During the ceremony in Karaj — the capital of the north central province of Alborz, situated 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) west of Tehran — on Tuesday, the first factory specialized for manufacturing the domestically developed Iran Safir locomotives came on stream, and the first Iran Safir locomotive joined the national Iranian rail fleet.
The main goal of the project is to produce locomotives to promote public transportation, raise the share of railways in Iran’s total public transportation to 16 percent, and increase the fleet of active locomotives to 600 nationwide.
The plant will also produce passenger trains capable of hitting a speed of 160 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour) and manufacture locomotives that can generate electricity for passenger coaches without a power generator wagon.
The project will directly employ 300 people in the first stage and another 750 in the second stage. About 3,000 people will also be employed in affiliated companies that will supply various parts or services for the factory.
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