Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TRAINS FROM MASHHAD
DESTINATION
FAREDURATIONDEPARTURES
Ahvaz
US$2530hr
11.30pm, 5 weekly
Bandar Abbas
US$4622½hr
3.30pm Wed, Fri, Sat
Esfahan
US$2224hr
6.30pm Mon, Wed, Sat
Sarakhs
US$153hr
10am, 6pm local services
Tabriz
US$4524hr
3.30pm
Tehran (express)
US$457hr
7am express
Tehran (old train)
US$1212hr
10.30am, 2pm
Tehran
US$2112hr
8 daily, 4-10.30pm
Tehran ('Green' train)US$4012hr
7pm
Yazd
US$3412hr
9.15pm Mon, Wed, Fri
Getting Around
To/From the Airport
A semiregular public bus runs between the airport terminal and Basij Mustazafin Sq. Tax-
is cost US$5.
Bus
Prebuy shiny US$0.50 tickets from
ticket booths
( 6.30am-8.30pm)
to use the excel-
lent but complex network of city buses. Most buses stop running after 9pm. A few (eg bus
10) continue later, requiring two tickets at night. From stops near Falakeh Ab, southbound
bus 84 runs to the bus terminal, and buses 13, 62 and 94 wiggle towards Park Mellat. Use-
ful bus 210 passes the Nader Shah mausoleum (first stop), Shohoda Sq (second stop) and
Falakeh Ferdosi (one stop beyond the big Saba Hotel). For Kuhestan Park, take bus 10
from Shohoda Sq or Park Mellat.
