Transport in Iran
Iran has a vast tarred highway network connecting the majority of its villages and all its cities. In 2002 the country had 178.152 km of roads, among which 66% are tarred. There are 30 passengers of cars for 1.000 inhabitants. The trains operate on 6.405 km (3,980 semi) of railways. The main port of entry of the country is the Bandar-E `Abbas in the strait of Hormuz. After being arrived to Iran, food imported is distributed through the country by trucks and trains of freight. The railway Teheran-Bandar-E `Abbas, open in 1995, connects Bandar Abbas to the rail network of the Central Asia via Teheran and Mashhad. The other important ports include Bandar-E Anzali and Torkeman Bandar-E on the Caspian Sea and Khorramshahr and Khomeynī Bandar-E on the Persian Gulf. Dozen city has airports which are used at the same time for the air traffic as passengers and that of the goods. Iran Air, the air national companie, was founded in 1962 and operates national and international flights. All the big cities have a joint transport system using of the buses, and several companies private ensures a service of bus between the cities. Teheran has a network of subway expanding and Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, Ahvaz and Esfahan is building joint train or grid systems using the subways circulating in underground.
See too
- Subway of Teheran
- Air transport in rail-bound Iran
- Transport in Iran
- Maritime transport in Iran
- Road transport in Iran
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