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Esfahan
US$9 9hr
5pm Pars Peyma
Orumiyeh
US$15 12hr
5pm Iran Peyma
Tabriz
US$14 8hr
6am, 6pm-10pm
Tehran (western) US$9/149hr
frequent
For Khorramabad, Taavoni 7 has an 8.30am bus via Eslam Abad (US$7, 4½ hours), but
it's generally much quicker in hops. Start with a minibus to Harsin (US$1, 45 minutes), a
sizeable town in an agricultural valley surrounded by moorland bluffs reminiscent of a
drought-stricken Scotland. Cross town by shuttle taxi (US$2, 3.5km) and continue by sav-
ari to Nurabad (per person/car US$1/5, 40 minutes) from which there are minibuses/savar-
is (US$1/1.50, 1¼ hours) to Khorramabad.
For Hamadan there are direct minibuses (US$1, 2½ hours) and savaris (US$4).
Savaris to Paveh (back/front US$3/4) depart from Gumruk St close to Azadi Sq.
Savaris to Bisotun (US$0.50, 25 minutes) start from the southeast slip-road of the in-
timidating 15 Khordat (Labab) overpass.
Train
A new railway is planned linking Tehran to Baghdad (Iraq) via Kermanshah and Qasr-e-
Shirin, but construction will take years.
Getting Around
Bisotun-bound shuttle taxis from 15 Khordat Sq pass the airport gates. Shuttle taxis from
Azadi Sq head in all directions, most usefully to the terminals and to Mo'allem Sq for
Taq-e Bustan. On Modarres St, city buses usefully drive the 'wrong way' (northbound),
but northbound shuttle taxis have to wind around the one-way system until 8.30pm.
In September 2011 the government announced a shiny new monorail system for the
city, but don't hold your breath; completion is not due till 2015.
 
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