Tehran – Isfahan railway line

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Tehran – Isfahan
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed: 250 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Tehran – Tabriz railway line to Tabriz
   
 Trans-Iranian Railway to Bandar-e Imam Khomeini
Station, station
 0 Tehran
   
 Trans-Iranian Railway to Gorgan and Mashhad
Station, station
 10 Tappeh Sefid
Plan-free intersection - above
 Tehran southern bypass
Station, station
 21st Abrin
Station, station
 43 Forudgah
Station, station
 62 Ali Abad
Station, station
 94 Darisheh
Station, station
 116 Separ Rostam
   
 Qom Ring Railway
Station, station
 144 Mohammadijeh
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Qom – Zahedan railway line
   
   
 Badrud – Shiraz railway line
End station - end of the line
 Isfahan

The Tehran – Isfahan railway is a double-track railway line that is intended as a high-speed line to connect the Iranian capital Tehran directly with Isfahan .

It is the first high-speed rail line in the country.

Technical parameters

The line will be built in the standard gauge common in Iran and designed for 250 km / h as the permissible maximum speed . It will have a total length of 410 km and will be designed according to the Technical Specifications for Interoperability , the European standard for high-speed lines. In Mohammedijeh station it crosses the Qom – Zahedan railway line , to which it is connected via two junctions .

The line is to be equipped with ETCS Level 2 . The decision was made consciously in favor of the system in order to ensure interoperability with existing and future routes.

history

The first section of the route with a length of 144 was on 23 March 1999 between Tehran and the km Station Mohammadijeh opened. At the same time, the construction of the second section of the line, about 260 km in length, was put out to tender. It has not yet been completed. Now the section between Qom and Isfahan is to be built first. Two thirds of the substructure should be completed here. Work began in 2010. In a second phase, the northern section between Qom and Tehran is to be rebuilt. So far only preparatory work has been carried out here. Operations are scheduled to start in 2021.

literature

  • Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Roads and Urban Developement - Deputy for Construction & Developement of Railway, Airport and Ports: [ Map of the Iranian railway network ]. Status: August 2014.
  • Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas . Vol. 8: The Middle East and Caucasus . 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Qom – Bam from Robinson, Pl. 40, 43 and Google maps : [1] .
  2. ^ A b c Nick Kingsley: Forging ahead with a TSI-compliant high speed line . In: Railway Gazette International . tape 172 , no. 7 , 2016, ISSN  0373-5346 , p. 52 f .
  3. ^ Tehran - Esfahan High Speed ​​Line . In: HaRakevet 113, p. 16.
  4. ^ Nick Kingsley: 'It is not structure that maters, but the process' . In: Railway Gazette International . tape 172 , no. 7 , 2016, ISSN  0373-5346 , p. 47-50 .
  5. ↑ Robinson, pp. 21f (note 12).
  6. ↑ Robinson, p. 19.
  7. ↑ Map of the Iranian railway network .
  8. ^ Tehran - Esfahan High Speed ​​Line . In: HaRakevet 113, p. 16.