Tehran railway station

Tehran Railway Station

ايستگاه راه آهن تهران
Railway station
The station building in 2018
General information
LocationDistrict 16, Tehran, Tehran
 Iran
Coordinates35°39′29″N 51°23′52″E / 35.65806°N 51.39778°E / 35.65806; 51.39778
Operated byIslamic Republic of Iran Railways
Connections Rahahan Metro Station
  •  BRT 7 
    · 105 Rahahan-Tajrish
    · 151 Rahahan-Valiasr Sq.
    · 152 Rahahan-Parkway
  • 245 Rahahan-Naziabad-Shahr-e Rey Metro
  • 246 Rahahan-Khazaneh-Shahr-e Rey Metro
  • 258 Javadieh-Fayyazbakhsh Term.
  • 259 Shahrak-e Valfajr-Moein Term.
  • 275 Imam Khomeini Hospital-Moein Term.
  • 320 Rahahan-Khorasan Sq.
  • 330 Rahahan-Parking Shahr-e Rey
  • 336 Rahahan-Qods Blvd.
  • 349 Rahahan-Mahallati Exp'way
  • 359 Rahahan-Haft-e Tir
  • 365 Khaniabad-e No-Enqelab Sq.
  • 366 Vesal Blvd.-Enqelab Sq.
  • 367 Terminal-e Jonub-Enqelab Sq.
  • 417 Sarvari Term.-Fayyazbakhsh Term.
  • 430 Rahahan-Shahr-e Aftab
  • 907 Rahahan-Tajrish
  • 911 Rahahan-Emam Hossein Sq.
Construction
ArchitectK.T. Seest[1]
History
Opened1930

Tehran Railway Station (Persian: ايستگاه راه آهن تهران, romanizedIstgah-e Rah Ahan-e Tehran) is located in Rah Ahan Square, at the foot of Valiasr Street in the southern part of Tehran, the capital of Iran. The railway station was originally designed in 1928-29 by Polish architect Władysław Horodecki, who died before the construction could begin. In 1930, the experienced Danish railway architect Knud Tanggaard Seest was then tasked to finish the project.[1] Around the time it opened in 1930, the previous tram system in Tehran was shut down. Seest changed the original plans dramatically and gave the railway station a new, highly modern, strict design. The Tehran Railway Station serves as an example of early modernistic architecture in the Middle East.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2024-06-27.