13 June 2011
Baghdad - The Iraqi Republic Railway company (IRR) plans to rehabilitate its 2,000 kilometers of railway network.
A plant of the Ministry of Transport would produce approximately one million pieces of iron bars of two meters each for the rehabilitation, said IRR spokesman Jawad al-Kharsan.
"These pieces will be used in new and strategic lines", Kharsan said, "New crossties will be provided by IRR's own plant that produces 100 pieces of concrete bars per day."
According to AKnews calculations, one million pieces of iron of two meters each sum up to a length of 2,000 km - only half of what is necessary to replace both rails of Iraq's 2,000 km network.
Iraq's railway urgently needs to be repaired since little money was spent for it under Saddam Hussein and lots of infrastructure was damaged during the war in 2003 and years of insurgency and sabotage.
Baghdad - The Iraqi Republic Railway company (IRR) plans to rehabilitate its 2,000 kilometers of railway network.
A plant of the Ministry of Transport would produce approximately one million pieces of iron bars of two meters each for the rehabilitation, said IRR spokesman Jawad al-Kharsan.
"These pieces will be used in new and strategic lines", Kharsan said, "New crossties will be provided by IRR's own plant that produces 100 pieces of concrete bars per day."
According to AKnews calculations, one million pieces of iron of two meters each sum up to a length of 2,000 km - only half of what is necessary to replace both rails of Iraq's 2,000 km network.
Iraq's railway urgently needs to be repaired since little money was spent for it under Saddam Hussein and lots of infrastructure was damaged during the war in 2003 and years of insurgency and sabotage.
© AK News 2011
