The director-general of the Tehran Metro Company said the majority of trains in the city’s metro system are old and expired.
Massoud Drosti, the director-general of the company, told Iran’s ILNA News Agency that the trains are outdated due to the unsuitable design of the trains.
The head of Tehran’s emergency center said last spring that four people were injured in an accident in an elevator at Tehran’s Khomeini Metro Station.
Eighteen people were injured last week in a similar incident at Tehran’s Bahashti Metro Station and seven were taken to the hospital with similar injuries.
A fire broke out on Sunday at Tehran’s Shush station, cutting off power to the subway line.
According to Drosti, Iran had signed a contract with China to build 630 metro trains in 2020, and work on the vehicles has been underway for a year. They are expected to be delivered to Iran over the next few years.
By comparison, Istanbul’s metro and trains carry about three million passengers daily with more than 1,000 subways and trains, while Tehran’s metro carries about 2.5 million passengers daily with about a quarter of Istanbul’s subways and trains built in Tehran.
The Tehran Metro has been operating since March 7, 1999. It has 296 kilometers of lines and 156 stations.
