--- title: "Shaliabad Kermanshah to Kirkuk | Mixroutes" description: How to get from Shaliabad Kermanshah to Kirkuk by train, bus, plane and car. Real timetables, honest prices. url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shaliabad-kermanshah-to-kirkuk" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shaliabad-kermanshah-to-kirkuk.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Shaliabad Kermanshah to Kirkuk [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shaliabad+Kermanshah&to=Kirkuk) [Kirkuk to Shaliabad Kermanshah](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kirkuk-to-shaliabad-kermanshah) **Quickest listed:** 4h 56m\ by car, door to door; trains not read\ **Lowest listed:** $25\ by car; trains not read\ **Distance:** 231 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ timetables not read\ ## 2 ways to travel 231 km apart. Times are the timetables for Fri 6 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. Trains and buses couldn't be loaded when this page was made, so this is not the full list and none of it is called best, fastest or cheapest. [The planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shaliabad+Kermanshah&to=Kirkuk) reads the timetables again for your day. - [**Drive** 4h 56m$25–35 Estimated 318 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shaliabad+Kermanshah&to=Kirkuk) - [**Taxi** 4h 56m$510–700 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shaliabad+Kermanshah&to=Kirkuk) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Iran; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Likely no visa needed for Iraq** · Iran passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iraq/entry-requirements) - **Avoid travel to Iran** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.irn.html) - **Do not travel to Iraq** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.irq.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iraq/warnings-and-insurance) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today No train or bus is listed because the timetables couldn't be loaded when this page was made, not because none runs. [See today's departures in the planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shaliabad+Kermanshah&to=Kirkuk). ## Questions people ask How far is Kirkuk from Shaliabad Kermanshah by road? About 318 km, roughly 4h 56m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $25–35; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Kirkuk City in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq Kirkuk is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate. The city is home to a diverse population of Kurds, Iraqi Turkmens and Arabs, as well as smaller numbers of Assyrians. Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River. [The Kirkuk guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/kirkuk) Worth your time - Kirkuk Citadel Dating back to 858 BCE, this citadel stands on an artificial mound, 40 metres high, on a plateau across the Khasa River. - Mosque and Tomb of the Prophet Daniel One of many traditional burial places for Prophet Daniel as well as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. - Qishla of Kirkuk This qishla, meaning barracks in Turkish, was built in 1863 to be the headquarters of the Ottoman army in Kirkuk. - Eternal fire of Baba Gurgur More than 4,000 years old. 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