Baghdad – Transportation Sector
First: Railways State Company
no | Project name | Details | length | Number of lines | Signals & communication | Axial load/ ton | Speed (km/h) | Total transport (million) | Estimate cost (million USD) | Project implementation period | ||||
passengers | Goods/ton | passengers | Goods/ ton | Acquisitions | implementation | total | ||||||||
1 | Circle line around Baghdad | Detailed designs were conducted 1982 by Italian consulting company (Sotkny) circle line length (ring) 112km, total length main and branches 284km. | 284 | mixed | ERTMS/ level 2 | 25 | 200 | 140 | 23 | 46 | 430 | 2000 | 2430 | 5 years |
2 | Baghdad- Kut- Umara- Basra Branch line (Kut- Nasriya- Um Qasir) |
Detailed designs (1982) prepared by British Henderson Hughes are old and most of them are lost. The main line (Baghdad- Kut- Umara- Basra) is 504 km –double. The Branch line (Kut- Nasriya- Um Qasir) is 406 km –double. Designs need to be updated with a new feasible study to the project. |
100 | double | 2730 | 11000 | ||||||||
3 | (Baghdad- Baquba- Kirkuk-Erbil- Mousil) branch line (Baquba- Khanaqeen- Munthirya- Iran) | detailed designs were conducted by French consulting company (Sorfrel) 1982, currently updated by Czech consulting company (CZ Group).double line length 455km single line length 200km, can be doubled. Total length of main and branches is 700-750 km | 700 | mixed | ERTMS/ level 2 | 25 | 250 | 140 | 6 | 20 | 1650 | 7000 | 8650 | 7 years |
Baghdad Mono Rail
Details/ Vital project with good financial revenues, prepared by French Alstom Co.
Estimated cost: 1.5 b USD
Implementation period: 5 years
Project purpose: relief traffic jam and improve services in Baghdad
Phases, location, and lines in Baghdad
- Phase 1: 15.5 km between Kadhimiya and Sadir City passing through Shaab Q. 12 stations along the Tigress
- Phase 2: 4.45km between the International Station and Utaifiya with two stations.
Second : State Company for Civil Aviation
No. | Agency | Project name | Location | Plot no. | Area | Estimated cost in USD/time | Notes |
1 | State Company for Civil Aviation | 1- Five stars hotel in BIAP | Baghdad / BIAP | Plot 33 Al Sewaib 17 | 17000m² | —- | Governmental plot allocated for the State Company for Civil Aviation |
2- Maintenance, operating, training center to pilots and aviation staff | Baghdad / BIAP | Plot 30/108 Al Sewaib 17 | 10000m² | · Developing project for aviation staff
· Governmental plot, MoF |
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3- Internal Metro in BIAP | Baghdad / BIAP | Project line goes through 18 plots | · The project serves passengers in and out of airport in no time
· Metro starts in Abbass Bin Fernas Sq. to passengers terminals |
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2 | Iraqi Airways Company | A. 5 stars hotel with complete services (within Baghdad International Airport Area) | Baghdad International Airport | Plot 9/10 dis. 17 Al Sewaib | 15000 m² | 50m USD | Plot belongs to the Iraqi Airways Company |
B. trade Center | Baghdad/ Bataween | Plot 20/1 | 1000 dunem | 20m USD | Plot belongs to the Iraqi Airways Company | ||
3 | State Company for transportation projects | 1- Construction of asphalt plant | Baghdad | — | 10 dunem | 10 b ID/ 2 years | Purpose: asphalt production, supply to MoT projects and other ministries in Baghdad and the surrounding areas.
Production Capacity: 120-180 t/h Production age: 15 years Project components: non-residential facilities, machinery, special vehicles |
2- Concrete plant | Baghdad/ Abo Ghraib | Plot 10/30
Q 14 Aqarqoof |
4.8 dunem | 9 b ID / 2 years | Purpose: Concrete production, supply to MoT projects and other ministries in Baghdad and the surrounding areas.
Production Capacity: 90 m³/h Production age: 15 years Project components: non-residential facilities, machinery |
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4 | State Company for Iraqi Railways
Company for Iraqi Railways |
A. Hotel, trade canter, parking area
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Baghdad /Alawi
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· Plot 400/1 Karadat Mariam
· Part of plot 557 Karadat Mariam |
· 12 dunem
· 21 dunem |
Private property | |
Residential complex | Baghdad / Al Yousfiya | — | 360 dunem | — | Private property |