Baghdad Elevated Train News Today

MoU for the project was signed with Alstom-Hyundai E&C consortium in October 2020

By John Lee. The Director General of the Iraq Railways Company, Eng. Yunus Khaled Jawad, held a meeting with representatives of Alstom and Hyundai this week at the company's headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the plan for the implementation of the Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project, also known as "Baghdad monorail".

By John Lee. Representatives of the French company Alstom have met with the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Dr. Hamid Naim Al-Ghazi, to discuss the progress of the Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) monorail project. Dr. Al-Ghazi said the cabinet is studying the issue of financing the project, in coordination with the Ministries of Finance

By John Lee. The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Dr. Hamid Naim Al-Ghazi, met on Wednesday the French Ambassador to Iraq, Mr. Eric Chevalier. Dr. Al-Ghazi stressed the Iraqi government's interest in the Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project, which he said is of vital and strategic importance. Mr. Chevalier also expressed the French government's

An ambitious project to build an elevated metro across Baghdad could eliminate hours of daily misery crawling through gridlock

By John Lee. The Secretary-General of Iraq's Council of Ministers has chaired a meeting of the committee for the implementation of the Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project. Dr Hamid Naim Al-Ghazi said the project is considered to be vital and strategic, and runs in conjunction with projects to rehabilitate the entrances to Baghdad, and to