22 August 2011
Baghdad - The Jordanian government has formally approved the establishment of a 500 km railway line from the port of Aqaba to the Iraqi border near Traibil, the Iraqi Transport Ministry stated today.
The spokesman for the Public Railway Company Jawad al-Kharasan told AKnews that Iraq has begun the construction of the railway line from the Ramadi to the border in order to meet up with the Jordanian side of the line.
He said that the railway will speed up the direct connection between Iraq and Jordan in order to support commercial and industrial cooperation between the two countries. Trade between Iraq and Jordan is worth $1 billion annually.
The public Railway Company enlisted the German Deutsche group at a cost $33 million to develop the railway line within Iraq.
The Iraqi government expects the transport capacity in the railway line with Jordan to reach 6 million tons per year. The top speed of the trains will be 180km/h.
Iraq is looking to build an integrated transport link with the regional countries through the dry canal that links the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf.
Baghdad - The Jordanian government has formally approved the establishment of a 500 km railway line from the port of Aqaba to the Iraqi border near Traibil, the Iraqi Transport Ministry stated today.
The spokesman for the Public Railway Company Jawad al-Kharasan told AKnews that Iraq has begun the construction of the railway line from the Ramadi to the border in order to meet up with the Jordanian side of the line.
He said that the railway will speed up the direct connection between Iraq and Jordan in order to support commercial and industrial cooperation between the two countries. Trade between Iraq and Jordan is worth $1 billion annually.
The public Railway Company enlisted the German Deutsche group at a cost $33 million to develop the railway line within Iraq.
The Iraqi government expects the transport capacity in the railway line with Jordan to reach 6 million tons per year. The top speed of the trains will be 180km/h.
Iraq is looking to build an integrated transport link with the regional countries through the dry canal that links the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf.
© AK News 2011
