Night train route
Raja Tehran–Tabriz
Tehran → Tabriz · Iran
Raja Tehran–Tabriz in pictures
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- Distance
- 736 km
- Fastest time
- 12 h
- Average speed
- 61 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- Raja · Iranian Railways (RAI)
- Train
- Raja sleeper coaches
- Countries
- Iran
- In service since
- 1958
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Iranian leg of the Tehran–Istanbul Trans-Asia Express, whose onward run once floated the whole train across Turkey’s Lake Van on a rail ferry.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.7% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3 km
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of 52501
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