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A $ 5.9 million renovation began in 2004 and was completed in June 2006. The renovation included all-new power plant and air conditioning system. The electrical, water, and sewer lines were replaced. The restaurant was rehabilitated and the roof, the windows and the plaster walls were replaced. All
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The train station was originally built by the British and it was considered as the "Jewel of Baghdad" for daily travelers. The station offered telegraph services, it had also a bank, a post office, a saloon, shopping areas and a restaurant. The station even had an office with printing presses which
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and designed by J. M. Wilson, a Scot who had been an assistant to Lutyens in New Delhi and who subsequently set up a practice of his own in Baghdad. Construction started in 1948 and finished in 1953. The station is the biggest one in
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A new entrance was constructed. Two new seven passenger elevators, new bathrooms and a hotel with 13 rooms were added along with a new fire alarm and sprinkler system
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After the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, thieves snatched the station's furniture, lighting fixtures and even bathroom plumbing.
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clocks were replaced and connected to one new central system. Also, the broken mosaic floor tiles were replaced.
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Ministry of Transportation - General Company for Iraqi Railways
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Baghdad
Iraq
33°19′25″N 44°22′49″E / 33.32361°N 44.38028°E / 33.32361; 44.38028
Iraqi Railways
train station
Baghdad
Iraq
British
Iraq
Baghdad Central Station, 1959
Inside of the Station, 2010
Main entrance, 2012
Iraqi Republic Railways
Railway stations in Iraq
Baghdad Metro
"The building of Baghdad"
Ministry of Transportation - General Company for Iraqi Railways
In pictures: The crown jewel of Iraq's railway - BBC News, 28 November 2016

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