The Samarra district administration, southeast of Tikrit, announced the reception of the first tourist trip by train in (10 years) coming from the capital, Baghdad, while it indicated that it is preparing to receive new trips from all governorates to visit holy religious shrines and archaeological sites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe city of Samarra received the first train carrying tourists after a 10-year hiatus for various reasons and circumstances,\u201d noting that \u201cthe restoration of the railway line between Samarra and Baghdad has been completed\u201d, said Samarra\u2019s Mayor, Baker Mohammad Sahrif. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharif added, “The local administration has laid a security and service plans for the pigrims to perform pilgrimage and to tour historical locations.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Samarra district administration, southeast of Tikrit, announced the reception of the first tourist trip by train in (10 years) coming from the capital, Baghdad, while it indicated that it is preparing to receive new trips from all governorates to visit holy religious shrines and archaeological sites. \u201cThe city of Samarra received the first train …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":91028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,31],"tags":[3852],"class_list":["post-91027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iraq","category-news","tag-samarra-resumes-rail-transport"],"yoast_head":"\n