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The IRR Southern Line, also known as the Baghdad–Basra Railway Line, is a railway line that operates since 2014 between the cities of Baghdad and Basra in Iraq. It is operated by the Iraqi Republic Railways. The line is roughly 550 kilometres (340mi) long, with intermediate cities including Karbala, Musayyib, Diwaniya, Samawah and Nasiriya. A proposal was put forward to turn the railway route into a high-speed rail one, but it was never realised. Under that project it was also planned to connect the city of Najaf to the rail network.[1][2]