Compilation of local standards for Tehran Metro

According to the report of Fars News Agency’s Shahri Group, Hamed Abbasi Nami, in a meeting with Haji Khani, Senior Adviser of Iran’s National Standards Organization, Mohammad Hossein Taheri, Director General of Standards of Alborz Province, and a group of deputies of this department emphasized the importance of national production in the metro industry and said: Tehran Metro Operation Company And Houmah is the first and largest company providing intra-urban rail transportation services in the country, and the wide range of lines and the variety of equipment and consumable parts in Tehran Metro have provided a suitable space for the presence of domestic manufacturers.

He continued: Supplying metro equipment and parts with the support and power of domestic producers is one of the main goals of this company, and for this purpose, negotiations have been conducted with knowledge-based companies as well as state and Islamic Azad universities, and the stages of domestic production of parts by these centers. It is being followed up, but it is definitely a prerequisite to use domestic parts, develop local and local standards, specific to the rail industry.

The supervisor of the Tehran and Suburbs Metro Operation Company stated that for this work more cooperation is needed from the National Standard Organization and added: It is necessary to introduce reference and reliable laboratories to perform technical tests and obtain approvals for the produced parts.

It should be noted that the compilation of required standards in the field of intra-city rail transportation with the participation of the Tehran and Suburbs Metro Operation Company and the presentation of the database of internal metro manufacturers to the standards department were among the other issues raised in this meeting.

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