Tehran – Tabriz railway line

Tehran-Tabriz
Maragha reception building
Route length:	735.9 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend Trans-Iranian Railway from Gorgan by Mohammadiejeh 0 Tehran Trans-Iranian Railway to Qom 9.7 More bath 12.9 Nikpasandi 18.2 Laschgari 23.1 Maleki Tehran southern bypass 40.6 Karaj 58.5 Cordan 74.8 Haschtgerd 92.0 Abdschek 109.4 Zijaran 127.1 Kohandetsch Albors 143.6 Qaswin Qazvin – Astara (–Azerbaijan) railway line 162.5 Sijah Tscheschmeh 178.4 Takestan 194.3 Sijah Baq 209.6 Qorweh 226.9 Chorramdarreh 245 Sarrindetsch 254 Chorosan (Chorasan) 261 Pirzaqeh 281 Soltaniyeh 287 Qareh Bolaq 298 Bonab 315 Sandzhan 330 Chorrampej 348 Nikpej 366 Azarpej 384 Sartscham 402 Rajin 422 Pol-e-wick Mianeh – Ardebil railway line (under construction) 439 Mianeh New line to Tabriz 455 Qaranqu 471 Sheikh Safi 487 Babak 502 Chorasanak 514 Sa'eb 527 Hashtrud 538 Atashbaq 548 Saraju 560 Kharaju 569 Sahand 582 Goltappeh 593 Khadjeh Nasir Maragha – Urmia railway line 607 Maragha 619 Azarbonab 634 Disehrud 644.8 Ajabheer 657.1 Parwis Bahman 670.3 Shirain 682.1 Gawgan 686.2 Azarshahr 702.8 Sarel 712.2 Khosrovshahr 720.1 Abbasi New line from Mianeh (under construction) 735.9 Tabriz to Dscholfa and to Van

The Tehran – Tabriz railway connects the Iranian capital with the north-west of the country and the connections there to Turkey to the TCDD and to the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan ( Azerbaijan ).

description

The line is single-track , 736 km long and was built in the standard gauge used as standard in Iran . The line was opened in five sections between 1940 and 1958.

expansion

Tabriz reception building

The two-track expansion of the line between Tehran and Mianeh is planned .

This will be continued with a new construction of the Mianeh - Tabriz section , also double-track, which began in 2000. Today the route circumnavigates the Kuh-e Sahand and the mountains surrounding it between the two cities in an arc that extends to the southwest . This detour is to be cut off with a new route in the area of ​​the pass near Bostanabad . This new line will be 183 km long and have nine stations . The new line will shorten the railway connection between Tehran and Tabriz by 114 km and cut travel time by more than half (currently: 12 ½ hours, in the future: 6 hours).

On November 27, 2019, the southern section of the new line between Mianeh and Bostanabad was opened by President Hassan Rohani . The remaining 71 km between Bostanabad and Tabriz should go into operation in March 2020.

literature

• Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Roads and Urban Developement - Deputy for Construction & Developement of Railway, Airport and Ports: [ Map of the Iranian rail network ]. Status: August 2014.
• Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas and historical summary. Volume 8: The Middle East and Caucasus. World Rail Atlas Ltd., London 2006, ISBN 954-12-0128-8 .

Web links

• Johannes Heger: The unofficial Homepage of the Iranian Railways .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robinson 20f.
2. ↑ HaRakevet 95 (December 2011), 95:08 Other Middle East Railways, C. Iran, (iii) Massive Expansion Plans , p. 16.
3. ↑ Mianeh – Bostanabad . In: HaRakevet 127 (December 2019), p. 21.
4. ↑ Map of the new line ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Persian).  
5. ↑ Info page on the building ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Persian ).  
6. ↑ Mianeh – Bostanabad . In: HaRakevet 127 (December 2019), p. 21.