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Some of the German buses delivered to Baghdad

Veryyy nice :) only tho I wish they where a diff colour. And I wonder if they have cameras inside.

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Some of the German buses delivered to Baghdad

Yaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy :) Good to hear..

very good news! does baghdad have a RTA btw?

Its Jordanian not German... The company is called ELBA, Iraqi ministry of transport owns over 60% of its shares in Jordan, also Iraq is the main customer and basically it is owned by the govt. of Iraq.

Its Jordanian not German... The company is called ELBA, Iraqi ministry of transport owns over 60% of its shares in Jordan, also Iraq is the main customer and basically it is owned by the govt. of Iraq.

Well according to the article, the buses are German.

would be good to know why iraq owns a bus maker in jordan instead of investing it in iraq?

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i love these new buses.. :D

i hope we can see a clip of them going around baghdad.. about time we got them running

these buses can't get through some of the low bridges they're building!

Lol that's true. I know that the old buses sometimes hit the tunnel of the 14th July Bridge in Jadriyah

^^ Maybe they should have thought of articulated bus as a more suitable alternative for double-decker!

Lol that's true. I know that the old buses sometimes hit the tunnel of the 14th July Bridge in Jadriyah

:lol:

So casually.. :D

Just lovely

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Reuters Pictures 3 hours ago A double-decker bus ferries passengers in Baghdad May 28, 2012. More often seen speeding past Trafalgar Square, British-style double-decker buses are making a comeback in Baghdad, the latest sign that Iraq's capital is on road to recovery after years of war and sanctions.

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Reuters Pictures 3 hours ago A bus driver sells tickets to passengers onboard a double decker bus in Baghdad May 28, 2012. More often seen speeding past Trafalgar Square, British-style double-decker buses are making a comeback in Baghdad, the latest sign that Iraq's capital is on road to recovery after years of war and sanctions.

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Reuters Pictures 3 hours ago Passengers ride on a double-decker bus in Baghdad May 28, 2012. More often seen speeding past Trafalgar Square, British-style double-decker buses are making a comeback in Baghdad, the latest sign that Iraq's capital is on road to recovery after years of war and sanctions.

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Reuters Pictures 3 hours ago Double-decker buses are parked at a bus station in Baghdad May 28, 2012. More often seen speeding past Trafalgar Square, British-style double-decker buses are making a comeback in Baghdad, the latest sign that Iraq's capital is on road to recovery after years of war and sanctions.

All aboard! Double-decker bus makes Baghdad comeback
28 May, 2012
More often seen speeding past Trafalgar Square, British-style double-decker buses are making a comeback in Baghdad, the latest sign that Iraq's capital is on the road to recovery after years of war and sanctions.


Once a common sight during Saddam Hussein's rule before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, Iraq's old red double-deckers all but disappeared from use when looting, sectarian violence, and attacks engulfed the Iraqi capital at the height of the war.

Baghdad is still chaotic, with traffic crawling along rubble-filled roads and through security checkpoints that protect government compounds. But the new air-conditioned buses are a relief for long-suffering residents.

"They disappeared after the occupation, but it's good to see them back," said passenger Basil Hashim, an Arabic language teacher taking one of the new routes in central Baghdad. "It makes it feel like Baghdad is like any other capital."

Iraq's transport ministry says 60 new double-decker buses, made in Jordan, will start running this week on state-run lines. The 500 Iraqi dinar (40 U.S. cents) ticket is half the price of a ride in one of the city's often dilapidated, packed taxis.

Nine years after the U.S.-led invasion ousted Saddam, Iraq's capital is still messy. Residents rely on generators to compensate for patchy power service, infrastructure is crumbling, and violence remains a constant risk with Sunni Islamist insurgents fighting the state.

Iraq's government has ambitious plans for major projects from a high-speed train to a metro line. But in a city where corruption is rife and paving a single main street can take years, many Iraqis dismiss those plans with skepticism.

Still, as attacks and bombings have ebbed, Baghdad is slowly coming back to life. Along the Tigris river in the city's Abu Nawas street, playgrounds, football pitches and restaurants selling Baghdad's famous fish dish Masgoof thrive at weekends.

City officials have started taking down many of the tall blast walls that once made Baghdad a maze of concrete.

Baghdad's old double-deckers, were either stolen, or gradually fell into disrepair, as Iraq struggled with the violence that erupted after the invasion. More than 300 old buses were dumped in a north Baghdad scrapyard.

Bringing new buses back to Baghdad has not been without its problems. Speed bumps at security checkpoints and the make-shift electricity wiring that crisscrosses in low-slung webs across many Baghdad streets has proven tricky.

A mortar attack a few days before the buses started running killed one person and wounded six people along Sadoun street area, in a reminder of the fragile security.

But in a city where summer temperatures can sneak over 50 degrees Celsius, the air-conditioned double-deckers offer an alternative to a taxi ride squeezed in with other passengers or one of the fleet of competing minibuses.

"It's a lot of competition for sure. But they are slow," said taxi driver Abdul Salam Hamil, his passengers sweltering in his battered 1980 white Toyota. "In the end, there is enough for everyone, we get our livelihood and they get theirs

very very very good news! i hope other buses start operating as well

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i really wish we had them here in Auckland.. -_- i hate our public transport.. that's why i drive everywhere

they should introduce an electronic paypment system...i noticed the buses are fitted with the scanner things?

Very nice!! Hope they order more soon..

the next batch will be delivered by the end of the week :D but we need 5000+ buses in baghdad

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Wow only 500 dinar? That's really cheap. I like the initiative.

to be honest this is better then what we have here in Australia-Brisbane and wayyyyyyyyy cheaper :). Good stuff

Baghdad will buy 100 more of these double decker buses

maybe we should have a "public transport" thread for this.

was just about to say that :) moving few things around, will create it in few min

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Mussayib Station

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I am not sure if this is wassit, it looks suspiciously like the new nahdha garage (there is a thread for it, looks exactly like it).
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this is the new taxi rank at abbas ibn firnas entrance to the airport.

Thanks for the info, didn't know that.

I am not sure if this is wassit, it looks suspiciously like the new alwiya garage (there is a thread for it, looks exactly like it).

In the description they say it is Wassit.. I think they use the same design for small projects like these(like the small stadiums currently being built)

Japanese Companies Seek Partnerships With Turks In Iraq
Japanese companies want to set up partnerships with Turkish enterprises operating in Iraq’s energy and transport industries, said Keiichi Kohama, deputy managing director and chief representative of the Iraq Desk at the Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East in Baghdad.
“There are so many projects on Iraq, in sectors like transport, oil and gas, electricity and infrastructure,” Kohama said in an interview today at the official opening of the JCCME in Baghdad. Japanese business executives and government officials will meet their Turkish counterparts on July 5 in Istanbul to discuss partnerships, he said.
Japanese companies want to invest in power generation, the oil and gas industry, health projects and infrastructure work, Sami al-Araji, chairman of Iraq’s National Investment Commission, said at the JCCME opening.
Iraq has the fifth-biggest gas reserves in the Middle East and the world’s fifth-largest crude oil deposits, according to data from BP Plc. (BP/) The government is seeking foreign investment and expertise to help rebuild an economy and infrastructure damaged by years of conflict, sanctions and underinvestment.
To contact the reporter on this story: Khalid Al-Ansary in Baghdad at kalansary@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephen Voss at sev@bloomberg.net
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-19/japanese-companies-seek-partnerships-with-turks-in-iraq.html

Focus: Baghdad's double-decker buses
The Iraqi capital recently launched a fleet of fancy, brand-new buses.
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The buses have remote-controlled shut-down devices that stop the engine if the driver changes route [Ahmed A. Fadaam/Al Jazeera]
Baghdad, Iraq - On a hot summer day, Iraqi passengers are enjoying for the first time in decades their trip through the city of Baghdad in the brand-new, fully air-conditioned Jordanian-made Elba buses.

Seeing these luxurious double-decker buses in the main streets of Baghdad is something that many Iraqis hoped would in some way bring back the city some of its former glory. "It is a sign of hope to have order and stability back," said Abu Ali, a 65-year-old retired government employee. "It is a start, and few is better than nothing. I hope to see more buses in the streets, and traffic to be more organised, and to see all the roadblocks removed."

Mohammed, a labourer, said that he intended to take the bus just to see if the word was true. "This is very comfortable. I wish they increase the number of buses: people want to feel comfortable while travelling in the city."

Even the drivers, some of them who had served since the days of the embargo, are enjoying their new toys.


Drivers of the new buses can monitor eight cameras [Ahmed A. Fadaam/Al Jazeera]
Hussain, who had been working as a bus driver for more than 25 years, said that the new buses are really cool. "I have eight cameras in my bus that allow me to see everything going on inside the bus. I have a GPS system, an electronic ticket reader which will be activated soon, and a communication system that allows me to call the main station if anything goes wrong."

The bad thing about these buses, according to Hussain, is that they are equipped with a remote-controlled shut-down device that allows the main station to stop the bus engine if the driver decides to change route.

But for the passengers, this doesn't matter: what really matters for them is the cool air they feel coming out from the vents of the bus.

Raed, a trader, said that he hadn't taken a bus in decades. "The old buses were a mess: there was no order, no maintenance, taking the bus was like a torture." Now, he said, "I'm enjoying the air-conditioning of the new buses".

But even this doesn't always happen - not in a city like Baghdad, where roadblocks and checkpoints are filling its streets. After ten minutes from the launching point, the bus was stopped by a traffic police roadblock. The policeman ordered the bus driver to change his route, but the driver told the policeman that he could not do that because of the GPS system, which would cause the main station to shut down his engine. Nevertheless, he was forced to turn back, and this was the end of Raed's short relaxation in the new air-conditioned bus.

Wow I never knew they where that pimpd up. Im so happy, especialy they have the gps device and the cameras. Seems as new as the london buses. I wonder if they have a ramp for the disabled and prams.

Yeh really nice, GPS systems, camera, ticket readers, the buses can be even monitored from control rooms to check on the routes.

More about the buses on here: http://www.elbahouse.com/ClientBuses.aspx?mb=12

Nice looking buses. Would anyone have pictures or information about the buses and public transportation in Baghdad prior the war and before these new buses? It would be interesting to know.

How about taxis? I heard that the old government made a big order for new taxis made by Volga in Russia, but i guess most of them were never delivered? How is the situation today?

hi vlaakko

before the war baghdad had chinese made FAW double deckers. and the volga taxis were delivered and are in use.

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Wallah it's so sad that graduates can't use their diplomas. Why take an education then?

How big is the problem?

Wallah it's so sad that graduates can't use their diplomas. Why take an education then?

How big is the problem?

most iraqi "diplomas" are not worth the paper they're written on... take it from someone who has been recruiting and working with staff in Iraq for the last 8 years...

Are you not going back to shroogistan to work?

I thought you were taking a break from the summer heat..

I may be going back in autumn. just got the call last week on holiday in europe... :( back to the desert shitehole.

most iraqi "diplomas" are not worth the paper they're written on... take it from someone who has been recruiting and working with staff in Iraq for the last 8 years...

Meaning they're idiots?

Meaning they're idiots?
Meaning the educational system in Iraq isn't good enough...idiot..

Didn't know you were a boss too Shaytan. :O

Meaning the educational system in Iraq isn't good enough...idiot..

Mate kullish makhidh ra7tek wiyayeh inta... shinoo hel miyana. Watch it or I'll fuck you up buddy.... you don't wanna be starting shit with me..... the chounzster shows no mercy.

Mate kullish makhidh ra7tek wiyayeh inta... shinoo hel miyana. Watch it or I'll fuck you up buddy.... you don't wanna be starting shit with me..... the chounzster shows no mercy.
Im just kidding sorry :((

Im just kidding sorry :((

Nawwwww it's ok cutie don't worry about it. <3 mwahh haha xx

Nawwwww it's ok cutie don't worry about it. <3 mwahh haha xx

The sumerian flex is rubbing on you :ohno: <33333

The sumerian flex is rubbing on you :ohno: <33333

I knowwww.. :ohno: it's like a disease...... I can't help it.

hajahhaa!! chounz is the one who introduces the soosies fest on this forum.

like ali - iraq said a combination of horrendous education system from cradle to grave... the boys and girls themselves are no worse than anyone else, and if given the chance from a young age would have made fine professionals. but by the time they're 22-24 its already too late for most.

General Company for Maritime Transport announces the implementation of the “sea taxi” to transport citizens
8 Aug 2012


The Director of General Company for Maritime Transport in Baghdad Samir Abdul Razak Hussein, on the implementation of the “sea taxi” in the waters of the Tigris River Shatt al-Arab citizens to move from one place to another sea.

Hussein said (of the Agency news): The General Company for Maritime Transport will implement the project “taxi sea” in the waters of the Tigris River and half of the Arabs, noting that the project includes work on the transfer of citizens sea by boats modern low fare and are similar to the work of taxis in the movement.

He added the company will work to establish stations waiting on the edge of the River Tigris Shatt al-Arab citizen can order the boats waiting to leap from one place to another instead of ground movement.

Hussein said: that the company’s goal of the project is to reduce the momentum transfer in the streets and citizens rapidly to the areas desired by the boats instead of cars.

General Company for Maritime Transport announces the implementation of the “sea taxi” to transport citizens
8 Aug 2012


The Director of General Company for Maritime Transport in Baghdad Samir Abdul Razak Hussein, on the implementation of the “sea taxi” in the waters of the Tigris River Shatt al-Arab citizens to move from one place to another sea.

Hussein said (of the Agency news): The General Company for Maritime Transport will implement the project “taxi sea” in the waters of the Tigris River and half of the Arabs, noting that the project includes work on the transfer of citizens sea by boats modern low fare and are similar to the work of taxis in the movement.

He added the company will work to establish stations waiting on the edge of the River Tigris Shatt al-Arab citizen can order the boats waiting to leap from one place to another instead of ground movement.

Hussein said: that the company’s goal of the project is to reduce the momentum transfer in the streets and citizens rapidly to the areas desired by the boats instead of cars.

with what boats?

General Company for railway trains acquire 10 trains from Chinese company
15/08/2012


Contracted by the General Company of Railways with a Chinese company specialized in the rail industry for the purchase of ten trains developed to enhance the role of the railway sector.

A spokesman of the railway company Khersan Jawad said in an interview with “Radio Sawa” The first batch of trains will reach the country early next year in Baghdad, will receive the second installment in the years 2014 and 2015.

Khersan urged citizens and businesses of government and private as well as business travel and freight trains across the railroad trains that will reach to a number of countries in the world.

The General Company of Railways has recently launched a program to control the electronic train is designed to protect.

I may be going back in autumn. just got the call last week on holiday in europe... :( back to the desert shitehole.

if i were u i would show some respect to the place that feeds me at the end of the day ... even if a shithole ;) Just saying...

I had a similar conversation with a couple of arab dudes coming to Basra working for ARAB CONTRACTORS CO. and it was on the plane, they were making fun of Iraq and how stupid the ppl are, uneducated, ignorant, easy to fool when it comes to technology and many other stuff, when they saw the BSC main road from above... they said: "At least they have one decent road there..." I wouldn't say they were wrong... they were right actually. But still they were getting paid a shit load of money just for being there... so some respect was still a good thing. So I simply said and in English: "Its true these ppl are so ignorant and easy to fool, but lets hope none of you guys end up with a couple of bullets in the head for messing around with them.. it is easier for a human being to be shot here than a chicken". That stunned them and made them shut the fuck up for the rest of the flight. :nuts:

Think its a missprint

with what boats?

actually I am not going back to Iraq anymore. the situation there is getting worse! :D

anyway, I was paid a fraction of what they would have had to pay foreigners... and it is my oil too :D

if i were u i would show some respect to the place that feeds me at the end of the day ... even if a shithole ;) Just saying...

I had a similar conversation with a couple of arab dudes coming to Basra working for ARAB CONTRACTORS CO. and it was on the plane, they were making fun of Iraq and how stupid the ppl are, uneducated, ignorant, easy to fool when it comes to technology and many other stuff, when they saw the BSC main road from above... they said: "At least they have one decent road there..." I wouldn't say they were wrong... they were right actually. But still they were getting paid a shit load of money just for being there... so some respect was still a good thing. So I simply said and in English: "Its true these ppl are so ignorant and easy to fool, but lets hope none of you guys end up with a couple of bullets in the head for messing around with them.. it is easier for a human being to be shot here than a chicken". That stunned them and made them shut the fuck up for the rest of the flight. :nuts:

lolllll this story made my night.

alright goodnight everyone

actually I am not going back to Iraq anymore. the situation there is getting worse! :D

anyway, I was paid a fraction of what they would have had to pay foreigners... and it is my oil too :D

Fuck off, I know you are going back...

actually I am not going back to Iraq anymore. the situation there is getting worse!

anyway, I was paid a fraction of what they would have had to pay foreigners... and it is my oil too
How?

banglis and currries must be high roller by now haha ^^^^

actually I am not going back to Iraq anymore. the situation there is getting worse! :D

anyway, I was paid a fraction of what they would have had to pay foreigners... and it is my oil too :D

Are you not considered a 'foreigner'? Don't you have a british passport?

*sigh* no that's not what he meant

he meant hes cheap!

i meant I'm "efficient" and did the work without the need for "private security contractors" which would have tripled the cost of the work needlessly...

I was still personally paid the same as any person from "the west".

i meant I'm "efficient" and did the work without the need for "private security contractors" which would have tripled the cost of the work needlessly...

I was still personally paid the same as any person from "the west".

Sorry I meant affordable.

if i were u i would show some respect to the place that feeds me at the end of the day ... even if a shithole ;) Just saying...

I had a similar conversation with a couple of arab dudes coming to Basra working for ARAB CONTRACTORS CO. and it was on the plane, they were making fun of Iraq and how stupid the ppl are, uneducated, ignorant, easy to fool when it comes to technology and many other stuff, when they saw the BSC main road from above... they said: "At least they have one decent road there..." I wouldn't say they were wrong... they were right actually. But still they were getting paid a shit load of money just for being there... so some respect was still a good thing. So I simply said and in English: "Its true these ppl are so ignorant and easy to fool, but lets hope none of you guys end up with a couple of bullets in the head for messing around with them.. it is easier for a human being to be shot here than a chicken". That stunned them and made them shut the fuck up for the rest of the flight. :nuts:


Nice one lad. I'll talk Iraq down till the baqareh comes home but no way am I going to let anyone else talk shit about it. Especially not some Arab jarab.

But sheytan can talk shit, tbf, he's probably done more for the country than most of us ever will.

And be careful what you say on a plane...

Nice one lad. I'll talk Iraq down till the baqareh comes home but no way am I going to let anyone else talk shit about it. Especially not some Arab jarab.

But sheytan can talk shit, tbf, he's probably done more for the country than most of us ever will.

And be careful what you say on a plane...

why?

guys lets not go off topic please.. this thread is for public transport news .. we can continue this in the chit-chat thread

why?

People tend to get extra sensitive on planes.

*sigh* no that's not what he meant

Dimshy lek... sigh ib rasek!

MoT prepares to hold 1st International Conference on October
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Iraqi Ministry of Transportation is preparing to hold “Its 1st International Conference under the title (Upgrading Iraqi ports’ performance, among the new Iraq’s tasks) to be held on the beginning of next October in Basra province.”

A statement by the Ministry reported “The conference will be held at Basra International Hotel (Sheraton previously) for period of 1-2 October 2012 under sponsorship of the Transportation Minister Hadi al-Amiri and supervision of the General Company for Iraqi Ports.”

“The International Conference is the first to be held in Basra where it will be attended by important figures from all friendly countries to discuss studies and researches of professors and specialists,” the statement assured.

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so sad, is it that hard to buy a few ferries...they're making billions...

شركة النقل البحري تناقش مشروع التكسي النهري

عقدت الشركة العامة للنقل البحري إحدى تشكيلات وزارة النقل اجتماعاً موسعاً حضره كل من ممثل هذه الشركة ومدير عمليات بغداد وممثل مديرية المرور العامة وممثل النجدة النهرية وممثل أمانة بغداد/ دائرة التصاميم لمناقشة مشروع التكسي النهري من حيث تحديد المحطات الرئيسة والفرعية في أماكن الاختناقات

وتشمل المراسي كلاً من مرسى الكريعات، مرسى عبد المحسن الكاظمي، مرسى الاعظمية، مرسى التقاعد، مرسى شارع النهر، مرسى السنك، مرسى الجادرية، ومناقشة استحصال الموافقات الامنية في مسار التكسي النهري من المسار الملاحي ما بعد جسر الجمهورية وكل ما يتعلق بها من علامات ملاحية وكراجات السيارات ومحطات نقل بري للمواطنين كذلك التنسيق مع النجدة النهرية للحفاظ على سلامة المواطنين وانشاء مركز اسعاف النهري وكل ما يتعلق به من زوارق إنقاذ وغواصين ومسعفي .

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great idea! the boys area starting to get their act together.

I only wish it extended around jadriya to dora, al rasheed "new city" etc...

Positive step. Let us see how it will unfold. Much needed.

This looks pretty good and by good I mean the project not the ugly aluminium buildings and even the buss stop is cladded with aluminium! Allah yekoon be3on sharekat el aluminium cladding:lol:

This looks pretty good and by good I mean the project not the ugly aluminium buildings and even the buss stop is cladded with aluminium! Allah yekoon be3on sharekat el aluminium cladding:lol:

Kha6iya medey la7goon 3al demand. :D


Only in Iraq..

Kha6iya medey la7goon 3al demand. :D


Only in Iraq..

yehhh el3raqien bas et3lemhom 3la shaghla ylezgoon beha! :D

Mosul

Garage

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CLADDINGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I inshalla visit Iraq in December/January I will be "Aluminated" not eliminated :lol:

We should start an organization and target all the buildings with claddings. That way people will think twice before using cheap cladding lol would be a good idea.

We should sue them :d

^^ That building is actually not that bad though. It's got some diversity in its design and materials used...

We should start an organization and target all the buildings with claddings. That way people will think twice before using cheap cladding lol would be a good idea.

I've actually already thought of that. After graduation I am actually moving to Iraq and starting a terrorist group that will blow up every disgusting ugly cladded building one by one until Iraq is free of them all. That is the best way I could possibly serve my country, much more effective than some office job.

Absolutely horrible building. My eyes hurt just by looking at it. And this in the cradle of civilization!

I've actually already thought of that. After graduation I am actually moving to Iraq and starting a terrorist group that will blow up every disgusting ugly cladded building one by one until Iraq is free of them all. That is the best way I could possibly serve my country, much more effective than some office job.

:lol:

Signature worthy comment.

Glad that you guys finally saw the light.

I am serious now. Why not write an formal letter to the government signed by all of us where we state how damaging such aluminum cladding buildings are for Iraq?

And then constantly bombard them with letters if they don't reply.:D

There is nothing wrong with the aluminium cladding. However it's been used completely wrong. I have seen many beautiful buildings with aluminium cladding, just go on Google and type it!

^^ i question your interpretation of "beautiful"

Parking Prototypes in Iraq

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Ummm yes please!! That would be a lot fucking better!

Iraq, this is DHO8...... DHO8, meet Iraq.

Parking Prototypes in Iraq

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WOW!

Too good to be true though.:(

A joint bid by Baghdad-based Fourth Dimension and British software firm Copperchase has won a $125m contract to develop and expand the international airport in the holy city of Najaf, reported Zawya.

The airport currently handles 20 flights a day servicing Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, India and Bahrain. This number can rise to 45 on religious occasions, as Najaf receives millions of pilgrims.

"The project is a 20-year build, operate and transfer agreement and will includes updating equipment, expanding the apron, construction of a new runway and improving mechanisms for dealing with more traffic," detailed an anonymous member of the Najaf Provincial Council (NPC).

The contractor will keep 65% of the annual profits while NPC will receive the rest.

Najaf’s airport was constructed by Aqeeq Aviation, a Kuwaiti company, in 2006, under a contract to operate the airport for five years in a deal valued at $50m. Aqeeq also bid for the expansion.

Iraq has four civilian airports. The largest of these is in Baghdad, and the others are in Basra and Mosul. The official said NPC expects the expanded airport to generate annual profits of up to $17m.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Atwani, an economics professor at the University of Wasit, told Zawya said that Iraq seriously needs new airports and to expand existing sites.

"The country has more than 32 million people and only six airports," he said.

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Nasriyah

New garage U/C

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MoT concludes contract with Australian Company
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The General Establishment of Civil Aviation within Ministry of Transports concluded an agreement with an Australian company Krosat for communications to provide a security fence system for Baghdad International Airport.

The Ministry reported in statement received by IraqiNews.com on Tuesday ”The contract will oblige the Australian company to equip and operate the security fence system for Baghdad International Airport according to the technical specifications and the quantities table which offered by the company.”

”The cost of the contract reaches USD seven billion paid by premiums within implementation period of 240 days and the warranty lasts for two years starting form receiving the security system, ”the statement added.

The statement continued ”The warranty of the company will cover maintenance and repair or replacing defective parts.”

The statement concluded ”The Australian company is committed to train the engineers and the technicians cadre in Austria.” \

Abbas Ibn Firnas Garage has finally been completed

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Iraq holds talks with German companies on modernising traffic systems

2012-12-04

The Iraqi government on Tuesday (December 4th) said that official Iraqi-German talks are under way to negotiate a long-term partnership agreement through which Germany would help develop Iraq's transportation and traffic sectors.

"An Iraqi technical delegation representing a number of ministries began intensive talks in Germany with the Safarkovski group of companies to sign a contract to develop external and internal roads in the capital Baghdad and other provinces across the country," said Salam al-Quraishi, economic advisor to the Iraqi government.

Projects could include "building a unified electronic system, linking [that system] with modern traffic signs that can be remotely controlled and modernising traffic systems to keep up with the current systems used in the world, given that the current traffic system in Iraq is outdated", he said.

The two countries are also discussing building a factory to make traffic lights, signage and special paints for streets and internal and external roads, he said.

"Talks are positive, as these companies have initially agreed to help Iraq," al-Quraishi said. "We are currently discussing the required details to sign the agreement."

Ministry of transport has recently bought another 250 Mercedes Buses. They will be manufactured in Jordan. Iraq has big plans to restore its bus services.

Nice, I hope they restore the old bus routes

They are planning to restore all 100+ routes they used to have. The main problem is the traffic and all the check points. Theres a lot of problems they need to sort out.

Check points are actually not a problem, the bus takes precedence over the cars.

الشركة العامة لإدارة النقل الخاص توقع عقداً لإنشاء محطة أور في ذي قار

أبرمت الشركة العامة لإدارة النقل الخاص عقدا مع شركة فراست الإيرانية لإنشاء محطة أور لنقل المسافرين في محافظة ذي قار وبمدة انجاز تبلغ 18 شهر ....

وتضم المحطة بناية متعددة الطوابق للخدمات والإدارة ومسقفات حديثة وتعد هذه المحطة الأولى من نوعها في محافظة ذي قار ويأتي هذا المشروع ضمن سلسلة المشاريع الكبرى التي تنفذها الشركة العامة لإدارة النقل الخاص إحدى تشكيلات وزارة النقل في بغداد و محافظات العراق .

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ابرام عقد لانشاء مراب النجف الدولي في 12-12-2012

ابرمت الشركة العامة لادارة النقل الخاص احدى تشكيلات وزارة النقل عقدا مع شركة كوربوزللبناءوتعهدات الانشاءات والمقاولات لانشاء مراب النجف الدولي في محافظة النجف الاشرف وعلى مساحة 40 دونم وبمدة تنفيذ 18 شهر .ويعد هذا المشروع الثاني من نوعه بعد مراب كربلاء الدولي ويحتوي على قاعة مركزية كخدمات المسافرين وبنى تحتيه متكامله اضافة الى مسقفات حديثة.

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أبرمت الشركة العامة للنقل البحري إحدى تشكيلات وزارة النقل بتاريخ 13/12/2012 عقدا مع شركة ذات الصواري التابعة إلى وزارة الصناعة لبناء ثلاثون زورق متعددة الأحجام لغرض استعمالها في نهر دجلة لنقل المواطنين ....

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MoT: 220 Double-decker buses to arrive to Baghdad soon
Added by Baghdad Iraq on January 28, 2013.
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The General Company of the Passengers’ Transportation within the Ministry of Transportation announced that 220 Double-decker buses will arrive to Baghdad soon.

A statement by the MoT received by IraqiNews.com quoted the General Director of the Company, Adel al-Saadi, as saying “Baghdad will witness the arrival of 220 Double-decker buses to cover its areas soon.”

“This number of buses will increase the number of the current buses in Baghdad to be 800 buses where the Minister of Transportation, Hadi al-Amiri, contracted with al-Bahawis Iraqi-Jordanian Company to cover the internal transportation movement of Iraq,” he concluded.


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The 220 Buses have arrived to Baghdad, told you so :D

السومرية نيوز/ بغداد
وقع محافظ بغداد صلاح عبد الرزاق، الأحد، عقدا مع شركة فرنسية لوضع التصاميم لمشروع القطار المعلق في مدينة بغداد، مشيرة إلى إن كلفة المشروع ضمن مرحلته الأولى تبلغ مليار و500 مليون دولار.

وقال عبد الرزاق في حديث لـ"السومرية نيوز"، على هامش توقيع العقد، إن "المحافظة وقعت عقدا مع شركة الستوم الفرنسية لوضع التصاميم لمشروع القطار المعلق ضمن المرحلة الأولى له"، مشيرا إلى أن "كلفة المشروع ضمن مرحلته الأولى تبلغ مليارا و500 مليون دولار".

وأضاف عبد الرزاق أن "الهدف من المشروع هو لتقليل الاختناقات المرورية ونقل المواطنين بسرعة اكبر لمناطق أكثر داخل العاصمة، كونه سيكون الشروع الأول من نوعه للنقل الجماعي في بغداد حيث سنقل 30 ألف راكب بالساعة".

وأشار محافظ بغداد إلى أن "المشروع سيمر على جانبي الرصافة والكرخ وبمسافة 25 كم"، مبينا أن "المرحلة الأولى منه التي تتضمن بناء 14 محطة تبدأ من منطقة الشعب مرورا بالمستنصرية ومن ثم العطيفية ومطار المثنى وتنتهي بمنطقة العلاوي التي تعتبر المحطة النهائية له".

وبين عبد الرزاق ان "كلفة هذا المشروع ستكون على شكل أقساط تسدد لمدة ستة سنوات"، لافتا إلى أن "القطار سيسير بالطاقة الكهربائية من محطات خاصة بها من دون الاعتماد على الطاقة المحلية".

ولفت عبد الرزاق إلى أن "المرحلة الثانية من المسار الذي يبدأ من منطقة العلاوي مرورا بجامع أم الطبول ومن ثم البياع والسيدية ليتم بعدها المرحلة الثالثة منه التي تبدأ من السيدية الى الجادرية ومرورا بالكرادة ومن ثم منطقة العلاوي".

وكان رئيس لجنة التخطيط الإستراتيجي في مجلس بغداد محمد الربيعي، أعلن في 15 كانون الثاني 2013، إن وفدا ضم أعضاء من أمانة ومجلس محافظة بغداد ومديرية المرور العامة ومجلس النواب وقع مذكرة تفاهم مع شركة فرنسية عملاقة في مجال القطارات، من أجل وضع المخططات النهائية لقطار بغداد المعلق خلال 180 يوما.

يذكر أن الشركة العامة للسكك الحديد العراقية شعبة القطار المعلق، قدمت في وقت سابق إلى هيئة استثمار بغداد فرصة استثمارية لإنشاء قطار بغداد المعلق (Baghdad Monorail)، وتعود أول خطة لبناء شبكة مترو في العراق إلى السبعينات، ولو لم يتم تجميد الخطة بسبب الحرب العراقية الإيرانية (1980 - 1988) لكانت بمثابة أول مشروع من نوعه في العالم العربي.

Iraqi bus stops looked so much better back then

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Everything looked better back then.

Everything looked better back then.

True story :D

Iraqi bus stops looked so much better back then

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look how neat the sidewalk was !

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I mean usually for ads they get decent looking people and not nas iykhar3oon. Mnein jaboh hadheh laggoh bil shari3? Ma yin6ili3 beeh aslan.... shinoo hal shkoolat? a3udhu billah.....

I mean usually for ads they get decent looking people and not nas iykhar3oon. Mnein jaboh hadheh laggoh bil shari3? Ma yin6ili3 beeh aslan.... shinoo hal shkoolat? a3udhu billah.....

He's a sign language interpreter, Ba3deen ahmam shi ala5lak

He's a sign language interpreter, Ba3deen ahmam shi ala5lak

Probably for Kurdish language speakers.

^^ I've stopped making sense of any actions done by the Government or its affiliates, so do not question them, cause they're right in everything they do.