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National Railway Company Reports March Revenue

The Iraqi Railway Company [Iraqi National Rail Company] has announced that its revenues for March totalled $1.4 million [1.7 billion Iraqi dinars], according to a report from AKnews. The company’s assistant general manager, Salam Jaber Salloum, told the agency that proceeds from the transfer of freight reached $310,000 with the remaining revenues coming from the […]

Karbala-Anbar Railroad Hits Snag

There are obstacles that curb the execution of the Karbala-Anbar railroad, a member of the Karbala Provincial Council said on Monday. “The railroad passes through an archeological site between the two provinces,” Hussein Shadahan told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He added that the Iraqi Transportation Ministry originally approved the project around four months ago. (Source: […]

2nd Stage of Hilla-Basra Railway Project Opens

Iraqi Minister of Transport, Amer Abduljabbar, opened the 50-km-long second stage of the Hilla to Basra rail line, according to the head of Babel province’s railways department on Sunday. “Minister Abduljabbar inaugurated the second stage of the project which linked al-Hashemiya district to al-Diwaniya city as part of the larger Hilla-Basra project,” Anwar al-Rehimi told […]