Transportation in Iraq

Transportation in the Kingdom of Iraq consists of several highways, railways, ports.

Rail transport
or more than two decades there have been plans for building a metro system in Baghdad. It is possible that part of the tunnels have been built, but that they are now used militarily for sheltering, hiding and escaping purposes. U.N. inspectors have heard of the tunnels for years, but have not found their entrances. In November, 2008, an overground service dubbed the Baghdad Metro began service. Local government in Baghdad is arranging feasibility studies for the construction of two new underground lines.

A 37 km monorail is planned in, which would link three Shi'ite holy sites.

The first train to  since the overthrow of 's regime arrived on 26 April 2003. British troops hope to use the 68 km long railway to transport much-needed aid supplies from the port town of Umm Qasr to Basra.

In June 2011, it was announced that planning had begun for a new high-speed rail line between Baghdad and Basra, with a memorandum of understanding with Alstom having been signed.

Rail links to neighboring countries

 * Flag of kurdistan.png Kurdistan - Two railway lines go between the two, though they have been shut down since the start of the Kurdish intervention in Iraq.
 * Flag of Iran.svg - One railway link is in construction and a second is planned.
 * , Iran, to Basra, Iraq - almost complete (2006).
 * , Iran, and the Iraqi province of Diyala - construction commenced.
 * Flag of Kuwait.svg - No railways
 * Flag of Jordan.svg - One link partially constructed -  4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge/1,050 mm (3 ft 5 11⁄32 in) gauge
 * Flag of Syria.svg - One link

Roadways
Total: 44,900 km Paved: 37,851 km Unpaved: 7,049 km (2002)

Waterways
5,729 km ( (2,815 km), 1,899 km, Third River (565 km)); Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft watercraft; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the.

Airports
Iraq has about 104 airports as of 2012. Major airports include: