Owner Tabriz Municipality Transit type Rapid transit | Locale Tabriz Began operation August 27, 2015 | |
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Native name Tabriz Urban and Suburban Railway
قطار شهری تبریز و حومه Website Urban Railway Organization | ||
Tabriz Metro is a metro system serving the city of Tabriz, Iran. The first line opened on 28 August 2015 with 7 km length and 6 stations. There is also one regional commuter line planned to Sahand.
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Line 1
Line 1 of Tabriz metro is currently under construction. Its first phase opened on 27 August 2015.The 7 km route runs northwest from El Goli to Ostad Shahryar with four intermediate stations, including three in a tunnel excavated using TBMs.Services are operated with coupled pairs of five-car trainsets. There will be free-of-charge services from 11:00 to 13:00 for 3 months starting from Saturday 29 August 2015. The first phase is 7 km long and has 6 stations from El Goli Station to Ostad Shahriar Station. The frequency of the services right now is every 20 min. Its second phase will be opened some time in summer 2016 and will be from Ostad Shahriar Station and Meydan-e Sa'at Station. When complete, the east-west Line 1 will run for 17·2 km from El Goli to Nur with 18 stations.
Line 2
Line 2 of Tabriz metro is currently under construction
Line 3
Line 3 is currently in the planning stage. It will have a mostly north-south route, running from Tabriz International Airport to South Terminal (next to Kasaei highway). Along the way it will connect major passenger nodes such as North Terminal, central park, Bazaar District, Stadium military medical, Academia centers, and Yadgar-e-Emam Stadium. It will cross crowded slum districts, likely attracting more riders than the other lines. It will be 14.7 km long and have 14 stops, including 4 transfers to other lines.
Line 4
Line 4 of Tabriz metro will encircle the old city centre and intersect with all the other 3 lines.
Tabriz-Sahand Commuter Line (Line 5)
Line 5 of Tabriz metro is planned as a light rail train that connects Tabriz to its satellite city, Sahand.