Tehran Railway Station
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The Tehran train station ( Persian : ايستگاه راه آهن تهران, Istgah-e Rah Ahan-e Tehran ) is the main train station of the Iranian capital Tehran .
Geographical location
Urban planning
The station is located in the southern part of Tehran's urban area at the end of Waliasr Street on Rahahan Square.
In the railway network
Numerous railway lines from all over the country start and end at Tehran Railway Station . The following railway lines start from here:
- Trans-Iranian Railway (southern branch) to Mahshahr and Khorramshahr
- Trans-Iranian Railway (northern branch) to Gorgan and Turkmenistan (currently without passenger traffic to Turkmenistan)
- the east of Tehran branching off from the Trans-Iranian Railway (Tehran) –Garmsar – Mashhad to Mashhad and on to Turkmenistan via the North-South Railway
- Tehran – Tabriz railway line and then via the Van – Tabriz railway line to Turkey . Passenger traffic to Turkey is currently on hold due to the political situation there (January 2016).
- Tehran – Isfahan high-speed line , still under construction in the southern section, drive to Mohammedijeh
Public transport
Line 3 of the Tehran subway connects Tehran station to the city 's subway network via the Rahahan stop .
history
The station was built in 1928-29 as part of the construction of the Trans-Iranian Railway and opened in 1930. The station building was built a few years later. In the course of time, other railway lines were connected here. The station has the function of the main train station of Tehran. In April 2014, the station was connected to the Tehran subway via the Rahahan stop .
Reception building
In 1935, Philipp Holzmann AG and its Swiss subsidiary Sofitec succeeded in winning the contract for the buildings of the Tehran railway station, especially the reception building, from the general contractor of the Trans-Iranian Railway, the Danish company Kampsax. The station building and the adjoining building of the station were the first reinforced concrete structures to be erected in Iran. This constructive skeleton was clad with different colored travertine and polished limestone slabs . The reception building is in the neoclassical style that was often used for public buildings around the world . It also houses a princely room for the Shah . The construction costs amounted to 9 million Reichsmarks . The last installment was paid in May 1940. The current platform roof is modern and was added later.
literature
- Isabel Lindacher: Philipp Holzmann in the Middle East - cultural-historical aspects in the image documentation of the construction company . Bachelor thesis in the course library management at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam - Department of Information Sciences. Berlin 2011.
- Manfred Pohl: Philipp Holzmann. History of a construction company. 1849-1999 . Munich 1999, pp. 190f.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 35 ° 39 '27.2 " N , 51 ° 23' 48.7" E