MENA Rail News is the leading newsletter for the rail industry in the Middle East and North Africa. Here, we wrap up the leading stories and features of the past week. News Korean Ambassador Expresses Interest in Oman Rail Network Celebrating 40 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, South Korean Ambassador Kim Dae […]
Twenty years ago, when I had just taken up my first position as a director of a contracting business, I was given a very good piece of advice from an experienced colleague. He said, “It’s not what you know and it’s not who you know that counts in business, it’s what you know about who you […]
Emphasising the importance of early co-ordination between Qatar Rail and Civil Defence authorities Qatar Rail conducts workshop with Ministry of Interior and Hamad Corporation to introduce security and safety standards of Doha Metro project Doha, Qatar 20 January 2014 Within the framework of on-going co-ordination between Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) and other entities in […]
Saudi Arabia‘s first high speed railway network the Haramain High Speed Rail Project has recently received an approval to construct two metro lines under the first phase of Makkah’s approx 16. 5 billion US dollar public transport project. Luis Sánchez Monserrat, Director at ADIF, Saudi Arabia will expand on the challenges in the structure of […]
Press release Organisations: UK Trade & Investment and Department for Business, Innovation & Skills Page history: Published 19 January 2014 Policy: Increasing the UK’s exports and attracting inward investment Topics: Business and enterprise, + 2 others Minister: The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP Vince Cable embarks on his first government trip to the UAE […]
MENA Rail News is the leading newsletter for the rail industry in the Middle East and North Africa. Here, we wrap up the leading stories and features of the past week. News Oman – Railways to be Most Important Infrastructure Project for 2014 Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Futaisi, Minister for Transport and Communications announced […]
7 January 2014, Doha Within the framework of continuous cooperation between Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) and Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning, Qatar Rail opened an office at the buildings permit compound at Doha Municipality. The office aims to facilitate all the procedures of developing properties located within Qatar Rail’s projects. “Qatar Rail opened […]
The world’s fourth biggest exhibition in its field, Eurasia Railway: 4th International Rolling Stock, Infrastructure and Logistics Exhibition is set to be organized between 06-08 March 2014 in the Istanbul Expo Center (IFM) in Istanbul, Turkey. At the exhibition TCDD (Turkish State Railways) and its subsidiary corporations including TÜVASAŞ (Turkish Wagon Industry Inc.), TÜDEMSAŞ (Turkish […]
17-18 March 2014 Estrel Convention Center, Berlin Visit Website The Globalization of the Railway Industry Potentials – Concepts – Methods At the RAILWAY FORUM top-managers and executives from the Corporate Procurement department of the Deutsche Bahn as well as suppliers and experts from the industrial, business and political sectors discuss future prospects and courses of […]
26-27 March 2014 London, UK Visit Website As customers become increasingly connected through smartphones and social media, TOCs are under increasing pressure to provide consistent real-time information across all communication platforms from the home computer, to the hand held device to the station to the platform and on board. The solution to ensuring consistent data […]
