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104 Iraq Investment Map 2020-2021

Available Investment Opportunities in Transportation
First: Railways State Company

no Project name Details length Number Signals & Axial Speed (km/h) Total transport Estimate cost (million USD) Project
of lines communication load/ (million) implementation
ton passengers Goods/ton passengers Goods/ Acquisitions implementation total period
ton
1 Circle line Detailed designs were 284 mixed ERTMS/ level 2 25 200 140 23 46 430 2000 2430 5 years
around conducted 1982 by Italian
Baghdad consulting company
(Sotkny) circle line length
(ring) 112km, total length
main and branches 284km.
2 Basra- Fao Detailed designs were 100 double ERTMS/ level 25 140 100 1 70 300 1410 1710 3 years
recently conducted by 2/1
German consulting company
(Dorsh Group)
3 Baghdad- Kut- Detailed designs (1982) 100 double 2730 11000
Umara- Basra prepared by British
Branch line Henderson Hughes are old
(Kut- Nasriya- and most of them are lost.
Um Qasir) 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.

4 Musaieb- Detailed designs were 228 double ERTMS/ level 2 25 250 140 6 2 750 2400 3150 3 years
Karbal-Najaf- conducted 1982 by Italian
Semawa consulting company
(Sotkny) updated by Italian
(Ital Fair)