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Tehran Railway Station ايستگاه راه آهن تهران | |
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Railway station | |
General information | |
Location | District 16, Tehran, Tehran Iran |
Coordinates | 35°39′29″N 51°23′52″E / 35.65806°N 51.39778°E |
Operated by | Islamic Republic of Iran Railways |
Connections | Rahahan Metro Station
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Construction | |
Architect | K.T. Seest[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1930 |
Tehran Railway Station (Persian: ايستگاه راه آهن تهران, romanized: Istgah-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]