Tehran Metro Company opened two subway stations in Lines 6 and 7 on Thursday, June 17, as part of the plans to enhance the capital’s green means of transportation.
The Modafe’an-e Salamat (“health defenders”) Station, named as a tribute to Covid-19 first responders, in Line 7, and Shahrak-e Azmayesh in the western tail of Line 6 were inaugurated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani via videoconference.
The ceremony was also attended by Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi, Ali Emam, the head of Tehran Metro Company, and Reza Javaheri, the head of MAPNA Railway Construction and Development Company.
Shahrak-e Azmayesh Station is located in western Tehran. Given the area’s severe traffic congestion, the station is expected to assist in alleviating the situation.
The launch of the station marks the completion of the second phase of the Line 6 megaproject.
A consortium consisting of MAPNA Group, its subsidiary MAPNA Railway Construction and Development Company, Shahr Bank, and Sabir Dam & Water Works Construction Company is responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of all electrical and mechanical equipment for Tehran Metro Line 6.
The scope of the project also includes manufacturing of main equipment and spare parts, transportation, installation, test and commissioning, preparation of engineering documents, and personnel training for operation.
Once fully operational, Tehran Metro Line 6 will give the capital’s subway system the longest route in Iran. The line will stretch over 31 kilometers with 27 stations, starting from Sulqan in the northwest and ending in Dolat-Abad district in the southeast.
In further stages, Line 6 will expand to Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine in the ancient district of Rey to the south of the city, becoming the longest subway route in the Middle East with 36 kilometers of length.
Tehran Metro Line 6 has two important features: first, it equips the southeastern areas of Tehran as well as the districts 2 and 5 in the west and northwest, which are the most populous areas of the city, with modern transportation system; second, Line 6 intersects with all other Tehran Metro lines.
The Tehran Metro Line 6 marks MAPNA Group’s first move in the subway civil engineering.
The first phase of Line 6, stretching nine kilometers with 3 stations, opened in March 2019 and three more stations joined the line in October 2020. Efforts have been made by the Central Bank of Iran, Tehran Municipality, and the government, to accelerate the complete implementation of the project.
