{"id":148,"date":"2007-07-01T22:22:54","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T22:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/2007\/07\/01\/renovated-iraqi-railway-station-provides-critical-link\/"},"modified":"2013-04-24T18:45:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T18:45:56","slug":"renovated-iraqi-railway-station-provides-critical-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/renovated-iraqi-railway-station-provides-critical-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Renovated Iraqi Railway Station Provides Critical Link"},"content":{"rendered":"

A press release (PDF)<\/a> (here’s a HTML version<\/a>) by A Al Bahrani, public affairs specialist with Gulf Region South District, Gulf Region Division, US Army Corps of Engineers, with some photos<\/a> of station repair works<\/a> at Basrah.<\/p>\n

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Basrah station<\/a> The $480,000 Basrah Railroad Station project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South provided for several areas to be renovated, including the new main entrance to the station. Photo by A. Al Bahrani<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nBASRAH, Iraq, June 27, 2007 \u2013 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South District\u2019s rehabilitation of the railway station here is part of the effort to build and develop Iraq\u2019s basic services and strategic infrastructure. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe $480,000 project provides a critical link for the country of Iraq and it ties the southern portion of the country with the northern portion,\u201d said Thomas Edison, chief of engineering and construction for Gulf Region South. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iraq railroad system provides efficient, reliable transportation, and many people rely on the railroad for traveling. It is also critical for trade and commerce from the deep-water marine port and business centers in southern Iraq to the population centers in northern Iraq,\u201d Edison said. <\/p>\n

Stanley Dowdy, Basrah Area Office resident engineer, said the railroad station was unusable without renovation. \u201cThe platforms for getting on and off the trains and the walkways were all torn up or removed, and the building structure itself was damaged and unsafe,\u201d he said. \u201cThis project installed all new platforms and walkways, as well as renovating portions of the interior and the exterior fa\u00e7ade. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese improvements will greatly facilitate enhanced operations at this site,\u201d he added. \u201cWe applaud the Iraqi team with whom we have closely worked in making this challenge become a reality.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Corps\u2019 mission for this project consists of performing onsite evaluations and rehabilitation work of seven railway stations throughout the Basrah province. \u201cThe goal of the project is to repair the stations and make them safe and efficient once again,\u201d Dowdy said. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow, as reconstruction is gaining momentum, the need for a transportation network to provide for efficient movement of essential products such as construction materials, equipment, merchandise, fuel and other supplies is essential for Iraq,\u201d said Hadi Mashkor, the directorate general for Basrah Railroad Station. <\/p>\n

Mashkor said rebuilding the rail industry in Basrah is very important to Iraq\u2019s economy. Basrah is one of the oldest cities in Iraq and it is in the heart of the petroleum industry. It directly affects the Iraqi economy. <\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to transport goods and services is vital to a growing region and economy. The railroad system will continue to grow in serving the Iraqi people,\u201d Edison said.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A press release (PDF) (here’s a HTML version) by A Al Bahrani, public affairs specialist with Gulf Region South District, Gulf Region Division, US Army Corps of Engineers, with some photos of station repair works at Basrah. The $480,000 Basrah Railroad Station project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South provided for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2690,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/2690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}