23/08/2011
Jordan formally agree to extend the railway line from Aqaba to Iraqi border
بغداد / متابعة العدالة Baghdad / follow-up justice
The Jordanian government agreed to extend the formal plans Skki from the port of Aqaba to the Iraqi border length of 500 km.
A spokesman for the company's general rail Jawad Khersan that «the State Company for Railways of Jordan informed the Ministry of Transport that it had formally approved the extension of a line Skki from the port of game to the Iraqi border near Trebil and added that" Iraq has begun the implementation of the line of rail from the Ramadi area to the existing border in order to speed up the direct connection between Iraq and Jordan to support the movement of trade and industrial cooperation between two countries.
The volume of trade and industrial activities, except for oil between Iraq and Jordan to one billion dollars annually.
The Khersan that "the railway line between the two countries will be by two lines back and forth at speeds of up to 180 km / h. The vehicles will transport goods and passengers arrive in Iraq to the length of 400 km."
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