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Tehran Metro Line 3
Tehran Metro Line 3 travels from northeast to southwest. Line 3 is one of the most important lines as it connects southwest Tehran to northeast, crosses busy parts of the capital city, and can help to alleviate traffic problems. About of Line 3 became operational in December 2012, followed by in April 2014, and finally, the last section of the line which is opened on September 22, 2015, increasing the length of the line to a total of . Route The line starts from northeastern Tehran at Shahrak-e Qa'em going westward parallel to but 300 m north of Artesh Expressway, passing through Aghdasieh neighbourhood. Then it turns south at the end of Artesh Expressway going to Nobonyad Square. It then turns towards Sayyad Expressway and runs southward along it for about . At Sabalan square, it then turns west, going under Beheshti Street, intersecting with Line 1 at Shahid Beheshti Station. It then turns towards south, going under Valiasr Street for , until it reaches Rahahan Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayyad Expressway
Sayyad Expressway is an expressway in Tehran. It starts from Babayi Expressway and ends in Sabalan Street. It is named after the assassinated Ali Sayad Shirazi Ali Sayyad Shirazi ( fa, علی صیاد شیرازی, June 1944 – 10 April 1999) was an Iranian regular military (''Artesh'') officer. He served as commander of the Ground Force during Iran–Iraq War. He was assassinated by Mojahedin-e Kh ..., chief-of-staff of the Iranian Armed Forces during the eight-year Iran–Iraq war. {{Expressways of Tehran Expressways in Tehran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saidi Expressway
Saidi Expressway is an Limited-access road, expressway in western Tehran. It starts from Azadi Square and passes Fath Square, Qazvin Street, Yaftabad Street and Zam-zam Square. Then it goes to southwest towards Azadegan Expressway and Road 65 (Iran), Saveh Road. Image:Saidi Expressway1.jpg Image:Saidi Expressway2.jpg {{Expressways of Tehran Expressways in Tehran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheraghi Expressway
Cheraghi Expressway, formerly Javaneh Expressway is a road system that starts from Navvab Expressway and Qale Morghi Expressway. It runs from beside Qale Morghi Airport and ends in Zam-zam Square in Tehran, Iran. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="600px" ! text-align="center" colspan="3" , From East to West , - , , , Qale Morghi Expressway Navvab Expressway , - , , , Qale Morghi Street , - , Zam-zam Square , Kazemi Expressway Saidi Expressway Saidi Expressway is an Limited-access road, expressway in western Tehran. It starts from Azadi Square and passes Fath Square, Qazvin Street, Yaftabad Street and Zam-zam Square. Then it goes to southwest towards Azadegan Expressway and Road 65 (Ir ... , - ! text-align="center" colspan="3" , From West to East Expressways in Tehran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javadiyeh
Javadiyeh is a neighbourhood located south of the city of Tehran in Iran. Among area young male residents the neighborhood was nicknamed "Texas" because of the associations of the U.S. state with the Wild West. Hooman Majd Hooman Majd (born 1957) is an Iranian-born American journalist, author, and political commentator who writes on Iranian affairs. He is based in New York City, and regularly travels to Iran. Early life Hooman Majd was born in 1957 in Tehran, Ira ..., the author ''Ayatollah Begs to Differ'', explained that Javadiyeh was poor and run-down, but it was not necessarily a dangerous neighborhood. Majd, Hooman. "Persian Cats." ''The Ayatollah Begs to Differ''. 2008. '' Doubleday''. . 27-28. References Neighbourhoods in Tehran {{Tehran-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran Railway Station
Tehran Railway Station ( fa, ايستگاه راه آهن تهران, ''Istgah-e Rah Ahan-e Tehran'') is located in Rah Ahan Square, at the foot of Valiasr Street in the southern part of Tehran, the capital of Iran. The railway station was originally designed in 1928-29 by a Poland, Polish architect Władysław Horodecki who, however, suddenly died before the construction could begin. In 1930 it was then put into the hands of the experienced Danish railway architect Knud Tangaard Seest to finish the project. Around the time it opened in 1930, the previous tram system in Tehran was shut down. K.T. Seest changed the original plans dramatically and gave the railway station a new, highly modern, strict design. Thanks to K.T. Seest the Teheran Railway Station is one of the finest examples of early modernistic architecture in the Middle East. Service summary ''Note: Classifications are unofficial and only to best reflect the type of service offered on each path'' Meaning of Classifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahahan Metro Station
Rahahan Metro Station is a metro station in line3 of Tehran metro, located in Rahahan Square. As suggested by the name, it is connected with Tehran Railway Station Tehran Railway Station ( fa, ايستگاه راه آهن تهران, ''Istgah-e Rah Ahan-e Tehran'') is located in Rah Ahan Square, at the foot of Valiasr Street in the southern part of Tehran, the capital of Iran. The railway station was orig ... ( fa, ايستگاه راه آهن تهران, ''Istgah-e Rah Ahan-e Tehran'') References Tehran Metro station introductionh1> External links * Tehran Metro stations {{Iran-railstation-stub See also * List of Tehran Metro stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiasr Street
Valiasr Street ( fa, خیابان ولیعصر) is a tree-lined street in Tehran, Iran, dividing the metropolis into western and eastern parts built in 1922 to 1927, considering the end of asphalt plan it ended in 1933. It is considered one of Tehran's main thoroughfares and commercial centres. It is also the longest street in the Middle East, and was reported as one of the longest in the world by former BBC (now Al Jazeera) journalist Rageh Omaar during the television documentary ''Welcome to Tehran''. The street was built by Reza Shah Pahlavi's order and called the Pahlavi Street. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution the street's name was changed initially to Mossadeq Street (in reference to former nationalist prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh) and later to Valiasr (a reference to the 12th Shi'ite Imam). This vibrant, hub-like street is lined with many shops, restaurants, parks and cultural centers are situated along this long avenue. Shopping Valiasr Avenue is the main Shoppi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahid Beheshti Metro Station
Beheshti Metro Station is a station in Tehran Metro Line 1. It is located in the junction of Dr. Mofatteh Street and Beheshti Street. It is the intersection of Line 1 and Line 3. It is between Shahid Mofatteh Metro Station and Mosalla Metro Station Mosalla Imam Khomeini Metro Station is a station in Tehran Metro Line 1. It is located in Mosalla-ye Tehran next to Resalat Expressway. It is between Shahid Beheshti Metro Station and Shahid Hemmat Metro Station Hemmat Metro Station is a stati ... on Line 1 and Mirzaye Shirazi Metro Station and Sohrevardi Metro Station on Line 3. References Tehran Metro stations {{Iran-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran Metro Line 1
Tehran Metro Line 1, coloured red on system maps runs north-south and is of which is underground (from Tajrish station to Shush Station) and the rest ''at grade'' (at surface level). The number of stations along this line is 29 of which 22 stations are underground and 7 above. , the line's total capacity is 650,000 passengers per day and trains make a scheduled stop of 20 seconds per station. The trains are made up of seven wagons, giving a nominal capacity of 1,300 seated and standing passengers. The maximum speed of the trains is per hour in practice tempered to an average due to station stops. Line 1 runs mostly north-south, and the southern terminus has interchange platforms for its extension sometimes termed Metro Line 8, to Imam Khomeini International Airport completed in August 2017. A , three-station extension of the line from Mirdamad station to Qolhak opened on May 20, 2009; a , four-stations second phase from Qolhak to Tajrish Square was completed in 2012. Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beheshti Street
Beheshti ( fa, بهشتي) may refer to: People *Mohammad Beheshti Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti ( fa, سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی; 24 October 1928 – 28 June 1981) was an Iranian jurist, philosopher, cleric and politician who was known as the second person in the political hierarchy of Iran after t ..., one of the main architects of Iranian Islamic Revolution and the constitution of the Islamic Republic in Iran who was assassinated in 1981 * Sattar Beheshti, Iranian blogger who died in police custody in November 2012 Places * Beheshti, Kerman {{dab, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobonyad Metro Station
Nobonyad Metro Station is one of the main stations of Line 3 of Tehran Metro, located on Nobonyad Square at the interface of Sadr and Babayi Highways in Northern Tehran. It has been designed and built by Boland Payeh Company as a project within a barter portfolio. With the presence of Dr. Maziyar Hosseini, Transportation and Traffic Deputy of Tehran Municipality, Mr. Habil Darvishi, Managing Director of Tehran Metro Company and Mr. Behrouz Nouri Khajavi, CEO of Boland Payeh Co., Southern Entrance of Nobonyad Station is opened to public on February 6, 2017. References Tehran Metro stations Railway stations opened in 2015 2015 establishments in Iran {{Iran-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
