According to a source closely involved with the project, the authorities in Baghdad are currently reviewing the technical studies for the metro project. The budget for the study is also under negotiation.
France’s Systra is supervising the project. It is likely to take up to 10 months to complete the design and the preparation of the tender documents.
The source said that the first line of the metro will run 18 kilometres from the predominantly Shi’ite Sadr City in the east through the city centre and then north and will have 20 stations. The second line will run 21 kilometers starting in the south of the city before crossing the river Tigris and on to the mostly Sunni neighborhoods in west Baghdad. This line will have 21 stations.
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