Isfahan railway station (''

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:''ايستگاه راه آهن اصفهان, ''Istgah-e Rah Ahan-e Isfahan'') is located in

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

, Isfahan Province, the third largest city and second largest metropolitan area of

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. The station is owned by

IRI Railway , majoroperators =RAI, Tooka rail, Samand rail , ridership =21 million , passkm =13 billion , freight =31 million tonnes , tonkm =22 billion tonnes , infrastructure = , length = , doublelength = 142 ...

and currently has two tri-weekly services, one to

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

and one to

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. The station is designed as a terminal station, with railways branching off of the main line and ending at the station. This has made some of the lines passing through

to bypass the station altogether, to save one to two hours of time wasted on going into the branch and reversing out. There is a metro station under construction at the station connecting the station to the city centre, and Isfahan's two main inter-urban bus terminals.

Service summary

''Note: Classifications are unofficial and only to best reflect the type of service offered on each path''
Meaning of Classifications: *

Local Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States * Local government, a form of public administration, usually the lowest tier of administrat ...

Service: Services originating from a major city, and running outwards, with stops at all stations *

Regional In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

Service: Services connecting two major centres, with stops at almost all stations * InterRegio Service: Services connecting two major centres, with stops at major and some minor stations * InterRegio-Express Service:Services connecting two major centres, with stops at major stations *

InterCity InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at m ...

Service: Services connecting two (or more) major centres, with no stops in between, with the sole purpose of connecting said centres.

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