take the train together with high court and military officials. As he was ultimately involved in the income of the railway through the concession, he agreed. Naser al-Din Shah's advertising tour was initially a complete success and the railway finally found the popularity expected by the investors. However, some pilgrim accidents and a mullah who died on the railway were soon to provoke the anger of the clergy. The railway was denigrated as "satanic" and its use demonized. For the Belgians, the investment did not pay off and they decided not to build further lines. Only with Reza Shah was the construction of new railway lines resumed. The Trans-Iranian Railway, built during his reign, brought about the breakthrough for a rail-based transport system in Iran. From 1901, the train from Tehran to Rey no longer ran on a regular schedule. In 1962, rail operations were finally stopped. See also Railway in Iran Tehran Metro Sources 1. Reinhard Pohanka, Ingrid Thurner: Der Khan aus Tirol. Bundesverlag 1988, S. 21 2. Reinhard Pohanka, Ingrid Thurner: Der Khan aus Tirol. Bundesverlag 1988, S. 40 3. Reinhard Pohanka, Ingrid Thurner: Der Khan aus Tirol. Bundesverlag 1988, S. 42 4. Zeitreise – Die Geschichte der MVG – Die Anfänge: 1876 – 1889, mvg.de, Abruf 06. März 2018 Literature Baron E. Beyens: Commerce et industrie de la Perse, Brüssel, 1898 Moḥammad Ḥassan Ḵān Etemād al-Salṭana Ṣaniʿ al-Dowla Marāgaʾi: Ruznāma-ye ḵ-āṭerāt-e Eʿtemād al-Salṭana, ed. F. Sarāmad, Teheran, 1991 Albert Houtum-Schindler: Persia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, XXXI, 1902 (10. Ausg.), S. 617–627 Moḥammad ʿAli Jamālzāda, Ganj-e šāyegān: Awzaʿ-e eqteṣādi-e Irān, neue Ausg., Teheran, 1997 Ḥosayn Maḥbubi Ardakāni: Tāriḵ-e moʾassesāt-e tamaddoni-e jādid dar Irān, 3 Bände, Teheran, 1978 L’Etoile Belge: Le premier chemin de fer en Perse, 7. Juni 1888 Rail transport in Iran Railway lines in Iran 1880s in Iran Qajar Iran