The Iraqi transport ministry plans to build a $3bn rail network and two principal passenger stations around Baghdad, Reuters has reported. The new line will connect all the railway lines heading to the provinces and the neighbouring countries and it will solve all the congestion which the railway network suffers from inside Baghdad. The network is planned to have a capacity of 23 million passengers per year and 46 million tonnes of freight per year.
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