Tehran Bus Rapid Transit

Tehran Bus Rapid Transit was officially inaugurated in 2008 in order to facilitate the motor traffic in Tehran. As at 2011 the bus rapid transit (BRT) system had a network of 100 kilometers which transports 1.8 million passengers on a daily basis.[1]

The System Map
Tehran's transit map, with the BRT as a part of it
Tehran Bus Rapid Transit
Tehran Rapid Transit Renault and Youngman buses at the Azadi passenger terminal

Routes

Tehran has currently 10 BRT lines.[2]

  • Line 1: Azadi Terminal to Tehranpars crossroad (Jan. 2008)
  • Line 2: Azadi Terminal to Khavaran Terminal
  • Line 3: Science & Tech Terminal to Khavaran Terminal (Feb. 2009)
  • Line 4: Tehran South Terminal to Chamran Highway-Parkway Intersection (Afshar Terminal)
  • Line 5: Science & Tech (Elm-o-san'at (Persian: دانشگاه علم و صنعت‎) Terminal to Argentina Sq. (Beihaghi Terminal)
  • Line 6: Chamran Highway-Parkway Intersection (Afshar Terminal) to Sohanak (Laleh Terminal)
  • Line 7: Railway station that is located in southern part of Tehran to Tajrish that is located in northern part of Tehran. (Valiasr Ave.)
  • Line 8: Tehran South Terminal to Khavaran Terminal
  • Line 9: Sohanak (Laleh Terminal) to Javanmard Ghassab Metro Station
  • Line 10: Azadi Sq. to Daneshgah Azad sq. in Hesarak

Tehran's mayor, Dr. Ghalibaf addressed the inaugural ceremony saying: The total length of BRT in Tehran is about 150 km that will be increased to 300 km in future.

gollark: For example, a train station I'm aware of has a ticket office with 4 people at desks and basically no activity, even though they mostly just act as bad frontends for the automatic ticket system, for which there are also (not very good) automatic ticket machines.
gollark: There are some things which I think probably should be automated but aren't, though, and I think that's mostly just because some people want there to be humans around for whatever reason and pressure to "preserve jobs".
gollark: Oops, I said knowledge work twice.
gollark: In some cases it's probably possible but it would have drawbacks or isn't cost-effective yet.
gollark: Examples of hard to automate things: social interaction, anything where people are expected to be able to deal with weird unexpected situations and handle them properly, knowledge work things, anything where you need lots of mobility, complex knowledge work.

See also

References
  1. Turquoise Partners: Iran Investment Monthly (February 2011) Retrieved April 30, 2011
  2. Tehran Mayor Inaugurates 1st BRT Line

Media related to BRT in Tehran at Wikimedia Commons


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