Scenic route
Trans-Iranian Railway
Tehran → Khorramshahr · Iran
The UNESCO-listed 1938 masterpiece paid for by taxes on tea and sugar: night trains spiral down the Zagros through a maze of tunnels to the Gulf plain.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 8 km
- 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Trans-Iranian Railway?
The Trans-Iranian Railway runs 937 km from Tehran to Khorramshahr.
How long does the Trans-Iranian Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 15 h for the 937 km. That is an average of 62 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Trans-Iranian Railway?
Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, with RAJA sleeper.
How old is the Trans-Iranian Railway?
The line has been in service since 1938. 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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