Magnetically levitating train links Karbala with 3 provinces

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: The local government of Karbala agreed on Monday to build a magnetically levitating train to link Karbala with three southern provinces, chairman of the panning and reconstruction commission of the Karbala council said. “The local government in Karbala decided on Monday (March 14) to build a magnetically levitating train to connect Karbala with Najaf, Babel and Baghdad,” Dr. Abbas Nasser Hassani told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The project aims to ease the transportation problem and to facilitate the transport of Shiite visitors and tourists to the city,” he explained. Karbala is 108 km south of Baghdad. SH (TP) 847