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Subway Expansion Plans Gain Momentum in Three Cities
EghtesadOnline: Providing people with decent public transportation services is of high importance worldwide and there is much room for improvement in Iranian cities.
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Tech Firms Help Localize Subway Wagon Production
EghtesadOnline: Iranian knowledge-based companies and tech firms unveiled a largely localized subway wagon during an event held last week in Tehran.
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Covid-19 Crisis Challenging Urban Transportation Response
EghtesadOnline: The new round of traffic rule waiver in the capital city of Tehran has failed to curb the jostling crowd in the subway, contrary to expectations, Tehran Metro’s CEO said.
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Jam-Packed Subway Trains Heighten Concerns About Covid-19 Spread
EghtesadOnline: The resumption of traffic schemes in Tehran as of last week has reduced traffic congestion in the city’s thoroughfares, but it is increasing passenger density in subway trains, heightening concerns about the spread of Covid-19.
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Traffic Schemes Resume, Commuters Throng Subway
EghtesadOnline: Traffic schemes in Tehran resumed as of Saturday, pushing more people toward using public transportation and increasing the spread of coronavirus.
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Facemasks to Become Mandatory in Public Transportation Networks
EghtesadOnline: The national coronavirus taskforce is planning to make wearing facemasks mandatory in public transportation, including buses and subway, a deputy health minister said.
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Tabriz, Mashhad Investing on Speedy Subway Expansion
EghtesadOnline: The recent subway network expansion in Tabriz and the holy city of Mashhad are expected to help curb air pollution and ease traffic congestion, making life easier for the citizens of these metropolises.
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Tehran Subway Extension to Hashtgerd
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani is to inaugurate Hashtgerd Subway Station in Alborz Province on Tuesday.
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Tehran, Qom Investing in Public Transport Expansion
EghtesadOnline: Major Iranian metropolises are making efforts to boost public transport services by expanding bus and taxi fleets and investing in subway projects.
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New Subway Station Launched in Tehran
EghtesadOnline: On the eastern flank of Tehran subway's unfinished Line 6, Imam Hussein (PBUH) junction station was inaugurated on Saturday.