Iraqi Republic Railways
Railway construction in Iraq was begun in 1912 as part of the then projected Berlin--Istanbul--Baghdad Railway. The line between Baghdad and Hsaiba on the Syrian border was completed in 1983, and the Haditha--Kirkuk line opened in 1987.
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