IRAN: The Tehran metro started running to Mehrabad Airport on March 15, when a branch of Line 4 opened with a station serving Terminals 1 & 2 and one serving Terminals 4 & 6.
The 2·8 km branch runs southwest from a new station at Bimeh, between Meydan-e Azadi and Sharak-e Ekbatan. A shuttle service operates from Bimeh using three-car trainsets with additional luggage space.
The branch was built by Boland Payeh Co under an EPC contract. Test running began on January 10.
IRAN: President Hassan Rouhani attended the opening ceremony for an extension of Mashhad metro Line 1 on February 6. Running southeast from Ghadir to Hashemi Nejad Airport with an intermediate station at Parvaz, the 6 km extension cost €206m to build, which was financed by Mashhad Urban Railway Corp. ...
IRAN: An 18 km extension of Tehran metro Line 3 opened by President Hassan Rouhani and Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on September 22, bringing the southwest-northeast route to 37 km. The new section runs northeast from Shahid Beheshti, where interchange is provided with Line 1, to Ghaem. Of the ...
USA: The Operation Lifesaver safety campaign has expressed concern over an increase in illegal ‘Subway surfing’, where people ride on the outside of metro trains, and New York City Transit has deployed drones to back up a publicity campaign developed with teenagers to tackle the problem ...
