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		<title>Old Iraqi railway tickets</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/03/22/old-iraqi-railway-tickets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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A collection of scans of old middle eastern railway tickets on Flickr.

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		<title>New book on Jaffa to Jerusalem railway</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2009/01/27/new-book-on-jaffa-to-jerusalem-railway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been sent a plug for a forthcoming book On Chariots with Horses of Fire and Iron. The Excursionists and the Narrow Gauge Railroad from Jaffa to Jerusalem.
I&#8217;ve not yet seen a copy myself, but it has to be in the running for &#8220;book title of the year&#8221;!


On Chariots with Horses of Fire and Iron
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan seeks funds for rail link</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/07/30/jordan-seeks-funds-for-rail-link/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investment wanted for better links to neighbours:

Jordan plans railway, oil link with Iraq
AMMAN &#8211; Jordan is seeking six billion dollars from international donors to build a railway link with its neighbours and plans to import Iraqi crude oil by rail, the transport ministry said on Sunday.
The railway would link Jordan’s Red Sea port of Aqaba [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New railway photos from Jordan</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/06/18/new-photos-from-jordan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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The Phantasrail website has been updated with some new photos of freight operations on the Aqaba Railway in Jordan. 
Aqaba Railway Corp&#8217;s 300 km freight-only system carries phosphate ore from the mines to the port at Aqaba. There are approximately seven train loads from the mines to docks each day.
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		<title>Railways in Bahrain</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/06/15/railways-in-bahrain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A news story from last Friday (June 13) was that a Bahrain-based investor has bought UK-based freight operator Freightliner.
Which indirectly raises the question of whether there are any railways in Bahrain? As far as I know there aren&#8217;t, but rather bizarrely thay have an ex-British Rail Mark I coach in use as a restaurant!

According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the future holds</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/05/29/what-the-future-holds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 22:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kuwait]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the future holds, an article by Munawar Shariff of LOG Middle East about railway plans for the region. 
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		<title>Kuwait to build rail network?</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/05/22/kuwait-to-build-rail-network/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/05/22/kuwait-to-build-rail-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week a Kuwaiti official has described plans for a 165 km, four-line metro to be built within six years. Perhaps now Dubai has one almost finished, everyone wants one?
Not only that, but there will be a 505.5 km rail system, eventually linking Saudi Arabia with Iraq, presumably somewhere near Basra. And it might even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Article on railways in Dubai</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/05/13/article-on-railways-in-dubai/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/05/13/article-on-railways-in-dubai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dubai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UAE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Test running on the Dubai Metro has started in the past few days, inspiring a publication called PMV to look at the previous railways of Dubai. 
The article, dated May 13 2008, is called Dubai&#8217;s first &#8216;metro&#8217; and is based on my Railways in the United Arab Emirates page.
Most of the details were supplied to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road train in Abu Dhabi</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/04/16/road-train-in-abu-dhabi/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/04/16/road-train-in-abu-dhabi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UAE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Rainer Fuchs has been for a ride on a train &#8211; of sorts &#8211; in Abu Dhabi. It is a rubber wheeled
train, used to transport tourists around the artificial Lulu Island. 
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		<title>Iran &#8211; Iraq link</title>
		<link>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/01/14/iran-iraq-link/</link>
		<comments>http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2008/01/14/iran-iraq-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq's railways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basra]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Khorramshahr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Railways Africa reports that a 15km line between Khorramshahr and Shalamcheh is nearing completion

Monday, 07 January 2008
According to an Iraqi transportation ministry announcement, the Baghdad government &#8220;’strongly supports&#8221; the implementation of a proposed rail project linking Iran and Iraq.
The Al-Alam TV network quoted Iraq Railways Javad Al-Khorrasan saying: &#8220;During the first phase of the project, [...]]]></description>
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