IRAQ Railway Network

[IraqiPlan_et]

Notice the "if"...

But yeah let's

[IraqiPlan_et]

Ministry plans $70bn national rail network
11/08/2011


Baghdad, AUgust 11 (AKnews) – Ministry of Transport plans for a $70bn rail network that links the Iraqi provinces with high-speed trains travelling at 240 km per hour have been submitted to the cabinet for approval, says a senior ministry official.

Deputy Transport Minister Bangin Rekani told AKnews today that the project has been submitted to the Council of Ministers as part of a bid to connect Iraq to its neighboring countries, develop internal transportation and boost the Iraqi economy.

“The ministry has insufficient funds to implement the project, and therefore is awaiting the approval of the council of ministers to dedicate extra funds.”

[IraqiPlan_et]

70 Billion dollars!!!

[iraqishi3i]

there must be a mistake in that lol

[Persi]

Jordan Formally Agree to Extend the Railway Line From Aqaba to Iraqi Border

Aug 24 2011.

The Jordanian government agreed to extend the formal plans Skki from the port of Aqaba to the Iraqi border length of 500 km.

A spokesman for the company’s general rail Jawad Khersan that the State Company for Railways of Jordan informed the Ministry of Transport that it had formally approved the extension of a line Skki from the port of game to the Iraqi border near Trebil and added that Iraq has begun the implementation of the line of rail from the Ramadi area to the existing border in order to speed up the direct connection between Iraq and Jordan to support the movement of trade and industrial cooperation between two countries.

The volume of trade and industrial activities, except for oil between Iraq and Jordan to one billion dollars annually.

The Khersan that “the railway line between the two countries will be by two lines back and forth at speeds of up to 180 km / h. The vehicles will transport goods and passengers arrive in Iraq to the length of 400 km.”

[sheytanElKebir]

Is Iraq planning on adding a railway line from ramadi-trabil (which would be shorter journey but rather pointless as the only possible stopping point is rutba).

Or will they extend the line from akashat to trabil (which is less than 100km, and the train would be linked in to the existing anbar line and to all the towns along the way to Baghdad).

[TedStriker]

Does anyone have any idea as to what kind of cargo trains operate across Iraq and where they are to be seen?

[BigDreamer]

Construction begins on 500km Jordan-Iraq railway

[8/27/2011]

The Jordanian government has formally approved a 500km railway line from the port of Aqaba to the Iraqi border near Traibil, the Iraqi Transport Ministry has reported.

A spokesman for the Public Railway Company (PRC), Jawad al-Kharasan, told AKnews that Iraq has begun construction of the railway line from Ramadi to the border in order to meet up with the Jordanian side of the line.

The railway will improve the direct connection between Iraq and Jordan in order to support commercial and industrial cooperation between the two countries. Trade between Iraq and Jordan is worth $1bn a year.

The PRC enlisted the German Deutsche group at a cost of $33m to develop the railway line within Iraq. The Iraqi government expects the transport capacity of the railway line with Jordan to reach six-million tons a year. The top speed of the trains will be 180km/h.

[Persi]

Good news

[Persi]

Transport Ministry wants More Money for Railway Projects

Posted on 04 October 2011.

Iraq’s Ministry for Transport has complained that the $60 million (7o billion Iraqi dinars) that were allocated in the 2012 budget for the development and rehabilitation of the Iraqi Republic Railways Company (IRR) are not enough.

“The Ministry of Transport tries to attract investment companies in order to finance its railway projects,” Ministry spokesman Jawad al-Kharsani told AKnews.

Iraq’s railway system urgently needs to be repaired since little money was spent on it under Saddam Hussein and much of the infrastructure was damaged during the war in 2003 and years of insurgency and sabotage.

[IraqiPlan_et]

US Helps Iraq Build Safe and Efficient Rail System
October 13 2011


Iraq’s railways are now safer and more efficient as a result of two projects funded with $60 million by the United States.

The successful completion of the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) system and Digital Microwave Radio Communication Network (DMRCN) will help Iraq to move goods, people, and raw materials quickly about the country.

They provide the Iraq Republic Railways (IRR) with a state-of-the-art train control system that allows dispatchers to track and control rail movements throughout the IRR network.

Railroad operators will know the exact position of every train with significantly greater accuracy than with traditional signaling systems, which allows more traffic to be handled on the system.

With more trains able to move at the same time, more people can safely travel throughout the country, and more products for sale and export can reach markets and shipping sites quickly.

This communication system became fully operational in September after seven years of work. The approximately $60 million for the projects came from the Iraq Reconstruction and Relief Fund, while the planning and development work was a cooperative effort by U.S. and the IRR.

These projects are two among many shared U.S.- Iraq programs supporting infrastructure improvements in the country as part of the United States’ commitment to supporting Iraq’s economic development under the Strategic Framework Agreement.

[sheytanElKebir]

saw a cargo train moving slowly a couple of days ago (in baghdad, between dora and shalchiya is my guess). first time I see a moving train in Iraq in ages.

[sheytanElKebir]

Originally Posted by IraqiPlan_et

US Helps Iraq Build Safe and Efficient Rail System
October 13 2011


Iraq’s railways are now safer and more efficient as a result of two projects funded with $60 million by the United States.

yes. no trains = no accidents!

[Basrawii]

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

yes. no trains = no accidents!

lol

[FortuneCookie]

I keep reading all these grandiose plans about various plans and construction "having started" on this line or another in Iraq or Jordan. However, I get the sense that nothing is really happening. Anyone know if "on the ground" there is actual construction on any of these projects?

I keep thinking as to how many times I have read over the years that Syria and Jordan for example are building a standard gauge line between them to replace the old narrow gauge Hejaz line. Yet, despite all of the news releases and pronouncements, no such line has opened to date.

The only countries I know for a fact are making actual investments in heavy rail (in the billions of $$) in the region are Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel and to a lesser extent, Iran. I wish there was some reliable source of information as to what is actually going on. In one story you read about the Iraqi government approving a $70 billion investment plan to be implemented within 2 years and on the other hand you read a story that the Iraqi railways only have a meager $60 million for development. What is really going on? Anyone?

[sheytanElKebir]

60 million is the correct answer!

[makaay31]

Iranian Company to Repair Iraqi Trains

AKnews reports that Iraq’s Transport Ministry has officially agreed to award the contract for refurbishing 50 Iraqi trains to the Iranian Wadi al-Bar Company.

A spokesman for Iraq’s railways told the agency that the company will repair the trains and carry out maintenance at the rail depot and workshop at Samawa.

The Transport Ministry is trying to improve the country’s railways and trains so that Iraq is connected to the world’s largest rail system which links the Mediterranean, Gulf and eastern Asian countries

[makaay31]

New Railway Opened Between Karbala and Musayyib

[Picture: Musayyab – Karbala railway]


A new railway line between Karbala and Musayyib [Musayyab] was opened this week by the Transport Ministry, reports AKnews.

The new line was opened in Babil and Karbala Provinces just to the south of Baghdad, to transport Shiite pilgrims marking the 40th day after Hussein Ibn Ali was martyred. Around 8,000 people are expected to be traveling from Musayyib to Karbala for the ceremonies.

The federal government had allocated 5 billion IQD ($4.2 million USD) to provide services, including transport, to visitors.

The chairman of Karbala Provincial Council, Mohammed Hamid al-Moussawi, told AKnews the Ministry wants to reduce road traffic when pilgrims return to their homes after the ceremonies.

“The most significant problem for Karbala is transferring the visitors to their provinces at the end of the visit, although new railway lines have been opened and several Iraqi ministries including Trade, Transport and Defense participate in the transport process.”

“The government in Karbala began building a modern road network last year to link the Province with its neighbours. The Ya Houssein road cost 50 billion IQD ($42.8 million USD) and was paid for by the Iraqi Council of Representatives. It will reduce traffic on the main roads that connect Karbala to Baghdad, Babil and Najaf Provinces, and it is scheduled to be completed this year.”

[IraqiPlan_et]

Southern Railway announces the immediate implementation of the project Skki with Iran
January 16 2012


The company announced the public railway in the south, on Monday, conducted for the implementation of a project to link the railway with Iran through Basra contract with Iranian companies form payment on credit, while denied the Presidency of the Council to maintain their attention to the implementation of the project and considered it just a proposal under study.

The director of the company railways in the southern region Hadi waterfall Hassan in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "the company began actively developing a line connecting between Iraq and Iran through Basra," noting that "Iran has completed the establishment of the line within its territory, and this year will be the installation and installation of railway rails inside Iraqi territory. "

"The company has developed surveys, statements, close to completing land acquisition procedures and houses located within the path of the line."

He noted good that the "Iranian companies large and specialized contracted to implement the project format payment on credit," asserting that "the new line extends in the province, along the 37 km, starting from the Khmsmill (about 8 km north of the center city of Basra), and even the link between the two countries in the Shalamjah border, through the island of Sinbad, which will be established by two bridges within the project. "

The manager of the railway in the southern region based in Basra, that "the line will stimulate trade and religious tourism between the two countries that benefit the Iranian side more than the Iraqi side," explaining that "will enable the Iraqis to travel by train directly to Tehran and Qom, while allowing the Iranians to travel to Najaf and Basra Alkrblane through, as well as the transfer of Iranian goods Pklv less to Basra and from there to the rest of the provinces. "

He pointed out that "the line also implies international dimensions, especially since South Korea is counting in linking East Asia, northern Europe," as he put it.

For his part, the head of the provincial council in Basra Albzona good morning in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "provincial council did not formally agree so far on the project because it was a proposal that can do on the ground later that it serves the Iraqi economy."

He added that "Basra is needed to secure its ports to link the current business and the location of the port of Faw dry channel between Iraq and Turkey before the establishment of other lines of railway."

Referred to the former Minister of Transport Amir Abdul-Jabbar had warned the Iraqi government to agree to make a link Skki with Iran or Kuwait, and said in a statement earlier "Alsumaria News", that "it will lead to the destruction of Iraqi ports."

It was signed in September 12, 2010, Minister of Railways Liu Zitjon with the Minister of Transport of Iran Hamid Behbahani in Tehran an agreement for the establishment of a railway at a cost of two billion dollars, linking the Chinese capital Beijing in the Middle East through Iran, so that the line up of the Iranian capital Tehran city Khosravi on the border with Iraq.

Was considered timely, Fars news agency that "the final assessment of the line extends in the path (Silk Road) old, who was linking the Far East, the Mediterranean Sea," while according to the Daily Telegraph when you publish news of Chinese project of Iran that "the Iranian government believes that the line will arrive in Iran Iraq and Syria and possibly Lebanon as part of a Middle Eastern corridor. "

The railway sector in Iraq was advanced compared to countries in the region during the eighties of the last century before it breaks down gradually as a result of war and neglect, and in 2003 was the majority of the stations and trains and railway lines to the looting and sabotage led to the injury of the trains from all the provinces with complete paralysis, and then resumed its activity again in 2008 after the restoration and re-opening of some stations and repair and update the idle trains and maintenance of a campaign on the network required to import thousands of tons of rail steel bars.

[Chounz]

Originally Posted by IraqiPlan_et

The director of the company railways in the southern region Hadi waterfall Hassan in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "the company began actively developing a line connecting between Iraq and Iran through Basra," noting that "Iran has completed the establishment of the line within its territory, and this year will be the installation and installation of railway rails inside Iraqi territory. "

'Hadi Shallal Hassan'.