Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company

Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company (Persian: 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^[1] 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)

Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company
شرکت واحد اتوبوسراني اصفهان و حومه

Founded	October 26, 1967[1]
Headquarters	Next to Baboldasht Terminal, Kaveh Boulevard, Isfahan
Service area	Isfahan, Baharestan, Dastgerd, Gaz, Dolatabad, Habibabad, Komeshcheh, Qahjavarestan Dorcheh, Khomeynishahr Isfahan Province
Service type	Bus service
Routes	1 BRT Route Formerly 2, lines merged 94 Bus Routes
Stops	1600[2]
Fleet	1400 buses[1]
Daily ridership	950,000 passengers per day [1]
Operator	Isfahan Municipality
Chief executive	Seyed Abbas Rouhani Esfahani[3]
Website	ica.isfahan.ir

It sends 60 buses to Iraqi border every year for a one-month pilgrim parade.^[4]

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.^[5] 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 article: 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.^[6]

Routes

BRT

Map of the BRT system

BRT's ridership at summer of 2015 is 120'000 per day.^[7]

Line	First Terminus	Second Terminus	Length (km)	Stations From 1st to 2nd Terminus	Stations From 2nd to 1st Terminus
BRT1	Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Yazdabad Bridge	19	32	32
BRT2	Bozorgmehr Bridge	Jomhuri Square
BRT3	Arghavanieh Terminal	Khorram Terminal
BRT4	Jey Bus Terminal	Dorcheh Jct.

Formerly

Before September 15, 2014, There were two BRT bus routes. On that date, these routes were merged to create one continuous route.^[8]

Line	First Terminus	Second Terminus	Length (km)	Stations From 1st to 2nd Terminus	Stations From 2nd to 1st Terminus
BRT1	Azadi Square (Isfahan)	Yazdabad Bridge	9	14	14
BRT2 Replaced Route 6	Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Azadi Square (Isfahan)	10	19	19

Normal Routes

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 1		Bozorgmehr Bridge	Zeynabieh-Darak	14	37	37	5	15
Line 2		Enqelab Square, Dolatabad	Sinabad
Line 3		Enqelab Square, Dolatabad	Shahrabad
Line 4		Qods Square	Garkan	5	18	18	10	25
Line 5		Qods Square	Hasseh	8	22	22	10	25
Line 7		Baboldasht Terminal	Dr. Gharazi Hospital	8	24	20	12	30
Line 9		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Enqelab Square	5	12	12	9	25
Line 10		Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Enqelab Square	5	13	12	6	18
Line 11		Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Dolatabal			6	15
Line 12		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Kesareh	3	5	4	40	No Service
Line 13		Qods Square	Qahjavarestan	15
Line 14		Azadi Square Formerly Hotel Pol[9]	Kuy-e Bahar	6 9	14 20	12 20
Line 16		Malekshahr Jct.	Zayanderud Terminal	13	32	31	10	20
Line 17		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	10	27	25	10	30
Line 18		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Veldan	4	12	12	60	No Service
Line 19		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Mahdieh	9	21	22	40	No Service
Line 20		Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Malekshahr	11	26	27	12	30
Line 21		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Esteqlal Square	11	23	23
Line 22		Khorram Terminal	Janbazan	21	23	21	12	25
Line 23		Khorram Terminal	Enqelab Square	5	14	14	6	15
Line 24		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Negin	14	32	32	8	20
Line 25		Khorram Terminal	Rehnan	7	21	21	10	25
Line 26		Sheykh Bahaei	Dorcheh Jct.	10	24	24	4	10
Line 27		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Kaveh Terminal	6	14	14	12	30
Line 28		Khorasgan Terminal	Shiri Bridge	14	38	33	5	15
Line 29		Bozorgmehr Bridge	Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan	12	21	21	10	25
Line 30		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Shahrak-e Shahid Montazeri	16	30	30	16	30
Line 31		Zayanderud Terminal	Abshar Terminal	11	24	27	10	25
Line 32		Hotel Pol	Soffeh Terminal	7	14	16
Line 33		Qa'emieh Square	Shahid Abbaspur Power Plant	4	9	9
Line 34		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Azadi Square	7	21	21	3	10
Line 35		Imam Hosein Square	Azadi Square	7	17	17
Line 36		Soffeh Terminal Formerly Hotel Pol[9]	Kuy-e Emam	3 7	4 16	5 16
Line 37		Azadi Square	Isfahan Railway Station	11	18	18	15	30
Line 38		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Darvishi	3	10	9	5	25
Line 39		Qa'emieh Square	Kuy-e Amirieh	4	16	5	5	15
Line 40		Hotel Pol	Kuy-e Amirieh	11	29	24	10	25
Line 41		Tayyeb St.	Juyabad	12	22	25	10	25
Line 42		Imam Hosein Square	Jey Terminal	7	23	23	5	15
Line 43		Imam Hosein Square	Laleh Square	9	26	26	6	20
Line 44		Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Isfahan Airport	23
Line 45		Ahmadabad Square	Rehnan	11	17	20	10	20
Line 46		Qa'emieh Square	Qa'emieh	4	12	12	5	20
Line 47		Imam Ali Square	Azarbeigi Square	7	21	25	10	25
Line 48		Jey Terminal	Baraan-e Shomali	32
Line 49		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Rehnan	9	14	14	15	30
Line 50		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Asheghabad	8	20	20	20	40
Line 51		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Shahrak-e Kowsar	9	18	18	20	40
Line 52		Imam Ali Square	Garkan	10	24	26	15	30
Line 53		Imam Ali Square	Kerdabad	7	20	22	20	No Service
Line 54		Hotel Pol	Baharestan	25			5	10
Line 55 Run by Baharestan Municipality		Azadi Square	Baharestan	22
Line 57		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Zeynabieh-Darak	11	29	30	12	30
Line 58		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Babukan	8	20	18	25	No Service
Line 59		Baboldasht Terminal	Dastgerd
Line 60		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Kujan	5	13	13	20	30
Line 61		Soffeh Terminal Formerly Hotel Pol[9]	Kuy-e Emam Sadegh	2 8	5 16	4 19
Line 62		Soffeh Terminal Formerly Hotel Pol[9]	Kuy-e Sepahan	2 9	3 15	3 17
Line 63		Imam Hosein Square	University of Isfahan	7	15	14	8	20
Line 65		Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Abshar Terminal	6	11	11	10	20
Line 66		Qa'emieh Square	Dorcheh Piaz
Line 67		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Isfahan University of Technology	18	29	27	15	30
Line 68		Hasht Behesht	Khorasgan Terminal	11	29	29	7	15
Line 70		Baboldasht Terminal	Golestan St.	8	17	22	12	25
Line 71		Imam Ali Square	Arghavanieh	15	38	38	12	30
Line 72		Zayanderud Terminal	Kuy-e Vali-e Asr	7	16	14	10	30
Line 73		Khorasgan Terminal	Gavart	8	17	17	30	No Service
Line 74		Shiri Bridge	Behesht St.	9	23	16	15	No Service
Line 75		Vafaei Jct.-7th Moharram	Dorcheh Jct.	9	26	32	15	30
Line 76		Azadi Square	Sepahanshahr-Shahed Blvd.	13	22	20	3	10
Line 77		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Shahrak-e Azadegan	11	28	28	10	25
Line 78		Imam Hossein Sq.	Shahrak-e Vali-e Asr	10	19	19	10	25
Line 79		Enqelab Square	Kazemi-Mofatteh jct.	8	18	18	15	30
Line 80		Malekshahr Jct.	Soffeh Terminal	27	31	31	18	30
Line 81		Baboldasht Terminal	Barazandeh St.	7	16	16	10	20
Line 82		Malekshahr Jct.	Esteqlal Blvd.	17	28	28	20	30
Line 83		Kaveh Terminal	Bozorgmehr Bridge	17	28	28	15	30
Line 84		Abshar Terminal	Radan-Fizudan	6	7	7	60	No Service
Line 85		Tayyeb St.	Shahrak-e Negin	13	30	33	15	30
Line 86		Azadi Square	Sepahanshahr-Ghadir Blvd.	14	21	21	3	10
Line 88		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Ata-ol-Molk St	11	22	22	60	No Service
Line 90		Bozorgmehr Bridge	Rowshanshahr	9	18	18	30	No Service
Line 91		Soffeh Terminal	Malekshahr Amusement park	20	47	47	3	10
Line 92		Hasht Behesht	Khaneh Esfahan	15	32	33	8	20
Line 93		Khorram Terminal	Khorasgan Terminal	14	29	30	15	30
Line 94		Janbazan Blvd.	Alikhani Square (Malekshahr)	18	29	29	10	20
Line 95		Esteqlal Square	Mahmudabad	6	8	7	30	No Service
Line 96		Abshar Terminal	Denarat	5	7	8	15	30
Line 97		Abshar Terminal	Shahrak-e Shahid Keshvari	6	6	4	15	30
Line 101		Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Habibabad
Line 102		Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Komeshcheh
Line 103		Abshar Terminal	Esfahanak	9
Line 104 Parallel to Falavarjan Line 4		Qa'emieh Square	Abrisham
Line 105		Abshar Terminal	Ziar	34

Night Routes

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

Line	Logo	First Terminus	Second Terminus	Length (km)	Stations From 1st to 2nd Terminus	Stations From 2nd to 1st Terminus
Line 1		Bozorgmehr Bridge	Zeynabieh-Darak	14	37	37
Line 9		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Enqelab Square	5	12	12
Line 10		Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal	Enqelab Square	5	13	12
Line 25		Khorram Terminal	Rehnan	7	21	21
Line 26		Sheykh Bahaei	Dorcheh Jct.	10	24	24
Line 28		Khorasgan Terminal	Shiri Bridge	14	38	33
Line 34		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Azadi Square	7	21	21
Line 42		Hotel Pol	Kuy-e Amirieh	11	29	24
Line 43		Imam Hosein Square	Laleh Square	9	26	26
Line 57		Jomhuri-ye Eslami Square	Zeynabieh-Darak	11	29	30
Line 79		Enqelab Square	Kazemi-Mofatteh jct.	8	18	18
Line 91		Soffeh Terminal	Malekshahr Amusement park	20	47	47
Line 92		Hasht Behesht	Khaneh Esfahan	15	32	33
Line 93		Khorram Terminal	Khorasgan Terminal	14	29	30
Line 94		Janbazan Blvd.	Alikhani Square (Malekshahr)	18	29	29