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| Overview | |||
| Native name | قطار شهری مشهد | ||
| Owner | Mashhad Municipality | ||
| Locale | Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan]], Iran | ||
| Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
| Number of lines | 4 (2 Active)[1] | ||
| Number of stations | Total 76, active 36[2] | ||
| Daily ridership | 108,500 (Line 1), 30,000 (Line 2) | ||
| Website | Mashhad Urban Railway Operation Company (MUROC) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 12 March 2011 | ||
| Operator(s) | Mashhad Urban Railway Operation Company (MUROC) | ||
| Number of vehicles | 90 | ||
| Headway | 5 minutes in peak hours, 7 minutes in off peak hours and 12 minutes in holidays (line 1), 10 minutes (line 2)[2] | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | Total 85 km (53 mi), active 37.5 km (23.3 mi)[3] | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
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Mashhad Urban Railway (Persian: قطار شهری مشهد, the literal translation of the name from Persian) is a rapid transit urban rail line in Mashhad, Iran. It is the second rapid transit system in Iran.[4] The project has been known by a number of terms, including "light rail" or "light metro" and "urban rail" or "metro",[5][6][7] though the system's full-grade separation from traffic and five-minute headway fully qualify it as a rapid transit or "metro" system. Mashhad Urban Railway operates its line 1 from 6 to 22:00 daily.[8] Construction of the second line which is a metro line is ongoing. Limited operation of the first phase of line 2, with 10.1 kilometres (6.3 mi) and 9 stations, had just begun in Feb 2017. Tunnel excavation of the first phase of line 3 was started in 2015.
Construction of line 1 began in 1999,[9] with the inauguration of Line 1 taking place on 24 April 2011.[7]
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- ^ "جابهجایی حدود 51 میلیون مسافر توسط خط یک قطار شهری مشهد" [Handling about 51 million passengers a metro rail line Mashhad] (in Persian). Mashhad Urban & SubUrban Railway Operation Company. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
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