Baghdad The Ministry of Transport announced, on Thursday, the completion of the basic design and track for the Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project, which is also called the Baghdad Metro or the suspended train.
The Ministry’s media office said in a statement, “The (BET) project is among the important transportation projects targeted for implementation this year and is included in the current year’s budget.”
Zawya Projects Company stated, The work on BET includes 14 stations with a total length of 31 km.
During his visit to Paris at the end of January, the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani, discussed with the French company (Alstom) specialized in establishing railway infrastructure and the train industry, the implementation of the economic model for the Baghdad Suspended Train Project, which was commissioned by the Iraqi government to prepare.
For his part, Minister of Transport, Razzaq Muhaibis, announced that: “Baghdad train includes 14 stations, and a length of 31 kilometers,” stressing that “there are efforts to expand the line outside the city of Baghdad, and it may reach more than 50 kilometers.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency