Middle East Rail and Public Transport Projects Report
MENA Rail News is pleased to announce its media partnership with Mack Brooks and the syndication of a number of their in depth strategic rail reports from around the world.

Mack Brooks Publications has recently released “Middle East Rail and Public Transport Projects 12″, a concise and up-to-date overview of current principal main line and urban rail projects in 11 regions in the Gulf and Middle East region. Exracts from the full Mack Brooks Report is being serialised over the coming weeks. Full contents of the report can be seen at the bottom of this page. All copyrights recognised and respected.
This week’s featured article:
United Arab Emirates: Etihad Rail
Mack Brooks Publishing Ltd is a leading Business Intelligence and Events Management Company operating around the world. This study from Brooks Market Intelligence Reports provides a concise and up-to-date overview of current principal main line and urban rail projects in 11 countries in the Gulf and Middle East region. Over the coming weeks MENA Rail News will be publishing featured articles from each of these countries.
Reflecting the situation in mid-2012, the report features individual entries outlining the key characteristics of each project, its planned implementation timescale, its cost where known and its current status. It also identifies the organisations and agencies responsible for implementing each scheme.
Projects covered range from ambitious new main line railways such as those in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to metro, tram and monorail systems to meet the mobility needs of the fast-growing populations of the region’s principal cities. In this latter sector Dubai has led the way. Now, significant systems are under construction or planned in other countries.
The Middle East is rapidly becoming a key market for rail industry suppliers. This report offers a unique introductory guide to the potential business opportunities generated by the unprecedented levels of investment being created by new rail projects across the region.
Each informative section provides the following details:
- Summaries of rail and urban transit projects in 11 countries
- 39 projects or programmes covered
- Project costs
- Project timescales
- Current status
- Agencies responsible
Full contents of the report:
Bahrain
Urban Rail/National Rail Transport Network (Previously Displayed)
Iraq
Baghdad Metro (Previously Displayed)
Baghdad Elevated Metro
Kurdistan Tram Systems
Karbala Monorail
Najaf Monorail
Israel
Jerusalem Red Line Light Rail System (Previously Displayed)
National Rail Network Expansion
Tel Aviv Light Metro
Jordan
National Rail Network (Previously Displayed)
Amman-Zarqa Light Rail System
Amman Rapid Transit
Kuwait
Metropolitan Rapid Transit System (KMRT) (Previously Displayed)
Kuwait National Rail Road Network (KNRR)
Oman
National Rail Network (Previously Displayed)
Qatar
Main Line Railways (Previously Displayed)
Urban Railways
Saudi Arabia
Background
Haramain High-Speed Railway
North-South Railway (Previously Displayed)
Saudi Landbridge
Future Rail Expansion Projects
Jeddah: King Abdulaziz International Airport Peoplemover
Jeddah Metro
Madinah Public Transport System
Makkah Metro
Riyadh Metro
Riyadh King Abdullah Financial District monorail
Riyadh University Monorail
Syria
National Railways Expansion (Previously Displayed)
Damascus Metro
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Surface Transport Master Plan 2030 (STMP 2030) (Previously Displayed)
Dubai
Dubai Metro (Previously Displayed)
City of Arabia Monorail
Downtown Jebel Ali Peoplemover
Palm Jumeirah Monorail
Al Sofouh Tram
Yemen
National Rail Network
Gulf Cooperation Council
Regional Rail Network
If you cannot wait for the next extract, the full report can be purchased from Mack Brooks Publishing Limited for 185€.
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