Night train route
Tehran–Mashhad Express
Tehran → Mashhad · Iran
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Iran’s busiest corridor: five-star Fadak sleepers glide 926 km east past desert caravanserai country to Imam Reza’s shrine city of Mashhad.
Stations
- 0 kmTehran
- 227 kmSemnan
- 426 kmShahrud
- 652 kmNeqab
- 785 kmNeyshabur
- 921 kmMashhad
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 12947420 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Islamic Republic of Iran Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Tehran–Mashhad Express?
The Tehran–Mashhad Express runs 926 km from Tehran to Mashhad.
How long does the Tehran–Mashhad Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 11 h for the 926 km. That is an average of 84 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Tehran–Mashhad Express?
Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, with Fadak five-star sleeper.
How old is the Tehran–Mashhad Express?
The line has been in service since 1957. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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