Name of the road |
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| Baghdad - Samarra - Tikrit - Beiji - Mosul. | ||
| Baghdad - Samarra - Malwiya Restaurant. | ||
| Samarra - Tikrit (Um al-Qura Rest House). | ||
| Tikrit - Beiji (Rest House). | ||
| Beiji - Balalij (to Shergat). | ||
| Balalij Junction - Shergat (Ashur site). | ||
| Balalij Junction Hatra Junction. | ||
| Hatra Junction - Hatra site (Hotel). | ||
| Hatra Junction - Hammam al Alil Junction. | ||
| Hammam al Alil Junction - Hammam al Alil (Mineral Baths). | ||
| Hammam al Alil Junction - Mosul (Nineveh site). | ||
| Mosul - al Kasar site - Tell Kuchuk (Syrian border, thence Aleppo) | ||
| Mosul - Khorsabad (Dur Sharrukin site) & Nuran Waterfalls. | ||
| Mosul - Nimrud (Kalakh site). | ||
| Mosul - Aqra. | ||
| Mosul - Zakho. | ||
| Zakho - Turkish Border. | ||
| Mosul - Duhok - Sarsang - Amadiya. | ||
| Mosul - Duhok. | ||
| Duhok - Zawita (Rest House). | ||
| Zawita - Swara Tuga. | ||
| Swara Tuga - Sarsang. | ||
| Sarsang - Sulaf. | ||
| Sulaf - Amadiya. | ||
| Mosul - Eskikalak - Arbil. | ||
| Baghdad - Kirkuk - Arbil. | ||
| Baghdad - Khalis. | ||
| Khalis - Tuz Khormatu. | ||
| Tuz Khormatu - Kirkuk. | ||
| Kirkuk - Altun Kopri (Popular Crafts). | ||
| Altun Kopri - Arbil. |
Name of the road |
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| Arbil - Salahuddin - Shaqlawa. | ||
| Arbil - Salahddin (summer Resort). | ||
| Salahuddin - Shaqlawa. | ||
| Shaqlawa - Harir. | ||
| Harir - Gully Ali Beg Waterfall. | ||
| Gully Ali Beg - Gallala - Derbendi Rayat - Haj Omran (Summer Resort). | ||
| Haj Omran - Iranian Border (thence to Tabriz). | ||
| Saadiya - Jalawla. | ||
| Jalawla - Derbendi Khan Dam Lake. | ||
| Derbendi Khan - Arbat. | ||
| Arbat - Sulaimaniya. | ||
| Sulaimaniya - Sarchinar. | ||
| Sulaimaniya - Dokan Junction - Kirkuk. | ||
| Sulaimaniya - Dokan Junction (Tasluja). | ||
| Dokan Junction - Chamchamal. | ||
| Chamchamal - Kirkuk. | ||
| Baghdad - Baquba - Derbendi Khan - Sulaimaniya. | ||
| Baghdad - Baquba - Saadiya. | ||
| Baghdad - Baquba - Khanaqin. | ||
| Baghdad - Khan Bani Saad - Baquba. | ||
| Baquba - Miqdadiya. | ||
| Miqdadiya - Sudour (Rest House Miqdadiya - Saadiya). | ||
| Khanaqin - Mundhiriya (Iraqnian Border.) | ||
| Baghdad - Ctesiphon (Al-Mada'in) | ||
| Baghdad - Kut - Amara - Basra | ||
| Baghdad - Aziziya - Kut | ||
| Kut - Ali Al-Gharbi | ||
| Ali Al-Gharbi - Amara | ||
| Amara - Qurna | ||
| Qurna - Basra | ||
| Basra - Abu Al-Khasib (the old road) | ||
| Abu Al-Khasib - Siba - Fao | ||
| Basra - Tannuma - Shlamcheh (Iranian border, thence to Muhammara) | ||
| Baghdad - Kut - Hai - Nasiriya | ||
| Kut - Hai - Nasiriya | ||
| Nasiriya - Ur | ||
| Baghdad - Hilla - Diwaniya - Semawa - Nasiriya - Basra | ||
| Baghdad - Mahmudiya . Babylon Junction | ||
| Babylon Junction - Babylon | ||
| Babylon Junction - Hilla | ||
| Hilla - Hindiya - Kerbala | ||
| Hilla - Hindiya Barrage | ||
| Hilla - Hashimiya - Diwaniya | ||
| Diwaniya - Hamza - Semawa | ||
| Semawa - Warkaa (Uruk) | ||
| Semawa - Khidhir | ||
| Khidhir - Warkaa (Uruk) | ||
| Khidhir - Ur |
Name of the road |
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| Ur - Nasiriya | ||
| Nasiriya - Suk Al-Shuyoukh | ||
| Suk Al-Shuyoukh - Chebayish (the Marshes) | ||
| Nasiriya - Islah - Fuhoud (the Marshes) | ||
| Fuhoud - Chebayish (the Marshes) | ||
| Chebayish - Madina - Qurna | ||
| Basra - Zubair Junction - Safwan (on Kuwaiti border) | ||
| Baghdad - Haswa - Musayib - Kerbala | ||
| Baghdad - Haswa | ||
| Haswa - Musayib | ||
| Musayib - Hindiya Barrage | ||
| Musayib - Kerbala | ||
| Kerbala - Razzazeh Lake | ||
| Razzazeh Lake - Shu'aib | ||
| Shu'aib - Ukhaidhir Castle | ||
| Shu'aib - Ain Tamr (mineral water springs) | ||
| Kerbala - Najaf | ||
| Najaf - Shamiya - Diwaniya |
A network of railway lines also connects Baghdad with many towns as well as cities abroad (not in function for the moment), as follows :
1. Baghdad - Basrah - Um Qaser, 582 kms.
Built to replace the old narrow gauge line. It goes through Babylon (Hilla), Kadisiya (Samawa, thence to Warka), Thi Qar (Nasiriya, thence to Ur), the Marshes with their unique scenic beauty, and Basrah. There are two Baghdad - Basrah and Basrah - Baghdad trains daily, a morning one and an evening one. Dept. & arivel schedule are functional, concedering the current situation.
2. Baghdad - Baquba - Kirkuk - Arbil (not in function at Arbil for the moment, due to the Kurdish situation), 461 kms, including its branches to Jelawla and Khanaqin.
3. Baghdad - Samarra - Tikrit - Shergat, (Assur), Hammam al-Alil (mineral baths), Mosul, 580 kms.There are two Baghdad - Mosul & Mosul - Baghdad trains daily, a morning and evening one. Dept. & arivel schedule function very well.
4. Baghdad - Mosul - Tel Koochek - Ya'rubiya,
528 kms. At the Iraqi border it joins the Syrian and Turkish railways system (this conection has recently
opened - Jan.2001/se at the top).
The Orient Express makes two trips a week from Baghdad to Istanbul, sunday and wednesday via Aleppo, Ankara, then Istanbul (it's not in function at the moment).
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