Recent content by fr3

You're right. It's the arabic 4, not the one they usually use in Iran and Pakistan(۴) .

Sorry, I completely misunderstood. Now it is quite clear what you mean. I have never traveled on these trains, neither in Iran nor in Britain. Did not know that they where such a technical failure.

These are arabic/persian scripts. Left car: 757-93 Right car: 757-141 Don't know the Iranian numbering scheme for these units. Wrong country! Iran is a rather quiet and safe place. Despite the image given by western media, people there are by no ways fanatic nor do you have to fear any...

Here is a short update on the Class 141 in Iran: It seems that all units have been withdrawn and replaced by domestically assembled Korean DMUs. On my recent trip to Iran I could see a withdrawn unit at Zarand station. Sorry for the poor quality. The picture was taken through the window on...

As the author of the pages you mentioned I must admit that I have not updated the map on my site since several years. Iran has + 500 km of new lines each year. But the most exciting news is the completition of Bam - Zahedan line this summer (August 2009) which closed the gap between the European...