When it is completed, Line 2 will be 14.3km long with 12 stations, including interchanges with Line 1 at Shariati and the future lines 3 and 4 at Shohada.

Line 2 includes 10.8km of tunnels, which were constructed using TBMs.

The first 18km phase of Mashhad Urban Railway Line 1 from Torghabeh in the west to Ghadirin in the east was inaugurated in October 2011. Line 1 was subsequently extended to the city’s airport in February 2016.

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