Tehran-Mashhad Rapid Railway

Iran Railway Development Consulting Engineers Company (Metra)

Project details

Project location Tehran Mashhad Axis
Project status Completed
Consultant Project Consultant : Metra Consulting Engineers Company and Systra Company from France
Control System -----------
Project Owner Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company
Project Contractor -----------
Date & Duration of the Contract May 2005 for five Months

Project Description

The contract for Tehran-Mashhad’s rapid railway studies in 2005 was concluded between Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company

 and Metra consulting engineers company, it should be noted that Systra Consulting Company has been cooperating with the company.

Plan Objectives

Selecting  the high- speed plan and the construction of a new route for Tehran- Mashhad railway axis  at the top  speed of 300 kilometers per hour (with electric traction ) as a rapid railway, which leads to a reduction in the travel time .

Description of Metra Consulting Engineers Services

Preliminary studies include examining existing status, design criteria, path studies, geotechnical studies and hydrology, traffic studies,
Operational studies, symptoms, communication, electricity and fleet, financial and economic studies, summing up and concluding studies
And the summary of the studies was, of course, checked in all the following studies.

Option 1- Investigating the construction of a new rail route at the top  speed of 300 kilometers per hour (with electric traction )

Option 2: Construction of a new railway line with a design speed of 250 km / h (with electric traction)

Option 3- Investigating the construction of a new rail route at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour (with electric or  diesel traction )

Option 4: Improvement of existing lines for operational speed of 160 km \/ h: Improved passenger transmission

Project features

The length of the project :900 km

The number of stations (railing ) : eight stations

Description: A total of 900 meters of bridge, the largest of which is 500 meters long.

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