Update the Design of 9 Railway Projects
Iraqi republic railways (IRR) has issued 9 tender invitations to renovate its railway lines.
IRR is composed of 1905 route-km of standard gauge. The railway has suffered approximately U.S.$1 billion in war and looting damage from 1980 to 2003.
The IRR has one international interchange, with Syria at Rabiya. The system runs from Rabiya southward through Mosul, Bayji, and Baghdad to Basra, with a branch line from Shouaiba Junction (near Basra) to the ports of Khor Az Zubair and Umm Qasr, westward from Baghdad through Ramadi and Haqlaniya to Al Qaim and Husayba, with a branch line from Al Qaim to Akashat, and east-west from Haqlaniya through Bayji to Kirkuk.
Iraqi republic railways have announced an international tender to develop the network system for the following railway lines.
No |
Project Name |
Job description |
Total Length-KM |
1 |
Basra - Shalamjj Railways Project |
Consultancy Services |
35 |
2 |
Al-Fat-Ha Railway Bridge Project |
Consultancy Services |
1 |
3 |
Mosul-Zakho Railways Project |
Consultancy Services |
167 |
4 |
Kirkuk - Slaimaniya Railway Project |
Consultancy Services |
119 |
5 |
Hammam Alil-Mosul-Saboniya |
Consultancy Services |
50 |
6 |
Hajama-Sawa Railways Project |
Consultancy Services |
17 |
7 |
Basra - Fao Railway Project |
Consultancy Services |
98 |
8 |
Railway Link Between Iraq & Jordan |
Consultancy Services |
400 |
9 |
Ramadi-Kerbala Railways Project |
Consultancy Services |
133 |
Al-Burhan Group have associated with Dorsch Consult Verkehr und Infrastruktur GmbH who is Germany's largest independent planning and consulting company, and ETC Consultants GmbH, to participate in all 9 of these projects. The scope of work will involve geographical and feasibility studies for each project
Results for the tender will be announced before the end of 2007.