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In 1932 Iraq became independent from the UK. In March 1936 the UK sold Mesopotamian Railways to Iraq, which renamed the company Iraqi State Railways. [3] Work resumed on the extension of the Baghdad Railway between Tel Kotchek on the Syrian frontier and Baiji. The through route was opened and completed on 15 July 1940. [3]
The Basra–Shalamcheh rail line is a railway line that operates since 2023 between the cities of Basra in Iraq and Shalamcheh in Iran. The line is roughly 32 kilometres (20 mi) long. [1] [2] Construction is scheduled to be finished by October 2024. [3]
Iraq-Iran Basra-Shalamcheh line – almost complete (2006) Kermanshah, Iran, and the Iraqi province of Diyala – construction commenced. [citation needed] Kuwait – no railways; Saudi Arabia-Jordan – partially constructed – break of gauge 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge / 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in) gauge
The line was first announced by Thierry Mariani, a French junior transport minister, at the 2011 Paris Air Show on 24 June 2011. [1] He said that French company Alstom and the Iraqi government had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding a contract to build the proposed line and that Alstom would conduct exclusive talks with the ...
Andrew's Locomotive and Rolling Stock in Iraq Page—excellent website with comprehensive roster of IRR locomotives; occasionally updated with news from Iraq. Iraq Railway Network Detailed map of railway routes in Iraq by the United Nations Joint Logistics Centre; Rainer's Pages are dedicated to the old Railway Postal System of Iraq.
Baghdad Central Station is the main train station in Baghdad. [1] It links the rail network to the south and the north of Iraq.The station was built by the British and designed by J. M. Wilson, a Scot who had been an assistant to Lutyens in New Delhi and who subsequently set up a practice of his own in Baghdad. [2]
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In 2008, the IR operated 11,106 km of rail with a further 18,900 km in various stages of development. [3] Almost all of this is standard gauge of 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ), but 94 km are Russian gauge of 1,520 mm ( 4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in ) to link up to ex-Soviet Union border states.