Zahedan Railway Station ( Zahedan Train Station) [Updated: May, 2024]

Zahedan Railway Station ( Zahedan Train Station)

Zahedan railway station is located in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Zahedan City. This station belongs to the southeastern part of Iran's railway. Zahedan railway station is the oldest one in Iran. Its foundation goes back to 1918 when the English constructed a railway line from Mirjaveh ( a city on the border with Pakistan) to Zahedan in order to connect the Indian subcontinent to Turkey, Europe, and Central Asia by train through this international corridor. This line was active but isolated from Iran's railway network by 2009. At this time, Zahedan railway station was connected to Iran's railway network

Zahedan railway station and facilities

Zahedan railway station has 3 platforms. facilities which passengers could use are as mentioned below:

shops
Parking
Public phone lines
Wi-Fi
ATM
Mini supermarket
Toilet
power socket

There are also some shops that offer this region's souvenirs to passengers such as clothes with unique and special ways of sewing.

Train destination

Through Zahedan railway station, You are connected to Iran's railway network, and you could travel to many cities in Iran although there are 4 main lines that you could travel directly:

Tehran, it takes 22 hours to reach the destination from Zahedan

Kerman, it takes 8 hours to reach the destination from Zahedan

Bam, it takes 5 hours to reach the destination from Zahedan

As Iran and Pakistan used different gauges for their railway system, there has been some disconnections on their freight traffic since 2009. Apparently, there is no passenger service between the two countries.

Passenger Train companies offering service at Zahedan railway station

Raja Passenger Trains company
Joopar Passenger Trains Company

How to get Zahedan railway station

Zahedan railway station is not far from downtown, you could reach it in a short time by taxi or bus. Zahedan has no subway system so this form of public transportation is unavailable there.

Zahedan railway