Native name قطار شهری مشهد Daily ridership 130,000 (August 2015) | Began operation 12 March 2011 Number of stations 24 | |
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Number of lines 5(1 operational, 2 under construction,2 others planned) Website Mashhad Urban Railway Corp.Mashhad Urban and SubUrban Railway Operation Co. | ||
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The Mashhad Urban Railway (Persian: قطار شهری مشهد, the literal translation of the name from Persian, but the same one the operating company uses) is a rapid transit urban rail line in Mashhad, Iran. It is the second rapid transit system in Iran. The project has been known by a number of terms, including "light rail", "light metro", "urban rail", and "metro", though the system's full grade-separation from traffic and four-minute headway as of September 2013 fully qualify it as a rapid transit or "metro" system. The Mashhad Urban Railway operates its single line from 6:30 to 21:30 daily. A second line is currently under construction.
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- Line 1
- Line 1 Expansion
- Line 2
- Line 3
- Further Development
- Rolling stock
- References
Construction began in 1999, with the inauguration of Line 1 taking place on 24 April 2011.
Line 1
The 19 kilometres (12 mi), 22 station Line 1 was the first line to be built – it opened for service on 24 April 2011. Line 1 runs between Nakhrisi in the east and Vakilabad in the southwest, with travel time of 30 min. Approximately half the route is in underground - the rest is at ground level.
Line 1 Expansion
Expansion of Line 1 added 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) of underground railroads and 2 stations (Parvaz and Airport), connecting Mashhad International Airport to the Mashhad Urban Railway. Line 1 reached a total of 24 stations (13 underground, 11 on-ground) with 24 kilometres (15 mi) of track (15.5 kilometres (9.6 mi) in tunnels, 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) on-ground), and a ridership capacity of 170,000 passengers per day, along with daily operation between 6 AM and 10 PM. Also making Mashhad the first city in Iran to have a Metro system connection to an Airport.
Line 2
A further Line 2 will be a conventional heavy metro, running north-south for 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) km between Koohsangi and Tabarsi with 13 stations, Excavation was done by two tunnel boring machines. Currently construction is at railing phase and 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) has been done already.
Line 3
Line 3's construction has begun, with T.B.Ms doing the excavation.
Further Development
At least two additional lines are planned.
Rolling stock
A fleet of 70 low-floor LRVs was ordered from Chinese Changchun Railway Vehicles. These mark the first time that light rail vehicles have been exported to a customer outside China.
