Tehran to End Initial $7 Billion Metro Expansion by March
Tehran will complete the first phase of a $7 billion expansion of its metro system by March 2015 as it aims to lift daily passenger capacity to as much as 8 million from 3 million, an Iranian official said. The need to expand public transport in Tehran, a city that has grown fivefold since 1960 to almost 9 million today, has been hindered in part by economic sanctions related to , which have curbed foreign investment and new technology. Yet the city is on course to complete the $1 billion extension of one of its five existing metro lines by ...
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