{"id":31,"date":"2005-12-23T12:38:43","date_gmt":"2005-12-23T11:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=31"},"modified":"2013-04-24T18:46:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T18:46:14","slug":"railroad-station-renovations-progress-toward-southern-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/railroad-station-renovations-progress-toward-southern-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Railroad station renovations progress toward Southern Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A November 30 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grd.usace.army.mil\/news\/releases\/recon113005.html\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By Suzanne M. Fournier<br \/>\nGulf Region Southern District<br \/>\nU.S. Army Corps of Engineers<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-eight railroad stations in the Iraq\u2019s Southern provinces are now modernized, starting at Iskandariyah Station in Northern Babil, just south of Baghdad, reaching south into Thi-Qar Province.<br \/>\nResidents living in Babil, Qadisiyah, Muthana and parts of Thi Qar Provinces can now catch the train at their local train station and travel to destinations within the region, boarding and exiting at clean, safe, healthy, remodeled railroad stations. Rail stations throughout these southern provinces have been repaired, plastered, painted and restored with electricity, water and toilets. <\/p>\n<p>Thi-Qar has two of nine renovations completed. Thi-Qar and Basrah Province rail stations are scheduled to have renovations finished by Spring of next year. <\/p>\n<p>Rail station renovations provide community residents with safe and healthy access to the rail transportation system. Passengers can use the stations to access travel within their local area and eventually to travel throughout Iraq and destinations beyond. <\/p>\n<p>Local businesses can now use the renovated rail stations to ship and receive commodities by scheduling freight movement with their local station master. This will make it easier for businessmen and farmers to ship their products to regional and global markets. <\/p>\n<p>The rail station renovations were completed by the US Army Corps of Engineers using Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds. <\/p>\n<p>These existing railroad stations were neglected for decades and previously were in unsafe, unsanitary and unprofessional condition. The renovation work began with cleaning, removing garbage and demolishing unsafe structures. Then terrazzo floor tiles were replaced, plaster was repaired, walls were painted, ceramic tile added to bathrooms, new windows and screens, septic and water systems were replaced, electricity was upgraded and backup generators were installed to provide completely refurbished railroad stations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A November 30 press release. By Suzanne M. Fournier Gulf Region Southern District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Twenty-eight railroad stations in the Iraq\u2019s Southern provinces are now modernized, starting at Iskandariyah Station in Northern Babil, just south of Baghdad, reaching south into Thi-Qar Province. Residents living in Babil, Qadisiyah, Muthana and parts of Thi [&hellip;]<\/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\/31"}],"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=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/iraq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}