Tehran

Iran

Date of opening	21 Feb 2000
Network length	259.2 km (161.09 mi)
Stations	137 (127*)
Lines	8 Line history cityrailtransit.com
Stations per line	17.13
Avg. station distance	2,009 m (1.25 mi)
Avg. line length	32.40 km (20.14 mi)
*with transfer stations counted once
Numerical data by J. Serradell, 28 Jun 2021 Line 5 Included

System type	Metro
Daily ridership (by J. Kennes)	1.32 million (as of 2011)
Daily ridership per km (per mi)	5,070 (3,150)
Fare collection
Tracks	Gauge: 1435 mm
Power supply	Third rail, 750 V
Air-conditioned trains	Yes
Walk-through trains
Rubber-tyred trains
Driverless lines
Platform screen doors
World Metro Database

Official map Source: html, © 2012 tehranmetro.com		To-scale map Source: cityrailtransit.com
Disclaimer: Maps are copyrighted. The previews on this page are for informational purposes only. Please respect copyright and always refer to original maps.
Transit maps		System map images
openbusmap.org/öpnvkarte.de openptmap.org citylines.co - line history and mapping project tracker.geops.ch - moving trains maps.google.com		images.google.com

Metro Arts and Architecture

Examples of interesting station design:

	Tehran The clean metro system in the capital of Iran has many stations with an interesting architecture or design. Photo [u-bahn-blog.de]: Entrance of Imam Khomeini station, opened in 2000.
	Works of art have been integrated in many stations [tehranmetro.com], [iranchamber.com] as well as some stunning architectural features. Photo [tehranmetro.com]: Platform level of Mirdamad station from 2002.
	Photo [Hossein Mosavi Faraz, Fars News Agency]: Entrance structure of Vali-E Asr station from 2010.

Intercity Metros

Tehran is part of the Tehran cluster of metro/subway cities with the following urban rail links:

	Tehran		Tehran metro Line 5 (commuter metro)		Karaj	42 km

Departure Procedure and Sounds

A few beeps before the doors close. Next-station anouncements in the train are in Farsi language by a recorded female voice.

Handpicked Resources

tehranmetro.com

Official website

Generic Links for Tehran Metro

Wikipedia entry at wikipedia.org
Urbanrail.net entry at urbanrail.net
Metro Report search at railwaygazette.com
Discussion at skyscrapercity.com
System photos at Google Images
City information at wikipedia.org

This page: http://www.mic-ro.com/metro/metrocity.html?city=Tehran

© 2004-2021 metrobits.org

Home — City Pages — World Metro Database — Metro Arts & Architecture — Metro Logos — Resources — About

Browse by cities:

Opened: ...-1920, 1921-1960, 1961-1980, 1981-2000, 2001-...

More cities

Abuja Adana Ahmedabad Algiers Almaty Amsterdam Ankara Antwerp Athens Atlanta Baku Baltimore Bangalore Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Belo Horizonte Berlin Bielefeld Bilbao Bochum Bonn Boston Brasilia Brescia Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Buffalo Bursa Busan Cairo Caracas Catania Changchun Changsha Changzhou Charleroi Chengdu Chennai Chiba Chicago Chongqing Cleveland Cologne Copenhagen Daegu Daejeon Dalian Delhi Detroit Dhaka Dnipro Doha Dongguan Dortmund Dubai Duesseldorf Duisburg Edmonton Esfahan Essen Fortaleza Foshan Frankfurt Fukuoka Fuzhou Gelsenkirchen Genoa Glasgow Guadalajara Guangzhou Guiyang Gwangju Haifa Hamburg Hangzhou Hanoi Hanover Harbin Hefei Helsinki Hiroshima Hohhot Hong Kong Hyderabad Incheon Istanbul Izmir Jacksonville Jaipur Jakarta Jinan Jinhua Kamakura Kanpur Kaohsiung Kazan Karlsruhe Kharkiv Kiev Kitakyushu Kobe Kochi Kolkata Kryvyi Rih Kuala Lumpur Kunming Kyoto Lahore Lanzhou Las Vegas Lausanne Lille Lima Lisbon London Los Angeles Lucknow Luoyang Ludwigshafen Lyon Macau Madrid Malaga Manila Maracaibo Marseille Mashhad Mecca Medellin Mexico City Miami Milan Minsk Monterrey Montreal Moscow Muelheim Mumbai Munich Nagoya Naha Nagpur Nanchang Nanjing Nanning Nantong Naples New York Newark Newcastle Ningbo Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Nuremberg Oporto Osaka Oslo Ottawa Palma de Mallorca Panama City Paris Perugia Philadelphia Pittsburgh Porto Alegre Poznan Prague Pune Pyongyang Qingdao Recife Rennes Rio de Janeiro Rome Rotterdam Rouen Saint Louis Saint Petersburg Salvador Samara San Francisco San Juan Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Seattle Sendai Seoul Seville Shanghai Shaoxing Shenyang Shenzhen Shijiazhuang Shiraz Singapore Sofia Stockholm Stuttgart Suzhou Sydney Tabriz Taichung Taipei Taiyuan Taizhou Tama Taoyuan Tashkent Tbilisi Tehran The Hague Tianjin Tokyo Toronto Toulouse Turin Urumqi Valencia Valencia Valparaiso Vancouver Vienna Volgograd Warsaw Washington Wenzhou Wuhan Wuhu Wuppertal Wuxi Xiamen Xian Xuzhou Yekaterinburg Yerevan Yokohama Zhengzhou

More cities