Six Rail Projects offered for Investment
(Article from Faron Davis)



Iraq’s National Investment Commission (NIC) has included six rail projects in its list of major strategic projects to be presented during the Kuwait International Conference for Iraq Reconstruction, to be held in Kuwait from 12th to 14th February:

New railway line (Baghdad-Kut-Umara-Basra) and branch line (Kut-Nasriya-Shuaiba-UmQasr)
Length: 910km
Number of lines: dual
Axial load: 25 ton
Passengers: 14 (million/year), Cargo : 35 (million/ton).
Estimated cost (USD): Land Acquisition/2.73 billion, execution /11.0 billion, total/ 13.73 billion.
Rehabilitation and development of the existing line (Baghdad –Diwaniya-Samawa-Basra)
Length: 610km
Number of lines: dual
Axial load: 25 ton
Passengers : 100 (million/year), Cargo: 70 (million/ton).
Estimated cost (million USD): 793.
Construction of Musaib-Karbala-Najaf –Semawa
Length: 228km
Number of lines: dual
Axial load: 25 ton
Passengers: 6 (million/year), Cargo : 2 (million/ton).
Estimated cost (USD): Land Acquisition/750 million, execution /2.4 billion,
total/ 3.150 billion.
Construction of (Basra-Shalamcha–Iran line)
Length: 35km
Number of lines: single can be dual
Axial load: 25ton
Passengers: 2 million/year, Cargo: 10 million ton
Estimated cost (USD): Land Acquisition 135 million; Execution, 500 million; Total 635million.
Railway line (Mosul-Duhuk-Zakho-Turkey)
Length: 160km
Number of lines: dual
Axial.load: 25ton
Passengers: 1 million/year; Cargo: 55 million ton
Estimated cost (USD): Land Acquisition, 450 million; Execution, 2.157 billion; Total, 2.607 billion.
The railway line (Baghdad-Baquba-Kirkuk-Erbil-Mosul) and branch line (Baquba-Khanaqeen-Munthiriya-Iran)
Length: 700 km
Number of lines: multiple
Axial load: 25 ton
Passengers: 6 (million/year), Cargo : 20 (million/ton)
Estimated cost (USD): Land Acquisition/1.650 billion, execution /7.0 billion, total/ 8.65 billion.

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