Tehran Municipality Cultural and Arts Organization for cultural affairs announced that the Subway Cultural Complex will be launched at subway stations to facilitate sending cultural Bluetooth messages.

Shahr.ir quoted Mohammad Moshari as saying that in line with Tehran mayor+s emphasis on the need to increase Tehran Municipality Cultural and [...]