The changing fortunes of the train station in Bayji, the industrial heartland of Iraq, might be considered a metaphor for the security situation in this fragile country.
Two years ago the station was an insurgent stronghold. Sunni militants kidnapped people and beheaded many in the gloomy passages under the tracks, and assembled car bombs in the warehouses.
Today, it is literally at the crossroads of plans to rejuvenate the economy in northern Iraq. Running half the length of Bayji, the train station lies at the nexus between Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk and Ramadi.
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