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Establish a roadmap to revive the oldest railway transportation lines in Iraq
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Developing a road map to revive the oldest railway transport lines in Iraq
January 25 11:26
Information / Baghdad..
On Thursday, member of the Security and Services Committee, Baqir Al-Saadi, revealed a road map to revive the oldest railway transport lines in Iraq. Al-Saadi said in an interview with Al-Maalouma,
“Railways ensure a reduction in the cost of transporting goods by no less than 60% and perhaps more, in addition to being safer, more dynamic and more flexible in transport under various conditions, including air, unlike other means of transport.” He added,
"In light of the government's vision, there is a broad road map in order to revive the oldest railway transportation routes in Iraq, whether in the eastern or southern part, and identify the existing lines and attempt to connect the border crossings with the capital, Baghdad, all the way to the ports of Basra, to be part of the strategic development road." He pointed out that
"creating new lines is an important step that will be worked on through a feasibility study and its importance in the economic dimension, especially since transport lines are effective not in the goods sector, but in the passenger sector."
Iraq currently includes a wide network of railway transport lines, but some of them are suspended and others were canceled in the seventies and eighties of the last century.
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Economy
Developing a road map to revive the oldest railway transport lines in Iraq
January 25 11:26
Information / Baghdad..
On Thursday, member of the Security and Services Committee, Baqir Al-Saadi, revealed a road map to revive the oldest railway transport lines in Iraq. Al-Saadi said in an interview with Al-Maalouma,
“Railways ensure a reduction in the cost of transporting goods by no less than 60% and perhaps more, in addition to being safer, more dynamic and more flexible in transport under various conditions, including air, unlike other means of transport.” He added,
"In light of the government's vision, there is a broad road map in order to revive the oldest railway transportation routes in Iraq, whether in the eastern or southern part, and identify the existing lines and attempt to connect the border crossings with the capital, Baghdad, all the way to the ports of Basra, to be part of the strategic development road." He pointed out that
"creating new lines is an important step that will be worked on through a feasibility study and its importance in the economic dimension, especially since transport lines are effective not in the goods sector, but in the passenger sector."
Iraq currently includes a wide network of railway transport lines, but some of them are suspended and others were canceled in the seventies and eighties of the last century.
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