Iranian Rail Industries Development Co (IRICO) ( fa, ایریکو, ''Iriku'') is an Iranian manufacturer of passenger rolling stock. The company was founded in 2003 and began series production of rail vehicles in 2009. The company has several
license manufactured rolling stock in cooperation such as
Hyundai Rotem,
Siemens,
Stadler &
CRRC Puzhen.
History
Iranian Rail Industries Development Co (IRICO) was founded in with the aim of domestic manufacture of rolling stock including metro, suburban, light rail and monorail vehicles. A $45 million investment established a factory in
Abhar
Abhar ( fa, ابهر) is a city in the Zanjan Province of Iran. It has historically served as a place of importance due to lying right between the cities of Qazvin and Zanjan.
Name
"Abhar" is a combination of the words ''āb'' (water) and ...
,
Zanjan province Iran.
IRICO designs & manufactures various types of rolling stocks such as
passenger coaches
A passenger railroad car or passenger car ( United States), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach ( United Kingdom and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie ( India) is a railroad car that is designed to carry pas ...
, metro cars,
Diesel Multiple Units
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...
(
RailBus
A railbus is a lightweight passenger railcar that shares many aspects of its construction with a bus, typically having a bus (original or modified) body and four wheels on a fixed base, instead of on bogies. Originally designed and developed d ...
DMU), various freight wagons and
bogies in accordance with
UIC standards. Moreover, IRICO rolling stock design & engineering team, expertise and experience of engineers, production team and its domestic and international supply chain give it the capability to provide high performance refurbishment, overhaul and upgrading/renovation services for passenger coaches and locomotives either at IRICO facilities or at client remises.
Production at the plant began in February 2009 after a formal inauguration in December 2008;
at inception the plant had a capacity of 100 vehicles p.a. with single shift working.
In 2004 Rotem entered into a technology transfer and manufacturing agreement (value €110 million) with IRICO for the supply of passenger trainsets; 24 units were to manufactured by Rotem in 2006, 24 assembled from
CKD kits by IRICO, and the remainder manufactured by IRICO with Rotem assistance. The trains were manufactured for the
Raja Passenger Train Company.
In 2010 IRICO won a contract to supply 135 vehicles for the
Shiraz Metro
The Shiraz Metro ( fa, متروی شیراز, Metro-yé Shiraz) is the rapid transit system in Shiraz, Fars, Iran, operated by Shiraz Urban Railway Organization. Construction began in 2001, and service in the first line officially commenced on ...
.
In March 2016 IRICO was acquired b
IGG Group
The DMU contract was extended in December 2017 to another contract for supplying 450
DMU cars for increasing passenger transportation capacity of Iran. The first 150 vehicles will be built at
Hyundai Rotem’s plant in
Changwon,
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
. The remaining 300 vehicles will be assembled locally by Iranian Rail Industries Development (IRICO). All 450 cars will be delivered within 78 months of contract signing. has been awarded a $US 856 million contract by Iranian Islamic Republic Railways
RAI) to supply 150 three-car DMUs.
See also
*
Iranian railway industry
References
External links
* {{citation, url= http://www.iri.co.ir, archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090221155729/http://iri.co.ir/, archive-date = 21 February 2009, title = IRICO official website, Official site (archived)
Rolling stock manufacturers of Iran
Manufacturing companies based in Tehran
Iranian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions