Tabriz ( Persian ایستگاه راهآهن تبریز ) is a junction railway station in the city of Tabriz, the capital of the province of East Azerbaijan of the Islamic Republic of Iran of Iran .
| Station | |
| Tabriz Persian. ایستگاه راهآهن تبریز | |
|---|---|
| Julfa- Tabriz Tabriz - Tehran | |
| Iranian Railways | |
 Railway station Tabriz | |
| opening date | 1916 |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Number of paths | > 5 |
| Type of platforms | high |
| Platform shape | straight |
| Architects | F. Puyon G. Giyay |
| Location | Iran , Tabriz pl. Railway station |
| Change to | Rahahan bus station ایستگاه اتوبوس راه آهن |
| Installed mileage | 149 km. |
| Distance to Julfa Iran. | 146 km |
| Distance to Tehran | 748 km |
Passenger movement
Passenger trains depart from the railway terminal to many cities of Iran, via the station there is a fast train No. 15/16 with the international connection Nakhchivan - Tehran - Mashhad , an Azerbaijani formation. Direct passenger and local trains run to Julfa , Razi, Tehran , Selmas , Mashhad and others.
Once a week, the passenger train of the Iranian formation No. 495 runs with the Tabriz- Van international link. The train travels to one of the points on the Van-Tatvan ferry crossing on Lake Van .
History
The station was opened in 1916 [1] on the first railway in Iran’s history , which connected the Persian Tabriz with Russian Julfa and was built by Russian workers and engineers in 1908-1916.
In 1908 [2] the “Tauris Railway Society” was created, one of the founders of which was the Persian Accounting and Loan Bank [3] . Surveys and construction of a railway line in Persian territory began.
The labor movement from Russian Julfa to Tabriz was opened in 1915 and the "Regulation on the temporary movement" to Tabriz was approved [4] . The total length of the path was 149 kilometers.
The modern building of the railway station was designed by architects Fernand Puyon and Heydar Guillaume. The project is made in the art deco style [5] . In 1958, the railway line to Tehran with a length of 748 km was put into commercial operation. The station building is recognized as a national treasure - a monument of architecture and urban planning of Iran [6]
Notes
- ↑ Tarkhov S. A. Expansion of the Iranian transport system (report at the international conference: “The spatial aspect of changing the structure of transport”, Warsaw 2007)
- ↑ Index, 1911 .
- ↑ Charter of the Tauris Railway Society, 1914 .
- ↑ Provision on temporary movement, 1915 .
- ↑ Tabriz Train Station Inscribed on National Heritage List
- ↑ IRNA: Tabriz station included in the list of national monuments of Iran
Literature
- Society of the Tauris Railway. Regulation on the temporary movement. - Tiflis: Type. Canz. Viceroy of His Imperial Majesty in the Caucasus, 1915. - 11 p.
- Alphabetical Index to the Highest Approved and Brief Magazines of the Council of Ministers (1906-1911) . - SPb. , 1911. - S. 451, 740, 853, 858. - 850 s.
- Charter of the Tauris Railway Society. - SPb. : Type of. I. G. Popova, 1914 .-- 43 p.
Links
- rai.ir - official site of the Iranian railways
- Ministry of Roads & Urban Development Of Iran Official Website - official website of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Iran
- The unofficial homepage of Iranian railways is an unofficial site about Iranian railways.