Railways of Iraq
News and information about railroads in Iraq, plus other odds and ends
News from Railway Gazette International- Dobra gateway opens at last Tue 24th November 2009SLOVAKIA: Russian intermodal operator Transcontainer announced on November 23 that it had successfully operated its first complete block train through the container transhipment terminal at Dobra in southeast Slovakia two days earlier. Last year the RZD subsidiary agreed to lease the 18 ha Dobra facility from ZSSK Cargo for 15 years, as the hub of a proposed […]
- Hong Kong high speed approved Tue 24th November 2009CHINA: Construction of the Hong Kong section of the planned 142 km Express Rail Link from West Kowloon to the Shibi railway hub in New Guangzhou is set to get underway by the end of this year, after the Special Administrative Region’s Executive Council approved the XRL project on October 20. The 26 km within Hong Kong will be underground and cost HK$53·7 […]
- Perpignan - Figueres concession extended Tue 24th November 2009SPAIN: On November 6 the Ministry of Development announced a package of measures to compensate TP Ferro, the company building the new Perpignan – Figueres cross-border route, for delays in completing the connecting high speed line between Barcelona and Figueres. TP Ferro’s concession agreement is to be extended from 50 to 53 years, and the government ha […]
- Dobra gateway opens at last Tue 24th November 2009