Smoke machine, the first tram of Tehran!

The name of the smoke machine in old Tehran Iran's first railway that between Tehran And The city of Ray It was drawn, acquired, and the reason for this name was the heater that came from the chimney Train It was coming out.

this the railway It was built in 1261 solar year during the era of Naser al-Din Shah, and its score is one engineer A Frenchman named "Monsieur Boutal" represented a Belgian company from Naseruddin Shah. It can be said that the car is smoked Tehran's first tram line is.

This smoke car had two stations; The starting point of that line is near Darvaza Street, Khorasan (Qiyam Square and the current Kausar Park) And the final point of the front was Shah Abd al-Azim in the city of Ray. This new device was not accepted by the people of Tehran and in a short time with the bankruptcy of this Belgian company. tram It was deposited in the history archive in Tehran.

At the beginning of the work Smoked car The curious people of Tehran went to the place to learn about the new phenomenon that had come to their city.GarmachinThey used to go to the station of the smoke car, but no one had the courage or desire to get on it.

Until Naseruddin Shah for The first time with a large group of state officials Smoked car He traveled to Shahreri and this issue encouraged people to use smoke cars. this the railway It was closed in the 1340s and now the remains of that car are in the yard subway The city of Raybud has been returned to the main railway line and the other part is in a part of Mellat Park.

source:ISNA

Fahameh , Specialized service provider Transportation advice(Inner city and outer city)Smartening of transportation and logistics, studies and urban management in Iran.