The Dirst Piece of Qom Monorail

Iran Railway Development Consulting Engineers Company (Metra)

Project details

Project location Connection of the northeastern part of Qom city to the city center (the holy shrine of Imam Masoumeh (AS)) and a diagonal extension to the southwest and finally connection to the new city of Pardisan
Project status in progress
Consultant Metra Consulting Engineers
Control System ----
Project Owner Qom Urban Train Organization
Project Contractor Partnership between Mapna and Kayson
Date & Duration of the Contract July 2009

Project Description

The contract for design and construction of the first section of Qom monorail with a length of 8.6 km was concluded between Metra Consulting Engineers Company and the Urban Train Organization in 2009. This project is the first monorail line in the country with the aim of developing modern transportation systems with a length of 7.18 km to connect the northeastern part of Qom city to the center of the holy shrine of Imam Masoumeh (AS) and the Qatari extension to the southwest and finally the city. The new campus has been designed and approved.

Plan Objectives

Development and improvement of modern public transportation systems in corridors with a traffic volume of more than 10,000 people in each direction per hour 2 public transportation systems in the form of monorail and metro in Qom metropolis

Description of Metra Consulting Engineers Services

The first phase of the project is an EPC contract and includes the stages of designing the navigation and structural system and purchasing equipment, as well as the construction of a 8.6 km monorail complex with 8 stations, a central depot and a central control building, along with the supply of a monorail wagon in July 2009. The contract between Qom City Train Organization and Mapna-Keyson partnership entered the executive phase.
With the completion and construction of the first phase of the project, the passenger capacity will reach 12,000 PPHPD and with the construction and completion of the entire line, the capacity will reach 19,200 PPHPD.

Project features

The whole project is 7.18 km long and the first phase is 8.6 km long
8 stations in the first phase
The first monorail design and construction project in Iran
Simultaneous design and implementation

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