Baghdad – IA
The Basic Railway Firm, affiliated with the Ministry of Transport, confirmed immediately, Thursday, that it plans to move 13 million passengers yearly by way of the Growth Street, and whereas it indicated that its strains will prolong to all governorates in a later step, it anticipated to generate revenues from the street comparable to grease revenues.
The corporate’s normal supervisor, Younis Khaled Al-Kaabi, advised the (INA): “The Ministry of Transport selected the trail of the event street after reviewing 3 proposals from the corporate designing the undertaking, and the selection was made based mostly on correct information.”
He added, “The trail begins from the port of Al-Faw and goes up the map of Iraq from south to north, passing by means of ten governorates, reaching Dohuk Governorate after which the Iraqi-Turkish border, and its size is 1,200 km. We completed resolving the technical points and conflicts with a size of 1,170 km, and the remaining is just 30 km from the north of Rabia to Fish Khabour.” The far north of Dohuk.
Al-Kaabi confused, “Within the Ministry of Transport, we plan to move 13 million passengers yearly by way of the Growth Street, and this quantity is distributed amongst quick trains that function at a charge of 4 hours a day to move passengers, allocate 12 hours for transporting items and containers, and 6 hours for obligatory day by day upkeep, as a result of the high-speed line and its upkeep are compulsory.” Timings might differ, which means the hours of transporting items or passenger strains might improve relying on momentum and requirements.”
He continued, “The railway route on the present growth street is just not last, and we plan to increase the railway networks linked to the street to incorporate all governorates, together with the Kurdistan area. Which means the street is not going to be allotted solely to exterior transport, however will contribute to inside transport as effectively.”
He identified, “The state is planning to ascertain main tasks alongside the event street, together with 11 industrial cities, in addition to different investments. Which means transports alongside the street might be within the tens of millions of tons yearly, offering enormous monetary revenues which may be equal to grease revenues.”