Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company

{{Infobox Bus transit

| name = Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company
شرکت واحد اتوبوسراني اصفهان و حومه

| logo =

| logo_size =

| image =

| image_caption =

| company_slogan =

| parent =

| founded = October 26, 1967{{cite web|url=http://isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=1&sub=46&PageId=1586&tempname=piramonsherkat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024194256/http://isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=1&sub=46&PageId=1586&tempname=piramonsherkat|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2011|title=پیرامون شرکت|publisher=isfahan.ir|accessdate=2014-09-18}}

| headquarters = Next to Baboldasht Terminal, Kaveh Boulevard, Isfahan

| locale =

| service_area = Isfahan, Baharestan, Dastgerd, Gaz,
Dolatabad, Habibabad, Komeshcheh, Qahjavarestan
Dorcheh, Khomeynishahr
Isfahan Province

| service_type = Bus service

| alliance =

| routes = 1 BRT Route
Formerly 2, lines merged
94 Bus Routes

| destinations =

| stops = 1600{{cite web|url=http://www.isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=1&sub=46&PageId=2238&tempname=tamarname|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219144107/http://www.isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=1&sub=46&PageId=2238&tempname=tamarname|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2011|title=آمار کلی شرکت واحد اتوبوسرانی اصفهان و حومه|publisher=isfahan.ir|accessdate=2014-09-18}}

| hubs =

| stations =

| lounge =

| fleet = 1400 buses

| ridership = 950,000 passengers per day

| fuel_type =

| operator = Isfahan Municipality

| ceo = Seyed Abbas Rouhani Esfahani{{cite web|url=http://isfahan.ir/Index.aspx?tempname=piramonsherkat&lang=1&sub=46|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024194727/http://isfahan.ir/Index.aspx?tempname=piramonsherkat&lang=1&sub=46|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2011|title=درگاه الکترونیکی شرکت واحد اتوبوسرانی|publisher=isfahan.ir|accessdate=2014-09-18}}

| website = {{URL|ica.isfahan.ir/}}

}}

Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company ({{langx|fa|شرکت واحد اتوبوسراني اصفهان و حومه}}) is a public transport agency running Transit buses in Isfahan city and surrounding satellite cities and settlements in the Greater Isfahan Region, Central Iran. The municipalities served other than Isfahan are: Abrisham, Baharestan, Dastgerd, Dolatabad, Dorcheh, Gaz, Habibabad, Khomeynishahr, Komeshcheh, and Qahjavarestan.

The organization was founded on October 26, 1967 with an initial capital of 39'100'000 Rials (Equivalent to 54'768'540'300 Rials in 2013, 1'738'680 US Dollars in 2013, 245'453 US Dollars in 1967)

It sends 60 buses to Iraqi border every year for a one month pilgrim parade.{{cite web | url=https://www.imna.ir/news/681273/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B5-%DB%B2%DB%B0-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B9-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A8-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3 | title=اختصاص ۲۰ هزار متر مربع فضای مسقف به موکب‌های اصفهان در شهر مقدس کربلا | date=20 August 2023 }}

Fleet

Buses used are mostly manufactured by Iran Khodro Diesel. The oldest model active in the fleet is IKD O457 City Bus. These buses were later upgraded to be able to use CNG fuel, becoming the model IKD CNG City Bus O457G-OSG. Esfahan also utilizes Shahab Khodro Renault Eurobuses. Also the higher capacity MEGATRANS City Bus is also used in the fleet.{{cite web|url=http://isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=1&sub=46&PageId=1705&tempname=Navganotobosrani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024194752/http://isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=1&sub=46&PageId=1705&tempname=Navganotobosrani|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2011|title=ایران خودرو دیزل|publisher=isfahan.ir|accessdate=2014-09-18}} Recent buses entering the fleet are Oghab Scania-3112 models.

Buses utilized in BRT lines, are 2 cabins, and are SNA X-MOB 18001 and XMQ6180G1 models.

Smart Card

{{Main|ESCard}}

The first time a smart card system was used on Isfahan buses was in summer 2010, with studies done over the summer and the contractor chosen over the fall of 2009. The system was reorganized with the creation of ESCard in summer 2012.{{cite web|url=http://escard.ir/Fa.aspx?p=19|title=تاریخچه|publisher=escard.ir|accessdate=2014-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131214644/http://www.escard.ir/Fa.aspx?p=19|archive-date=2014-01-31|url-status=dead}}

Routes

=BRT=

File:Esfahan BRT map.png

BRT's ridership at summer of 2015 is 120'000 per day.{{Cite web |url=http://esfahanews.mihanblog.com/post/15 |title=سونامی حمل و نقل در اصفهان | language=ar | trans-title=Transportation tsunami in Isfahan |access-date=2015-06-26 |archive-date=2015-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627054843/http://esfahanews.mihanblog.com/post/15 |url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Line

!First Terminus

!Second Terminus

!Length (km)

!Stations
From 1st to 2nd Terminus

!Stations
From 2nd to 1st Terminus

BRT1Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalYazdabad Bridge193232
BRT2Bozorgmehr BridgeJomhuri Square
BRT3Arghavanieh TerminalKhorram Terminal
BRT4Jey Bus TerminalDorcheh Jct.

==Formerly==

Before September 15, 2014, There were two BRT bus routes. On that date, these routes were merged to create one continuous route.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141019113000/http://www.isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=news&lang=1&tempname=Sotobosrani&sub=46&PageID=21369&PageIDF=942 فاز يك و فاز دو خط يك BRT ادغام شد]

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Line

!First Terminus

!Second Terminus

!Length (km)

!Stations
From 1st to 2nd Terminus

!Stations
From 2nd to 1st Terminus

BRT1Azadi Square (Isfahan)Yazdabad Bridge91414
BRT2
Replaced Route 6
Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalAzadi Square (Isfahan)101919

=Normal Routes=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Line

!Logo

!First Terminus

!Second Terminus

!Length (km)

!Stations
From 1st to 2nd Terminus

!Stations
From 2nd to 1st Terminus

!Weekday Frequency (min)

!Friday and Holiday Frequency (min)

Line 150pxBozorgmehr BridgeZeynabieh-Darak143737515
Line 250pxEnqelab Square, DolatabadSinabad
Line 350pxEnqelab Square, DolatabadShahrabad
Line 450pxQods SquareGarkan518181025
Line 550pxQods SquareHasseh822221025
Line 750pxBaboldasht TerminalDr. Gharazi Hospital824201230
Line 950pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareEnqelab Square51212925
Line 1050pxBagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalEnqelab Square51312618
Line 1150pxBagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalDolatabal615
Line 1250pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareKesareh35440No
Service
Line 1350pxQods SquareQahjavarestan15
Line 1450pxAzadi Square
Formerly Hotel Pol[https://archive.today/20140921094814/http://tnews.ir/news/4A2D30530445.html راه اندازي خط جديد هتل پل ـ پايانه صفه (خط۳۲)]
Kuy-e Bahar6
9
14
20
12
20
Line 1650pxMalekshahr Jct.Zayanderud Terminal1332311020
Line 1750pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareBagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal1027251030
Line 1850pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareVeldan4121260No
Service
Line 1950pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareMahdieh9212240No
Service
Line 2050pxBagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalMalekshahr1126271230
Line 2150pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareEsteqlal Square112323
Line 2250pxKhorram TerminalJanbazan2123211225
Line 2350pxKhorram TerminalEnqelab Square51414615
Line 2450pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareNegin143232820
Line 2550pxKhorram TerminalRehnan721211025
Line 2650pxSheykh BahaeiDorcheh Jct.102424410
Line 2750pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareKaveh Terminal614141230
Line 2850pxKhorasgan TerminalShiri Bridge143833515
Line 2950pxBozorgmehr BridgeIslamic Azad University of Khorasgan1221211025
Line 3050pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareShahrak-e Shahid Montazeri1630301630
Line 3150pxZayanderud TerminalAbshar Terminal1124271025
Line 3250pxHotel PolSoffeh Terminal71416
Line 3350pxQa'emieh SquareShahid Abbaspur Power Plant499
Line 3450pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareAzadi Square72121310
Line 3550pxImam Hosein SquareAzadi Square71717
Line 3650pxSoffeh Terminal
Formerly Hotel Pol
Kuy-e Emam3
7
4
16
5
16
Line 3750pxAzadi SquareIsfahan Railway Station1118181530
Line 3850pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareDarvishi3109525
Line 3950pxQa'emieh SquareKuy-e Amirieh4165515
Line 4050pxHotel PolKuy-e Amirieh1129241025
Line 4150pxTayyeb St.Juyabad1222251025
Line 4250pxImam Hosein SquareJey Terminal72323515
Line 4350pxImam Hosein SquareLaleh Square92626620
Line 4450pxBagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalIsfahan Airport23
Line 4550pxAhmadabad SquareRehnan1117201020
Line 4650pxQa'emieh SquareQa'emieh41212520
Line 4750pxImam Ali SquareAzarbeigi Square721251025
Line 4850pxJey TerminalBaraan-e Shomali32
Line 4950pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareRehnan914141530
Line 5050pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareAsheghabad820202040
Line 5150pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareShahrak-e Kowsar918182040
Line 5250pxImam Ali SquareGarkan1024261530
Line 5350pxImam Ali SquareKerdabad7202220No
Service
Line 5450pxHotel PolBaharestan25510
Line 55
Run by
Baharestan Municipality
50pxAzadi SquareBaharestan22
Line 5750pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareZeynabieh-Darak1129301230
Line 5850pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareBabukan8201825No
Service
Line 5950pxBaboldasht TerminalDastgerd
Line 6050pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareKujan513132030
Line 6150pxSoffeh Terminal
Formerly Hotel Pol
Kuy-e Emam Sadegh2
8
5
16
4
19
Line 6250pxSoffeh Terminal
Formerly Hotel Pol
Kuy-e Sepahan2
9
3
15
3
17
Line 6350pxImam Hosein SquareUniversity of Isfahan71514820
Line 6550pxBagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalAbshar Terminal611111020
Line 6650pxQa'emieh SquareDorcheh Piaz
Line 6750pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareIsfahan University of Technology1829271530
Line 6850pxHasht BeheshtKhorasgan Terminal112929715
Line 7050pxBaboldasht TerminalGolestan St.817221225
Line 7150pxImam Ali SquareArghavanieh1538381230
Line 7250pxZayanderud TerminalKuy-e Vali-e Asr716141030
Line 7350pxKhorasgan TerminalGavart8171730No
Service
Line 7450pxShiri BridgeBehesht St.9231615No
Service
Line 7550pxVafaei Jct.-7th MoharramDorcheh Jct.926321530
Line 7650pxAzadi SquareSepahanshahr-Shahed Blvd.132220310
Line 7750pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareShahrak-e Azadegan1128281025
Line 7850pxImam Hossein Sq.Shahrak-e Vali-e Asr1019191025
Line 7950pxEnqelab SquareKazemi-Mofatteh jct.818181530
Line 8050pxMalekshahr Jct.Soffeh Terminal2731311830
Line 8150pxBaboldasht TerminalBarazandeh St.716161020
Line 8250pxMalekshahr Jct.Esteqlal Blvd.1728282030
Line 8350pxKaveh TerminalBozorgmehr Bridge1728281530
Line 8450pxAbshar TerminalRadan-Fizudan67760No
Service
Line 8550pxTayyeb St.Shahrak-e Negin1330331530
Line 8650pxAzadi SquareSepahanshahr-Ghadir Blvd.142121310
Line 8850pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareAta-ol-Molk St11222260No
Service
Line 9050pxBozorgmehr BridgeRowshanshahr9181830No
Service
Line 9150pxSoffeh TerminalMalekshahr Amusement park204747310
Line 9250pxHasht BeheshtKhaneh Esfahan153233820
Line 9350pxKhorram TerminalKhorasgan Terminal1429301530
Line 9450pxJanbazan Blvd.Alikhani Square
(Malekshahr)
1829291020
Line 9550pxEsteqlal SquareMahmudabad68730No
Service
Line 9650pxAbshar TerminalDenarat5781530
Line 9750pxAbshar TerminalShahrak-e Shahid Keshvari6641530
Line 10150pxBagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalHabibabad
Line 10250pxBagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalKomeshcheh
Line 10350pxAbshar TerminalEsfahanak9
Line 104
Parallel to Falavarjan Line 4
50pxQa'emieh SquareAbrisham
Line 10550pxAbshar TerminalZiar34

=Night Routes=

These routes are active from 20:30 to 23:00 daily. Currently there are 15 active night routes, plus the BRT route

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Line

!Logo

!First Terminus

!Second Terminus

!Length (km)

!Stations
From 1st to 2nd Terminus

!Stations
From 2nd to 1st Terminus

Line 150pxBozorgmehr BridgeZeynabieh-Darak143737
Line 950pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareEnqelab Square51212
Line 1050pxBagh-e-Ghoushkhane TerminalEnqelab Square51312
Line 2550pxKhorram TerminalRehnan72121
Line 2650pxSheykh BahaeiDorcheh Jct.102424
Line 2850pxKhorasgan TerminalShiri Bridge143833
Line 3450pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareAzadi Square72121
Line 4250pxHotel PolKuy-e Amirieh112924
Line 4350pxImam Hosein SquareLaleh Square92626
Line 5750pxJomhuri-ye Eslami SquareZeynabieh-Darak112930
Line 7950pxEnqelab SquareKazemi-Mofatteh jct.81818
Line 9150pxSoffeh TerminalMalekshahr Amusement park204747
Line 9250pxHasht BeheshtKhaneh Esfahan153233
Line 9350pxKhorram TerminalKhorasgan Terminal142930
Line 9450pxJanbazan Blvd.Alikhani Square
(Malekshahr)
182929

References