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
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 ...
in the southern part of
Tehran
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 pop ...
, the capital of
Iran
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. The railway station was originally designed in 1928-29 by a
Polish
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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
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.
Service summary
''Note: Classifications are unofficial and only to best reflect the type of service offered on each path''
Meaning of Classifications:
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Local Service: Services originating from a major city, and running outwards, with stops at all stations
*
Regional
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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
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Service: Services connecting two (or more) major centres, with no stops in between, with the sole purpose of connecting said centres.
*International Service:
Nakhchivan —
Mashhad
Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the 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 Razavi Khorasan Province and has a ...
speed train No. 15/16 operated by
Azerbaijan Railways
Gallery
File:Tehran train station.jpg, Platforms
File:Tehran Snapshot 01029.JPG, Hall
See also
*
Rahahan Metro Station
*
List of Tehran Metro stations
References
External links
Railway stations in Iran
Transport in Tehran
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