'Mode': AROUND
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Taxis are plentiful. Major towns have excellent bus services. A network of well-paved roads connects Baghdad with all parts of the country. Regular flights were scheduled between Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul. If there are any now, please contact Iraqi Airways Offices and any other travel agencies.
A network of railway lines also connects (or used to connect when I was there) Baghdad with many towns as well as cities abroad, as follows:
1.
Baghdad — Basrah (Margil) — Um Qasr Line, 582 km
It goes through Babylon (Hilla), Kadisiya (Samawa, thence to Warka).
2.
Thi Qar (Nasiriya, then 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.
3.
Baghdad — Baquba—Kirkuk -Arbil Line, 461 kms., including its branches to Jelawla and Khanaqin.
4.
Baghdad—Samarra—Tikrit—Shergat, (Ashur) - Hammam al-Alil (mineral baths) - Mosul Line. There are/were two Baghdad — Mosul and Mosul — Baghdad trains daily, a morning one and an evening one.
5.
Baghdad Mosul —Tell Kochek —Ya'rubiya Line, 528 kms. At the Iraqi border it joins the Syrian and Turkish railways. This
Orient Express makes two trips a week from Baghdad to Istanbul and from Istanbul to Baghdad.
Leave a Comment
email me
add as friend
Comments for hunterV about Baghdad