Iran and Iraq to Connect Railways

In some better news, Payvand’s Iran News reports

Tehran, 28 January 2006 (CHN) — Khoramshahr city in Khuzestan province is going to be connected to Basra through a railway line.

“Based on an agreement between Iran Ministry of Road and Transportation and Iraqi authorities, Iran and Iraq will construct railways to be connected to each other,” said Seyed Ali Akbar Mousavi, director of Arvand Free Zone Project.

The route of the railway will start from Khoramshahr, continue to the border city of Shalamcheh and then will connect to the city of Basra in Iraq. It was agreed that Iran be in charge of constructing the Khoramshahr-Shalamcheh railway while Iraq will build the Shalamcheh-Basra railway.

Constructions of the said railways are expected to be completed by March 2007.

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