THE DEVELOPMENT ROAD

New Iraqi Railway & Highway Systems

from Grand Faw Port up to Turkish Border

GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

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 CONTENT
01 Preface 7
02 Project Time Schedule 11
03 Design Data 15
04 Typical Passengers Stations 19
05 Typical Freight Stations & Intermodal Areas 23
06 Typical Highway Facilities 27
07 New Ports, Railway & Highway’s Max. Capacity Vs. Expected Traffic Demand 31
08 Project Investment & Financial Sustainability 35
09 Opportunities & Advantages At National & Regional Levels 39

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 THE “DEVELOPMENT ROAD” PROJECT
The new Multimodal System RW+HW (DEVELOPMENT ROAD)
will enhance the Economic Development of Iraq and Neighboring Countries
(Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iran)

“With record oil revenues, Iraq’s new Government has a unique opportunity to pursue economic diversification and address
longstanding structural and climate-related challenges and put the economy on a more resilient and sustainable path.”
World Bank Mashreq Country Director (Mr. Jean-Christophe Carret)

A modern infrastructure system will facilitate such diversification

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 01 Preface

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 Preface The Railway & Highway corridors recently selected by the highest Iraqi Authorities and IRR’s Representatives,
on the base of the Feasibility Studies carried out on 2022, together with the new Grand Faw Port, will
constitute the so called “DEVELOPMENT ROAD”.
• Along the last decades, the Iraqi Governments have mainly focused their economies in the Oil & Gas
sectors, despite the high growth of Iraqi populations could provide a significant resource for strengthening
the Iraqi Economy (≈10 Mln every ten years  from 22 Mln upto 42 Mln, along the last 20 years). NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM NEW HIGHWAY SYSTEM

• Of course, the Oil & Gas sector is an important revenue for the Country and it will be strategic for the next
few decades, however the new Government has the responsibility to seek different markets in order to
increase the values of domestic goods and services and make the Country less oil-dependent, in view of
the ongoing global energy transition and decarbonization process.

• In view of the above, the Iraqi Government is now focusing the investments on new infrastructures, aiming
to diversify and develop other production sectors (industry, construction, manufacturing, agriculture,
logistic, renewable energies, telecommunications, tourism, services, ….etc.), making the Iraqi Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) more stable and stronger.

• In this scenario, a modern multimodal infrastructure system (composed by new Ports, Airports, Highways
and Railways), compliant to the highest International Standards and best engineering practices, will
facilitate the socio-economic development and diversification of Iraq and relevant neighboring Countries.
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 02 Project Time Schedule

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 Railway-Highway Railway-Highway Railway-highway Railway-highway Railway-highway Railway-highway Railway-highway

PRE-FEASIBILITY FEASIBILITY PRELIMINARY FUNCTIONAL DETAIL design Tendering Construction

DESIGN LOTS (Functional for and
prioritization Lots) FUNCTIONAL commissioning
REP.1 REP.2 REP.3 REP.4
Intermediate Final Intermediate Final LOTS

Project Time Schedule Documents Selection of Traffic Study. Cost Benefit Preliminary Design SUBDIVISION IN DETAIL DESIGN Tendering for
& Actual Progress and Data Col-
lection.
routing and
technical
Preliminary
dimensioning
Analysis.
Best Railway
of the Best Railway
& Highway
FUNCTIONAL LOTS
+
FOR FUNCTIONAL
LOTS
Construction
works
Preliminary Alternatives Routing and LOTS AND SUBLOTS + +
Technical As- (N.3). Highway
Routings PRIORITIZATION TRAINING
rolling stock
requisitioning &
sumptions. corridor. AND SEQUENCE. procurement

June July Nov. Dec. April ’23 ÷ March ’24 April ’24 ÷ March ’25 2025 ÷ 2029
2022 2022 2022 2022 (Total Duration: (Total Duration: (Total Duration: 5 years)
12 months) 12 months)
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 03 Design Data

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 NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM – DESIGN DATA NEW HIGHWAY SYSTEM - DESIGN DATA
Rail gauge 1435 mm Design Speed 130 km/h
Design Speed (passenger trains) 300 km/h Posted speed 110 km/h
Design Speed (freight trains) 140 km/h Number of lanes 3+3
Minimum horizontal radius 7,000.0 m Lane width 3.65 m
Maximum longitudinal slope 12.5 % External shoulder 3.00 m
ERTMS (European Rail Train Management System – Level 2) Minimum horizontal radius 1500 m
ETCS (European Traffic Control System) Maximum longitudinal slope 4%
GSM-R Global System for Mobile Communication
Power supply 25 kV A.C.
Rail Track: 60E1 (ex UIC 60)

RAILWAY TOTAL LENGTH 1.176 km HIGHWAY TOTAL LENGTH 1.190 km

Freight Stations 11 Service areas 26
Intermodal Areas 4 Equipped service areas for trucks 18
Passenger Stations 15 Equipped rest areas 24
Maintenance Centres for trains 4 Operational facilities centre 13
Training Centres 3 Multimodal parking 11
Operation Control Centres (OCC) 1 Interchange points with public transport 26
Maintenance Centres for line 12 Check point 13
Parallel Posts 24
Electrical Substations 24
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 04 Typical Passengers Stations

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 NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM – DESIGN DATA

NUMBER OF STATIONS PER TYPE

SMALL MEDIUM MAIN TOTAL
N. 4 8 3 15

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 05 Typical Freight Stations
& Intermodal Areas

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 OTHER FUNCTIONAL BUILDINGS
TRAINING CENTERS: In the main cities of Basrah, Baghdad and Mosul
ROLLING STOCKS & MAINTENANCE CENTERS: In the above main cities and Faw
OPERATION CONTROL CENTRE (OCC): In the city of Baghdad and Basrah
PERMANENT WAY AND CIVIL WORK MAINTENANCE CENTER: Every - 100 Km
PARALLEL POSTS: Located along the line every - 50 Km
ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS: Located along the line every - 50 Km
TYPICAL FREIGHT STATIONS
& INTERMODAL AREAS
TYPE OF STATION
FREIGHT STATION INTERMODAL AREA TOTAL
N. 11 4 15

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 06 Typical Highway Facilities

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 Service area Service areas for trucks Rest areas

TYPICAL HIGHWAY
FACILITIES

Operational facilities centres Interchange points with public transport Multimodal parking

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 07 New Ports, Railway & Highway’s Max. Capacity
Vs. Expected Traffic Demand

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 NEW PORTS, RAILWAY & HIGHWAY’S MAX. CAPACITY VS. EXPECTED TRAFFIC DEMAND

Expected Traffic
ASSUMED GRAND FAW PORT RAILWAY CORRIDOR MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR
Demand FINAL RESULT
HORIZONS (Maximum Capacity) (Maximum Capacity) (RW+HW) Max. Capacity
(incl. Umm Qaser Port)
The Railway is
3,5 Mln TEU/year 3,4 Mln TEU/year 6,4 Mln TEU/year 3,8 Mln TEU/year • TOTAL CAPACITY (RW+HW): 3,4 Mln TEU/year (Railway) + 3,0 Mln TEU/year (Highway): 6,4 Mln TEU/year
saturated, whilst the
Year 2028 + + + + • TOTAL CAPACITY (RW+HW): 24,7 Mln Tons/year (Railway) + 13,5 Mln Tons/year (Highway): 38,2 Mln Tons/year
Multimodal corridor has
22 Mln Tons/year Bulk 24,7 Mln Tons/year Bulk 38,2 Mln Tons/year Bulk 29,5 Mln Tons/year Bulk
enough capacity • TOTAL CAPACITY (RW) Passengers: 13,8 Mln Passengers/year
7,5 Mln TEU/year 3,4 Mln TEU/year 6,4 Mln TEU/year 5,8 Mln TEU/year The Multimodal
Year 2038 + + + + corridor is almost
33 Mln Tons/year Bulk 24,7 Mln Tons/year Bulk 38,2 Mln Tons/year Bulk 35,7 Mln Tons/year Bulk saturated The system shall be multimodal (Railway + Highway) to satisfy the maximum capacity of Iraqi
Port Facilities and the expected Traffic Demand
Year 2050 10,5 Mln TEU/year 3,4 Mln TEU/year 6,4 Mln TEU/year 8,0 Mln TEU/year The Multimodal
(beyond + + + + is corridor totally
2038/ Step 1) 33 Mln Tons/year Bulk 24,7 Mln Tons/year Bulk 38,2 Mln Tons/year Bulk 47,5 Mln Tons/year Bulk saturated

Year 2050 25 Mln TEU/year

(beyond +
2038/ Step 2) 33 Mln Tons/year Bulk

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 08 Project Investment
& Financial Sustainability

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 PROJECT INVESTMENT & FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY GDP PER CAPITA (US $) - AFTER 2022
In terms of economic impact, the socio-economics studies highlight that the Development Road investment
will provide a positive effect on GDP (+20%) along the studied period.

• The New Railway System, as evidenced by the results of the Costs Benefits Analysis (CBA), achieves a
highly positive socio -economic impact with an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 18.4%. The combination
of the new Multimodal Corridor (Railway + Highway), as evidenced by the results of the CBA, shows a
positive socio-economic result with an IRR of 11.1%.

• The New Railway System, as evidenced in the Financial Analysis, is able to repay the investment (12,7 Bln
$) and the relevant operating costs within the considered temporal horizon (approx. 40 years), assuming
very competitive fares for passengers & goods and conservative O.&M. Costs (Note: the expected revenues
is approx. 1,2 Bln $/year, whilst the operating and maintenance costs is approx. 750 Mln $/year).

• The Financial Analysis of the New Highway System shows that the expected revenues are able to sustain
the O.&M. Costs (370 Mln $/year), however the investment (6,3 Bln $) can be repaid just in case also light
vehicles will pay toll fees.

GDP growth with investment GDP growth without investment

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 09 Opportunities & Advantages
At National & Regional Levels

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 OPPORTUNITIES & ADVANTAGES AT NATIONAL & REGIONAL LEVELS
The “Development Road” will provide the following benefits and advantages to Iraq and neighboring
countries:

1• Develop other economic sectors (agriculture, industry, trading, construction, logistics, tertiary, touristic),
in addition to the Oil & Gas sector, supporting a sustainable and eco-friendly socio-economic growth.

2• Make the Iraqi’s GDP less dependent from Oil & Gas, even in consideration of the ongoing energy transition
to mitigate environmental impacts (CO2 emissions).

3• Improve the modernization of the Railway & Highway networks consistently with the socio-economic de-
velopment of the Country, reducing the travelling time among the Iraqi cities with consequent increase of
welfare/prosperity.

4• Reduce the traffic congestion and pollution, improving health and safety conditions of the population.

5• Increase the employment rates, improving the life conditions of the population (Note: the new Railway
& Highway Systems will provide approx. 100,000 new jobs).

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 6• Create new urban and industrial settlements which will support the reorganization/development of
existing urban areas.

7• Enhance the integration of different populations and cultures, aiming to facilitate and strengthen
the pacification and stabilization process among all neighboring Countries:

8• Allow the free movement and traffic of goods & passengers among the neighboring countries, through
the implementation of common rules,similar to those already adopted by the European Countries (Rail
Systems Interoperability), granting the networks efficiency and safety (Note: The Rail System Interoperability
is achieved through the standardization and harmonization of the Railway Systems and O.&M. procedures).

9• The Rail Systems Interoperability (as already established in Europe) will enhance the socio-economic
development of the Middle East Countries, along with their populations integration and pacification
process, similarly to what already happened along the last fifty years in Europe (following the “Second
World War” which involved all European countries).

The success of the “Development Road” will depend by a strong coordination and cooperation
among all neighboring countries.

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