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{{Short description|Rapid transit system of Tehran, Iran}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox Public transit
| name = Tehran Metro
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| image2 = Topkhaneh Metro Station 1517.jpg
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| image3 = 02 Tehran Metro Line 3 4.jpg
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| caption3 = '''Top''': Outside view of [[Imam Khomeini station]]<br />'''Bottom''': A train at the [[Shahid Ghoddoosi Metro Station|Ghoddoosi Metro Station]]
| native_name = {{lang|fa|مترو تهران}}
| owner = 
| locale = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
| transit_type = [[Rapid transit|Rapid transit/metro]] (Lines 1-4, 6-7) <br />[[Commuter rail]] (Line 5)
| lines = 7 active lines
| stations = [[List of Tehran Metro stations|160]] (total)<ref>{{Cite web |title=کارنامه ۲۸ ماه متروی تهران |url=https://newspaper.hamshahrionline.ir/id/93093/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-28%E2%80%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.htmll |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031183124/http://www.smtnews.ir/car/14851-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%DB%B3%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DB%B2%DB%B1%DB%B7-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88.html |archive-date=2017-10-31 |access-date=2017-10-29}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |title=بازگشایی ۵ ایستگاه جدید مترو |url=https://metro.tehran.ir/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/ArticleId/23562 |access-date=2023-10-02}}</ref>
| ridership = 2.5 million<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2015 |title=روزانه ۲,۵ میلیون سفر توسط متروی تهران انجام می‌شود |url=https://ana.ir/fa/news/43/398232/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-25-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812172047/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1395/12/02/1334052/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%B8%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%AA%D8%A7-10-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B7-6%D9%887-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7 |archive-date=12 August 2017 |access-date=19 January 2020 |publisher=Ana News Agency}}</ref>
| annual_ridership = 820 million (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |title=کارنامه ۲۸ ماه متروی تهران |url=https://newspaper.hamshahrionline.ir/id/93093/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-28%E2%80%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812134233/http://www.smtnews.ir/car/24470-%D9%87%D8%B1-%DB%B3%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88.html |archive-date=2017-08-12 |access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://metro.tehran.ir/}}
| began_operation = {{Start date and age|1999|03|07|df=y}}
| operator = Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company (TUSRC)
| marks = 
| vehicles = 1,514<ref>{{Cite web |last=امینی |first=اکرم |title=هر ۳٫۴۰۰ مسافر یک واگن مترو |url=http://www.smtnews.ir/car/24470-%D9%87%D8%B1-%DB%B3%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812134233/http://www.smtnews.ir/car/24470-%D9%87%D8%B1-%DB%B3%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88.html |archive-date=12 August 2017 |access-date=15 July 2017 |website=www.smtnews.ir}}</ref>
| system_length = {{convert|224.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} (metro)<br />{{convert|67.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} (commuter)<br />{{convert|292.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} (total)<ref>{{Cite web |title=آشنایی با مختصات خطوط مترو تهران |url=http://hamshahrionline.ir/details/277046/City/city-affairs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016185701/http://hamshahrionline.ir/details/277046/City/city-affairs |archive-date=2017-10-16 |access-date=2017-10-29}}</ref>
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'''Tehran Metro''' ({{langx|fa|مترو تهران|translit=Metro-ye Tehrān}}) is a [[rapid transit]] system serving [[Tehran]], the capital of [[Iran]]. It is the largest metro system in the [[Middle East]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Metro Database |url=http://mic-ro.com/metro/table.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923072945/http://mic-ro.com/metro/table.html |archive-date=23 September 2010 |access-date=2020-08-12 |website=Metrobits.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tehran Metro |url=https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/tehranmetro/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222005514/https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/tehranmetro/ |archive-date=22 December 2010 |access-date=2020-03-18 |website=Railway Technology |language=en-GB}}</ref> The system is owned and operated by Tehran Urban and [[Commuter rail|Suburban Railway]]. It consists of six operational metro lines (and an additional [[commuter rail]] line), with construction under way on seven lines including northwestern extension of line 4, south extension line 6, northwestern and east extension line 7, east extension line 2 and Line 10, Line 8 and 9.

The Tehran Metro carries more than 3 million passengers a day.<ref name="Reuters">{{Cite news |date=5 March 2011 |title=Tehran Metro head resigns in row with Ahmadinejad |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-55349520110305 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704205214/http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/03/05/idINIndia-55349520110305 |archive-date=4 July 2013 |access-date=2011-03-05 |work=Reuters}}</ref> In 2018, 820 million trips were made on Tehran Metro. {{As of|December 2023|}}, the total system is {{convert|292.1|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=}} long, {{convert|224.6|km|mi|sp=us}} of which is metro-grade rail. It is planned to have a length of {{convert|430|km|mi|sp=us}} with eleven lines once all construction is complete by 2040.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tehran Metro, Iran |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/tehranmetro/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701194853/http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/tehranmetro |archive-date=2014-07-01 |access-date=2014-06-29 |website=Railway-Technology.com}}</ref>

On all days of the week, the Metro service runs from 04:30 to 22:00.
[[File:Teheran Metro women only.jpg|thumb|Women-only section]]
The line uses standard gauge and is mostly underground. Ticket price is 5,300 [[Iranian Toman]] for each journey (about US$0.05), regardless of the distance traveled, but using prepaid tickets costs much less. Seniors may travel for free on the metro. On all Tehran metro trains the first and half of the second carriages from each end are reserved for women. Women can still ride other cars freely.<ref>{{Cite web |title=خانه |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.tehranmetro.com/AppUploadedFiles/Statistics/a0f2801a-fcdb-4ff1-b87a-5291b79c07fd.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418085217/https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tehranmetro.com%2FAppUploadedFiles%2FStatistics%2Fa0f2801a-fcdb-4ff1-b87a-5291b79c07fd.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-18 |access-date=2020-01-06 |website=Tehran Metro |language=fa |via=Google}}</ref>

==History==
Initial plans for the metro system were laid in late 1960s but could not be executed until 1982 because of socio-political issues such as the [[Iranian Revolution]] and the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. In 1970, the Plan and Budget Organization and the Municipality of [[Tehran]] announced an international [[Request for tender|tender]] for construction of a metro in Tehran. The French company [[SOFRETU]], affiliated with the state-owned Paris transportation authority [[Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens|RATP]], won the tender and in the same year began to conduct preliminary studies on the project. In 1974, a final report with a so-called "street-metro" proposal was tendered. The street-metro system recommended a road network with a loop express way in the central area and two highways for new urban areas and an 8-line metro network which were complemented by bus network and taxi services. Geological surveys commenced in 1976. In 1978, construction on the line was started in northern Tehran by the [[France|French]] company, however this development was short-lived with the advent of the [[Iranian Revolution]] and [[Iran–Iraq War]] in 1979 and 1980 respectively. SOFRETU ceased operations in Iran in December 1980. On March 3, 1982, the Iranian Cabinet ministers formally announced the stop of Tehran Metro operations by the French company.

[[Image:Tehran Metro-Azadi Station.jpg|thumb|[[Changchun Railway Vehicles|CRV]] Type DKZ2 Cars in the Tehran Metro|alt=|right]]
In 1985, the "Tehran Metro Execution Plan" was re-approved by the ''[[Islamic Consultative Assembly|Majiles]]'', the Iranian Parliament, on the basis of legal project of "Amendment of Law of Establishment of Tehran Urban and suburban Railway Company" which had been founded on [[Farvardin]] 1364 (April 1985). This was a literal continuation of exactly the same project that had been laid out before the revolution. Work proceeded slowly because of the continuing Iran–Iraq War and often ground to a halt. By the summer of 1985, urban pressure from the rapidly urbanising population, and lack of developed public transport system prompted the work to be resumed in earnest. "Line&nbsp;1" (From Blvd. Shahid Ayatollah Haghani to [[Rey, Iran|City of Rey]]) and its extension to Behesht-e-Zahra Cemetery was made a priority. "Line&nbsp;2" (From Dardasht in Tehran Pars district to Sadeghiyeh Second Square) and an extending towards the City of Karaj and Mehrshahr district was also made a secondary priority. Studies were also made to establish the previously designed Lines&nbsp;3 & 4. It was decided that an organisation by the name of the Metro Company should be established in order to handle the future development of the system.

The Metro Company then became managed by Asghar Ebrahimi Asl for eleven years. During that time, hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on the system and the Metro Company was given government concessions for the exploitation of iron ore mines in Bandar Abbas (Hormuzgan Province), exploitation and sale of Moghan Diotomite mine in [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|the Iranian region of Azarbaijan]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tehran Subway |url=https://mysteryofiran.multiscreensite.com/en-gb/tehran-subway |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824092333/https://mysteryofiran.multiscreensite.com/en-gb/tehran-subway |archive-date=24 August 2021 |access-date=2020-03-18 |website=Mystery of Iran}}</ref> export of refinery residues from Isfahan oil refinery as well as tar from Isfahan steel mill.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro History |url=http://www.msedv.com/rai/metro_history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915223830/http://www.msedv.com/rai/metro_history.html |archive-date=15 September 2011 |access-date=17 May 2006}}</ref> The year after Asghar Ebrahimi Asl left the management of the Metro Company and Mohsen Hashemi succeeded him, the first line of the Tehran Metro was launched between Tehran and [[Karaj]].

On 7 March 1999, an overland Tehran-Karaj express electric train started a limited service of {{convert|31.4|km|abbr=on}} between Azadi Square (Tehran) and Malard (Karaj) that called at one intermediate station at Vardavard.

Line&nbsp;5 of the [[Tehran]] metro began operating in 1999. [[Iran]]'s first [[rapid transit|metro system]], the line was constructed by the Chinese company [[NORINCO]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 May 2004 |title=Massive Metroline Deal Inked with Iran |url=http://english.china.org.cn/english/BAT/95583.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824131724/http://english.china.org.cn/english/BAT/95583.htm |archive-date=24 August 2021 |access-date=10 December 2020 |website=[[China Internet Information Center]]}}</ref>
[[Image:Golshahr metRo.jpg|thumb|[[Golshahr Metro Station|Golshahr]] ([[Tehran Metro Line 5|Line&nbsp;5]]) commuter rail station]]

From 2000 onwards, commercial operation began on Lines 1 and 2. The wagons on these lines are provided by [[Changchun Railway Vehicles|CRV]] via [[China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation|CNTIC]]. The railway tracks and points on these lines are provided by the [[Austria]]n company [[Voestalpine]].

The Metro uses equipment manufactured by a wide range of international companies: double-deck passenger cars for the Tehran-Karaj regional line are supplied by [[Changchun Railway Vehicles|CRV]] some trains are from [[Shanghai Electric|SEGC]] via CNTIC and assembled by the [[Wagon Pars]] factory in Arak.

{{As of|2010}}, approximately $2&nbsp;billion had been spent on the Metro project. The Tehran Metro transports about 2.5 million passengers daily<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 March 2011 |title=Tehran Metro head Hashemi resigns |url=http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/1840859.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610080959/http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/1840859.html |archive-date=10 June 2013 |access-date=1 July 2015 |website=Trend}}</ref> through its 7 operational lines (Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8). It also has additional one line under construction (Line 6), and an additional two lines in engineering phase. New 80 wagons have been added to the system in September 2012 to ease transportation and reduce rush-hour congestion. Iran is able to produce its need in wagons and trains independently.<ref>{{Cite news |title=70 واگن جدید مترو تهران ترخیص شد |trans-title=Tehran discharged 70 new subway cars |url=http://fararu.com/fa/news/111195/70-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123021259/http://fararu.com/fa/news/111195/70-%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF |archive-date=23 January 2016 |access-date=11 December 2015 |language=fa}}</ref>

A {{convert|2.8|km|mi|adj=on}} branch line of Line 4 began running to [[Mehrabad International Airport]] on 15 March 2016.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=18 March 2016 |title=Tehran metro serving Mehrabad Airport |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/tehran-metro-serving-mehrabad-airport.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527090124/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/tehran-metro-serving-mehrabad-airport.html |archive-date=27 May 2016 |access-date=26 April 2016 |magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]]}}</ref> A {{convert|31|km|mi|adj=on}} [[Express train|express]] line to [[Imam Khomeini International Airport]] was opened in August 2017.<ref name="Urban Rail-Tehran Metro">{{Cite web |title=UrbanRail.net > Iran > TEHRAN Metro |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/as/ir/tehr/tehran.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814174036/http://www.urbanrail.net/as/ir/tehr/tehran.htm |archive-date=2017-08-14 |access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref>

Amidst the COVID-19 cases increasing in Iran, Tehran Metro made wearing masks a requirement to enter the metro network at any station. Law enforcement located in every station were ordered to prevent passengers from entering without masks and such passengers would be led to purchase masks from mask selling desks located at every metro station.<ref name="cov-1">{{Cite web |title=ورود مسافران بدون ماسک به مترو؛ ممنوع! |url=https://www.borna.news/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-4/1029341-%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315153027/https://www.borna.news/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-4/1029341-%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9 |archive-date=15 March 2021 |access-date=19 July 2020 |website=Borna News |language=fa}}</ref>

==Lines==
{{See also|List of Tehran Metro stations}}
[[File:Metro Tehran.svg|center|thumb|750x750px|Map of Tehran Metro]]

===List===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Line
! Opening<ref name="About Metro - Metro History">{{Cite web |title=About Metro - Metro History |url=http://metro.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=150 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424061100/http://metro.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=150 |archive-date=2014-04-24 |access-date=2014-04-23 |publisher=Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Operating Company}}</ref>
! Length
! Stations<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 2011 |title=Development of stations operating |url=http://metro.tehran.ir/Portals/1/articlepdf/7-Statistics.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424044647/http://metro.tehran.ir/Portals/1/articlepdf/7-Statistics.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2014 |access-date=2014-04-23 |publisher=Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Operating Company}}</ref>
! Type
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|1}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 1|{{color|white|1}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | 2001
| {{convert|86.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Line1">{{Cite web |title=خط ۱ مترو تهران و توسعه شمالي و جنوبي خط تا كهريزك |url=http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=357 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163310/http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=357 |archive-date=2015-12-08 |access-date=2015-11-08 |website=tehranmetrogroup.com |language=fa}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 32<ref name="Line1" /><ref name="stations">{{Cite web |title=Stations |url=http://metro.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=215 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825020847/http://metro.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=215 |archive-date=2015-08-25 |access-date=2015-09-23 |website=tehran.ir}}</ref>
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|2}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 2|{{color|white|2}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | 2000
| {{convert|24.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Line2">{{Cite web |title=خط 2 متروي تهران و توسعه شرقي خط تا پايانه شرق |url=http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=356 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208153445/http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=356 |archive-date=2015-12-08 |access-date=2015-11-08 |website=tehranmetrogroup.com |language=fa}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 22<ref name="stations" /><ref name="Line2" />
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|3}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 3|{{color|white|3}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | 2012
| {{convert|33.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Line3-2015" /><ref name="Line3">{{Cite web |title=خط 3 مترو تهران |url=http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=355 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025091940/http://www.tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=355 |archive-date=2015-10-25 |access-date=2015-11-08 |website=tehranmetrogroup.com |language=fa}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 25<ref name="stations" /><ref name="Line3" />
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|4}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 4|{{color|black|4}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | 2008
| {{convert|24.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Line4">{{Cite web |title=خط 4 مترو تهران |url=http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=354 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065649/http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=354 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2015-11-08 |website=tehranmetrogroup.com |language=fa}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 23<ref name="Line4" /> 
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|5}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 5|{{color|white|5}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | 1999
| {{convert|67.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Line5">{{Cite web |title=خط 5 مترو |url=http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=353 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100137/http://tehranmetrogroup.com/index.aspx?siteid=1&fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=353 |archive-date=2015-12-08 |access-date=2015-11-08 |website=tehranmetrogroup.com |language=fa}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 13<ref name="Line5" /><ref name="L5-stations">{{Cite web |title=Final profile Tehran Metro Station Line 5 |url=http://metro.tehran.ir/Portals/1/articlepdf/11-Statistics.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100836/http://metro.tehran.ir/Portals/1/articlepdf/11-Statistics.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2015-09-05 |publisher=Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Operating Company}}</ref>
| [[Commuter rail]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|6}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 6|{{color|white|6}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | 2019
| {{convert|32.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tehran Metro Line 6 Opens |url=http://financialtribune.com/articles/people/97316/tehran-metro-line-6-opens.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224072055/http://financialtribune.com/articles/people/97316/tehran-metro-line-6-opens.html |archive-date=24 February 2020 |access-date=2019-04-07 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 24
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|7}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 7|{{color|white|7}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | 2017
| {{convert|22.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barrow |first=Keith |title=Tehran metro Line 7 inaugurated |url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/metros/tehran-metro-line-7-inaugurated.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615074407/http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/metros/tehran-metro-line-7-inaugurated.html |archive-date=2017-06-15 |access-date=2017-06-15 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 21
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | '''Metro Subtotal:'''
| '''{{convert|224.6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}'''
| style="text-align:center" | '''147'''
| 
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | '''Total:'''
| '''{{convert|292.1|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}'''
| style="text-align:center" | '''160'''
|}

===Line 1===
[[File:Tehran Metro Line 1.png|150px|right]]
{{Main|Tehran Metro Line 1}}
Line 1, coloured red on system maps, is {{convert|86.9|km|mi|sp=us}} long, of which {{convert|14.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} are underground (from [[Tajrish Metro Station|Tajrish station]] to Shoush-Khayyam crossing) and the rest runs at surface level. There are 5
2 stations<ref name="Line1" /><ref name="stations" /> along this line of which 23 stations are located underground and eight above ground. {{As of|2018}}, the total capacity of line 1 is 650,000 passenger per day, with trains stopping at each station for 20 seconds. The trains are each made up of seven wagons, with a nominal capacity of 1,300 seated and standing passengers. The maximum speed of the trains is {{convert|80|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} which is tempered to an average of {{convert|45|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} due to stoppages at stations along the route.

Line 1 runs mostly north–south. A {{convert|4.1|km|mi|sp=us}}, three station extension of the line from [[Mirdamad Metro Station|Mirdamad station]] to Qolhak station opened on May 20, 2009.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} The {{convert|4|km|mi|sp=us}}, four stations second phase of this extension from Qolhak station to [[Tajrish Square]] was completed in 2011. Construction was to be completed by March 2007 but faced major issues due to large boulders and rock bed in part of the tunnels as well as water drainage issues. It has also faced major financing issues as the government has refused to release funds earmarked for the project to the municipality.

Since August 2017, one of Line 1's stations, [[Darvazeh Dowlat Metro Station|Darvazeh Dowlat]] is open 24 hours a day, in order to accommodate passengers traveling to and from Imam Khomeini Airport via Line 1.<ref name="Financial Tribune-People-24/7 Subways" />

Line 1 connects Tehran to [[Imam Khomeini International Airport]]. Its first phase, to [[Shahr-e Aftab Metro Station|Shahr-e-Aftab]] station, opened in 2016, and the airport station opened in August 2017. It is the only metro line in Tehran that is completely open 24 hours a day (even if the frequency is only 80 minutes...), in order to accommodate passengers from late night and early morning flights (Line 1's [[Darvazeh Dowlat Metro Station|Darvazeh Dowlat]] station is the only other metro station outside of Line 1 with that classification).<ref name="Financial Tribune-People-24/7 Subways">{{Cite web |date=9 August 2017 |title=24/7 Subways |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/70018/247-subways |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027065553/https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/70018/247-subways |archive-date=27 October 2020 |access-date=24 March 2020 |publisher=Financial Tribune}}</ref> A third phase, which is currently operational, will extend Line 1 to the [[satellite city]] of [[Parand]] and bring the total length of the line to {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Its {{convert|120|km|mi|abbr=on}} per hour speeds classify it as an [[Express train|express]] subway line, the first of its kind on the Tehran Metro.<ref name="Financial Tribune">{{Cite web |date=8 August 2017 |title=2nd Phase of Metro Line 8 Launched |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/69941/2nd-phase-of-metro-line-8-launched |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814142415/https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/69941/2nd-phase-of-metro-line-8-launched |archive-date=2017-08-14 |access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref>

===Line 2===
[[File:Tehran Metro Line 2.png|150px|right]]
{{Main|Tehran Metro Line 2}}
This line opened between [[Sadeghieh (Tehran) Metro Station|Sadeghieh]] and [[Imam Khomeini Metro Station|Imam Khomeini]] in February 2000.<ref name="Schwandl">{{Cite web |last=Schwandl |first=Robert |year=2015 |title=Tehran |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/as/tehr/tehran.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001023545/http://www.urbanrail.net/as/tehr/tehran.htm |archive-date=2015-10-01 |access-date=2015-09-23 |website=UrbanRail.net}}</ref> Line 2 is {{convert|26|km|mi|sp=us}} long,<ref name="Line2" /> with {{convert|19.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} underground and {{convert|2.4|km|mi|sp=us}} elevated.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} There are 22 stations along the line,<ref name="stations" /><ref name="Line2" /> of which Imam Khomeini Station was shared by Line 1. Line 2 is coloured blue on system maps and runs mostly east–west through the city.

The line was extended from Imam-Khomeini to [[Baharestan|Baharestan Metro Station]] in 2004, and to [[Shahid Madani Metro Station|Shahid Madani]], [[Sarsabz Metro Station|Sarsabz]] and [[Elm-o-Sanat University Metro Station|Elm-o-Sanat University]] in March 2006 with the intermediate stations, [[Darvaze Shemiran Metro Station|Darvazeh Shemiran]] and [[Sabalan Metro Station|Sabalan]], opening in July 2006.<ref name=Schwandl/> It was extended further from Elm-o-Sanat University to [[Tehran Pars Metro Station|Tehran Pars]] in February 2009, and to [[Farhangsara Metro Station|Farhangsara]] in June 2010.<ref name=Schwandl/> The extension phase to new east terminal is under construction.

===Line 3===
[[File:Tehran Metro Line 3.png|150px|right]]
{{Main|Tehran Metro Line 3}}
Line 3 travels from northeast to southwest. Line 3 is one of the most important lines as it connects southwest Tehran to northeast, crosses busy parts of the capital city, and can help to alleviate traffic problems.<ref name="metro">{{Cite news |date=15 December 2010 |title=Lines 3 and 4 of Tehran Subway Rapidly Developing |url=http://www.payvand.com/news/10/dec/1146.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618033600/http://www.payvand.com/news/10/dec/1146.html |archive-date=18 June 2013 |access-date=2014-04-23 |work=Payvand Iran News}}</ref> About {{convert|7|km|mi|sp=us}} of Line 3 became operational in December 2012, followed by {{convert|12|km|mi|sp=us}} in April 2014,<ref name="Line3-open">{{Cite news |date=22 April 2014 |title=12km section of Tehran Metro inaugurated |url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/115284-12km-section-of-tehran-metro-inaugurated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317035633/http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/115284-12km-section-of-tehran-metro-inaugurated |archive-date=2015-03-17 |access-date=2014-04-23 |work=TehranTimes}}</ref> and finally, the last section of the line which is {{convert|18|km|mi|sp=us}} opened on September 22, 2015, increasing the length of the line to a total of {{convert|33.7|km|mi|sp=us}},<ref name="Line3-2015">{{Cite news |date=22 September 2015 |title=Rouhani inaugurates Middle East's longest subway line |url=http://realiran.org/rouhani-inaugurates-middle-easts-longest-subway-line/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923075318/http://realiran.org/rouhani-inaugurates-middle-easts-longest-subway-line/ |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=2015-09-23 |work=Real Iran}}</ref><ref name="Line3" /> and serving 25 stations<ref name="Line3" /> {{as of|2021|May|lc=y}}.

===Line 4===
[[File:Tehran Metro Line 4.svg|right|150px]]
{{Main|Tehran Metro Line 4}}
The line is {{convert|24.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} long with 23 stations.<ref name="Line4" />  which connects the western part of Tehran to eastern part. This line initially runs through Ekbatan (western Tehran) to Kolahdooz (eastern Tehran). The construction of a western extension to line 4 has been started in 2012 connecting Ekbatan to Chaharbagh Sq. This extension will include 3 stations. A sub-line of this line connects Bimeh station to Mehrabad Airport. This sub-line has 3 stations at Bimeh, Terminal 1&2 and Terminal 4&6.

Section 1, from Ferdowsi Square to Darvazeh Shemiran, opened in April 2008. Section 2 from Darvazeh shemiran to Shohada Square opened in February 2009. On May 24, 2009, Section 3 from Ferdowsi Square to Enghelab Square opened. On July 23, 2012, two more stations were inaugurated, connecting line 4 with line 5.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Two New Subway Stations Opened in West of Tehran |url=http://en.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=77&ArticleId=796 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110004954/http://en.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=77&ArticleId=796 |archive-date=10 January 2015 |access-date=1 July 2015 |website=tehran.ir}}</ref>

Currently there are 23 stations in operation on Line 4, coloured yellow on the system maps.<ref name="metro" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=صفحه نخست |url=http://metro.tehran.ir/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722013555/http://metro.tehran.ir/ |archive-date=22 July 2015 |access-date=1 July 2015 |website=tehran.ir}}</ref>

===Line 5===
[[File:Tehran Metro Line 5.svg|right|150px]]
{{Main|Tehran Metro Line 5}}
Line 5 is coloured green on system maps; it is a {{convert|67.5|km|mi|adj=mid|-long|sp=us}}<ref name="Line5" /> commuter rail line and has 13 stations.<ref name="Line5" /><ref name="L5-stations" /> Entering the area of [[Karaj]] with main stations at Karaj and Golshahr and Hashtgerd. It connects with the western end of Line 2 at Tehran (Sadeghiyeh) station, and with the western end of Line 4 at [[Eram-e Sabz Metro Station]].

===Line 6===
[[File:Tehran Metro Line 6.svg|150px|right]]
<!--{{Main|Tehran Metro Line 6}}-->
Line 6 is pink coloured on system maps.<ref name="Line5" /> An initial {{convert|9|km|mi|adj=mid|-long|sp=us}} section between Shohada Square to Dowlat Abad opened on April 7, 2019.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-04-07 |title=Tehran Metro Line 6 Opens |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/97316/tehran-metro-line-6-opens |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408175327/https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/97316/tehran-metro-line-6-opens |archive-date=2019-04-08 |access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-07 |title=Tehran metro line 6 partially inaugurated |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/434401/Tehran-metro-line-6-partially-inaugurated |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519023724/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/434401/Tehran-metro-line-6-partially-inaugurated |archive-date=19 May 2022 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}</ref> This line is {{convert|16.5|km|abbr=on}} long with 13 stations right now. When completed, this line will be {{convert|38|km|abbr=on}} long with 31 stations, connecting southeast Tehran to northwest.<ref name=":1" /> A tunnel boring machine (TBM) is used to construct the tunnel. TBM is using earth pressure balanced method to pass safely through urban areas without considerable settlement.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

===Line 7===
[[File:Tehran Metro Line 7.svg|150px|right]]

This line, similar to line 6, and in contrast with line 3, goes from northwest to southeast and was constructed with modern TBM machines. Its first phase, consisting of {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} of line and 7 stations, was opened in June 2017.<ref>[http://en.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=77&ArticleId=7732 First parts of Tehran metro Line 7 inaugurated] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615234237/http://en.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=77&ArticleId=7732 |date=2017-06-15}} ''www.tehran.ir Official Tehran's website. June 2017''</ref> This line has {{convert|22|km|mi|abbr=on}}  with 20 stations right now.

==Future plans==
There are several plans to expand Tehran's metro network to over {{convert|500|km|mi|abbr=on}} in total. Some plans only concern additional inserted stations, like ''Vavan'' on line 1 in the South or ''Aghdasiyeh'' on line 3 in the North. Some extensions and completely new lines are under construction, some extensions or new lines are proposals in the moment.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Line
! Status<ref name="About Metro - Metro History"/>
! Length
! Stations<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 2011 |title=Development of stations operating |url=http://metro.tehran.ir/Portals/1/articlepdf/7-Statistics.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424044647/http://metro.tehran.ir/Portals/1/articlepdf/7-Statistics.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2014 |access-date=2014-04-23 |publisher=Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Operating Company}}</ref>
! Type
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|3}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 3|{{color|white|3}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | Under Construction
| {{convert|10.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| style="text-align:center" | 5 (planned)
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|8}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 8|{{color|white|8}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | Under Construction
| 
| style="text-align:center" | 34 (planned)
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|9}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 9|{{color|white|9}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | Under Construction
| 
| style="text-align:center" | 39 (planned)
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|10}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 10|{{color|white|10}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | Under Construction
| 
| style="text-align:center" | 35 (planned)
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#{{rcr|Tehran Metro|11}}" | '''[[Tehran Metro Line 11|{{color|black|11}}]]'''
| style="text-align:center" | Planned
| 
| style="text-align:center" | 17 (planned)
| [[Rapid transit|Metro]]
|}

===Under construction===
[[File:Tehran Metro map-Planned-geo.png|750px|thumb|Map of Tehran Metro Line's under construction plan|center]]

====Line 3 (formerly named ''Eslamshahr line'')====
In the south, line 3 will continue for {{convert|10.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the terminus ''Azadegan'' with five new stations to ''Eslamshahr''. Originally, the plan was to build a commuter rail-link like line 5 with a new interchange platform at ''Azadegan'' under the name "Eslamshahr Line". But until construction began in 2016, the plans were changed into a transfer-free extension of the existing route. The opening is scheduled for 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 November 2016 |title=عملیات احداثخط مترو تهران - اسلامشهر آغاز می شو (Construction of metro line Tehran-Eslamshahr begins) |url=https://www.tinn.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C-56/118787-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%AE%D8%B7-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=TiN News |language=Persian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2018 |title=احداث تونل مترو اسلامشهر ۳ سال زمان و ۴۵۵میلیارد اعتبار ازم دارد (The construction of Islamshahr metro tunnel takes 3 years and 455 billion credit) |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4439408/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%DB%B3-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%DB%B4%DB%B5%DB%B5%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85 |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=MehrNews |language=Persian}}</ref>

====Line 6====
Line 6 extension is on the way in the Northwest, where three new stations are built, and at the East end, where one additional station is under construction.

====Line 7====
There is an extension of one station each from each recent terminus in the North and in the Southeast under construction.

====Line 10====
The completely rebuilt line 10, coloured dark blue in the system map, stretching {{convert|43|km|mi}} with 35 stations will run along a west–east corridor from [[Vardavard Metro Station|Vardavard metro station]] of line 5 in the west of Tehran towards the area of Kosar aqueduct in the east with an interchange to the extended line 4. Construction started in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tehran Metro Line 10 construction begins |url=https://iranpress.com/content/26192 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315153035/https://iranpress.com/content/26192 |archive-date=15 March 2021 |access-date=2020-09-29 |website=iranpress.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Further plans===
[[File:Tehran Metro map-Future-geo.png|750px|center|thumb|Future network plan (including all recent proposals as of 2023)]]

====Line 8====
Line 8 of Tehran's Metro, coloured brown in the system map, is a planned circular line, surrounding the city center from ''Fadak station'' (line 2) in the North, over the West, and ending in the southeastern borough of ''Shahrak-e-Valfajr''. It might have 34 stations, 21 of them newly built, while the others will be expanded existing ones becoming interchange stations to other lines.

====Line 9====
The planned line 9 of the metro network, coloured golden in the system map, is another circular line, starting further west at line 5 station ''Chitgar'', passing the city center in the North, turning south and ending at line 6 station ''Dowlat Abad''. It might have 39 stations all together, 27 of them new constructed, while the others will be expansions of existing stations to become interchanges to other lines.

====Line 11====
Line 11, coloured light green in the system map, is another planned tangent line, starting from ''Chitgar'' station at line 5, connecting the southern parts of Tehran, and ending in the Southeast in the borough of ''Eslam Abad''. It might have 18 stations, most of them newly built, just five to be expanded existing stations to become interchanges with other lines.

====LRT Lines==== 
Three LRT (Tram) lines are proposed along with the Metro lines.

====Express Commuter Railway====
Three other commuter Rail lines are planned along with Line 5 (Tehran-Karaj-Hashtgerd Commuter Rail) bringing the total Metro Commuter Rails to 4 Lines .

==Interchange stations==
* 1- Darvazeh Shemiran; Lines 2 & 4
* 2- Shahid Beheshti; Lines 1 & 3
* 3- Darvazeh Dowlat; Lines 1 & 4
* 4- Imam Khomeini; Lines 1 & 2
* 5- Theatr-e Shahr; Lines 3 & 4
* 6- Shademan; Lines 2 & 4
* 7- (Tehran) Sadeghiyeh; Lines 2 & 5
* 8- Eram-e Sabz; Lines 4 & 5
* 9- Shahid Navvab-e Safavi; Lines 2 & 7
* 10- Mahdiyeh; Lines 3 & 7
* 11- Meydan-e Shohada; Lines 4 & 6 
* 12- Meydan-e Mohammadiyeh; Lines 1 & 7 
* 13- Imam Hossein; Lines 2 & 6
* 14- Daneshgah-e Tarbiat Modares; Lines 6 & 7 
* 15- Towhid; Lines 4 & 7 
* 16- Shohada-ye Haftom-e Tir; Lines 1 & 6
* 17- Meydan-e Vali Asr; Lines 3 & 6
* 18- Shohada-ye Hefdah-e Shahrivar; Lines 6 & 7 (under construction on line 6, operational on line 7)
* 19- Ayatollah Kashani; Lines 4 & 6 (under construction on line 4, operational on line 6)
* 20- Shahr-e-Rey; Lines 1 & 6 (operational on line 1, under construction on line 6)

==Network map==
{{Rapid transit OSM map
|frame-width=800
|frame-height=600
|system_qid=Q714823
|zoom = 11
|frame-lat=35.68
|frame-long=51.34
}}

==Safety ==
All routes have been equipped with [[automatic train protection]] (ATP), [[automatic train stop]] (ATS), [[centralized traffic control]] (CTC), and [[SCADA]]. More and more residents use the metro due to the improvement in the peak-hour headways, the opening of more stations and overall improvement with new escalators, elevators, and [[air-conditioning]] in the trains.

On 18 July 2007, a twenty square metres area immediately adjacent to the entrance of the Toupkhaneh metro station caved in. There were no casualties, but the station had to undergo numerous repairs.
On 15 April 2012, safety walls of Mianrood River broke due to heavy rain in Tehran, and consequently, 300,000 cubic meters of water entered metro tunnel of Line 4. The two nearest stations were still under construction, so Metro operators had enough time to evacuate other stations from passengers. Nobody was killed, but water depth in the Habib-o-llah station, the deepest station on Line 4, was estimated to be near 18 meters. It took nearly two weeks to reopen the flooded stations which were previously in operation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tehran Successful Test in Crisis Management |url=http://en.tehran.ir/ViewArticle/tabid/77/ArticleId/621/Tehran-Successful-Test-in-Crisis-Management.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218093452/http://en.tehran.ir/ViewArticle/tabid/77/ArticleId/621/Tehran-Successful-Test-in-Crisis-Management.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 February 2013 |access-date=1 July 2015 |website=tehran.ir}}</ref>

==Complaints==
The [[Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran]] has complained that the vibrations caused by the Metro were having a significant and highly adverse effect on the Masoudieh Palace in the [[Baharestan]] neighbourhood of central Tehran.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Masudieh Palace threatened by rumbling of Tehran Metro trains |url=http://www.payvand.com/news/05/apr/1106.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113022945/http://www.payvand.com/news/05/apr/1106.html |archive-date=2006-11-13 |access-date=2006-07-20 |website=payvand.com}}</ref> The Cultural Heritage Organisation has also complained about vibrations near other historic sites such as the [[Golestan Palace]] and the [[National Museum of Iran]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

== Tickets ==
'''Regular single table tickets'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=راهنمای مترو تهران |trans-title=introduction tehran metro |url=https://www.karnaval.ir/blog/introduction-tehran-metro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321113728/https://www.karnaval.ir/blog/introduction-tehran-metro |archive-date=21 March 2020 |access-date=12 November 2018 |website=karnaval |language=persian}}</ref>

You can only use the subway once with this ticket. This ticket costs 12,000 Rials. If you plan to take a round trip, you need to get two single tickets.

'''Suburban single table tickets'''<ref name=":0" />

This is the ticket from the 5th metro line that reaches [[Sadeghieh (Tehran) Metro Station|Sadeghieh]] station from [[Karaj Metro Station|Karaj]] station. This ticket costs 12,000 Rials.

'''International Airport Single Ticket'''<ref name=":0" />

This ticket is used for the subway line of [[Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport|Imam Khomeini Airport]]. This ticket costs 90,000 Rials.

'''Electronic ticket'''<ref name=":0" />

You can use the subway as many times as you want by charging it. The cost of each of these e-cards is 30,000 Rials or 50,000 Rials and you can charge up to 500,000 Rials after purchase. You can charge your e-card using various booths and wall-mounted electronic charging devices at the bus and subway stations, either by cash or by bank credit card and with non-attendance methods such as my Tehran app

==Tehran Metro Snapshot==
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!! colspan="4"|Tehran Metro
|-
! data-sort-type="numeric"|Stations !! data-sort-type="numeric"|Length (km) !! data-sort-type="numeric"|Annual Ridership (in millions) 
|-
| || style="text-align:right;"|160 (March 2025)|| style="text-align:right;"|292.1 (March 2025)|| style="text-align:right;"|820 (2018)
|-
!! colspan="4"| Ranking <ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2022 |title=اینفوگرافیک &#124; رتبه متروی تهران در آسیا و جهان &#124; نکات مهمی که درباره متروی تهران باید بدانیم |url=https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/662473/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311095407/https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/662473/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Iran]] || style="text-align:right;"|1 (2025)|| style="text-align:right;"|1 (2025)|| style="text-align:right;"|1 (2025)
|-
| [[Asia]] || style="text-align:right;"|17 (March 2022)|| style="text-align:right;"|16 (March 2022)|| style="text-align:right;"|?
|-
| [[World]] || style="text-align:right;"|25 (March 2022)|| style="text-align:right;"|20 (March 2022)|| style="text-align:right;"|?
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:تهران-مترو-ایستگاه حقانی3.jpg|Escalators at [[Shahid Haghani Metro Station|Haghani Metro Station]]
File:Last Metro - panoramio.jpg|Tehran Metro in 2012
File:Tehran Metro Z1 2018.jpg|Passengers wait to board a train in 2018
File:February 2019 in Tehran Metro.jpg|[[Samsung]] advertising in Tehran Metro
File:Tehran Metro Workers 2019 21.jpg|[[Tehran Metro Line 6]]
File:L7 Tehran Metro 2019 01.jpg|[[Tehran Metro Line 7]]
File:Tehran Metro Workers 2019 23.jpg|[[Tehran Metro Line 7]] 
File:Ashrafi Esfahani Metro Station 1.jpg|Ashrafi Esfahani Metro Station at Tehran Metro Line 6
File:Tehran Metro Depot.jpg|Tehran Metro Depot
File:Tehran metro station.ogv|thumbtime=00:34|Tehran Subway arriving at the [[Vali Asr Metro Station|Vali-e-asr station]]
File:2 Tehran Metro 2019.jpg|[[Meydan-e San'at Metro Station]] ([[Tehran Metro Line 7|Line 7]])
File:FM Zarif departures to his office by Metro 01.jpg|Former foreign Minister [[Mohammad Javad Zarif]], entering the metro
File:TM1 (SIK 04-E1424-272).jpg|Tehran Suburban Railway train
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[List of metro systems]]
* [[Tehran Bus Rapid Transit]]
* [[Tehran Monorail]]
* [[Trolleybuses in Tehran]]
* [[Transport in Iran]]
* [[List of Tehran Metro stations]]
}}
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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Tehran Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Tehran}}
*[http://metro.tehran.ir/en/ Tehran Metro (official site)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527002128/http://metro.tehran.ir/en/ |date=27 May 2016 }}  {{in lang|en}}
*[https://www.iranrail.net/ The Unofficial Homepage of Iranian Railways]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoxF-DlpCPQ&mode=related&search= Video Clip of one of the Tehran Metro stations]
*[http://www.cityrailtransit.com/maps/tehran_map.htm Network map (to scale)]
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yashoid.tehranmetro Tehran Metro Application for Android]
*[http://www.samsungapps.com/topApps/topAppsDetail.as?productId=G00000254610 Tehran Metro Application for badaOS]
*[http://metro.tehran.ir/Portals/0/PDF/statistics/Aban/f_masir,%2001.08.pdf Tehran Metro Map PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074449/http://metro.tehran.ir/Portals/0/PDF/statistics/Aban/f_masir,%2001.08.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }} (in Persian)
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

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