Esfahan is the centre of communications for region, the market town of the market region and a chief centre of attraction in central Iran.

It is built around many beautiful mosques, palaces, avenues, bridges and parks and any new development in the city must be conscious of the need to retain its fine urban form.

According to the statistic report in 1998 the population of Esfahan province has been 4,370,000 which half of this population is concentrated in cities. 32% of the population is under 16 years old, 62% are between 15 and 64 years old and only 6% are over 64 years old, it is obvious that population of Esfahan is young and in 10 years from now it is going to need more city services.

In the city the growth of the car population has led to ever increasing pollution and congestion. In order to alleviate the worsening traffic conditions, especially on the important regional routes, the Esfahan Regional Metro Company (ERMC), later it was converted to Esfahan Urban Railway Organization (EURO), was formed with the task of investigating a suitable mass transit system in Esfahan city and the region.

The city priority line, North-South A line , from Kaveh intercity bus terminal to Soffeh intercity bus terminal (12.5 km) includes 15 stations. This line is going to be in operation in two phases. Phase one which is from Kaveh station to Imam Hossein station (4.7 km) will be finished in 2005 and phase two which is from Imam Hossein station to Soffeh station (7.8 km) is supposed to be finished in 2007. Implementing of these two phases are going to be carried out in three parts. Part one from Kaveh depot to Shohada station, is under construction (started june 2001), top down method is being applied in this part. Second part from Shohada station to Azadi station is under priliminary design, TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) is going to be used here in this part. For further information about routes and working progress see www.esfahanmetro.org