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Etihad Rail Signs Agreement With Road Transport Authority

By Sam Applegate on Mar 02, 2015 in Bahrain, Building, High Speed Rail, Infrastructure, Investment, Kuwait, Oman, Passenger Rail, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Etihad, operator of the UAE’s new railway network, has signed an agreement with Dubai’s Road Transport Authority to smooth operations as Etihad constructs the new railway network. The agreement will ensure that transport across Dubai is minimally impacted as the new railway lines are built. Communications are part of the agreement whereby Etihad will be […]

Oman Tourism to Benefit from Infrastructure Development

By Sam Applegate on Feb 27, 2015 in Bahrain, Djibouti, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Investment, Oman, Passenger Rail, Ports, Stations & Terminals, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Oman has some of the lowest oil reserves in the GCC so is at the forefront of the region’s push toward the non-oil economy. A new report has been published that suggests that infrastructure investment will seriously boost the Sultanate’s tourism economy. The report, “Shaping the future of travel in the GCC”, has suggested that […]

New Bahrain - Qatar Line Up and Running for World Cup

By Sam Applegate on Feb 26, 2015 in Bahrain, High Speed Rail, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Kuwait, Oman, Passenger Rail, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Plans are in place for two new lines that are planned to link Bahrain with Qatar, and could be complete in time for the Doha FIFA World Cup in 2022. The first phase of Qatar’s international railway line was put out for tender this week. Phase one of the project will be a 156km […]

Kuwait Parliament Approves New Spending Plans

By Sam Applegate on Feb 20, 2015 in Bahrain, Building, Freight, High Speed Rail, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Investment, Kuwait, Oman, Passenger Rail, Ports, Stations & Terminals, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Urban Rail & Metros

The Kuwaiti National Assembly has approved a national budget of KD34.15 billion that includes large infrastructure projects. With some members of the Assembly voicing disapproval, the vote was carried and building projects including a new metro for Kuwait City and the country’s section of the GCC Railway Network will commence this year. The budget was […]

Infrastructure Investment Helps GCC Countries Weather Oil Price Crash

By Sam Applegate on Feb 18, 2015 in Bahrain, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Investment, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Due to the high oil prices over the last two decades, member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have amassed very large wealth funds. During the latter part of the boom years these countries have been able to invest in infrastructure projects, and now the price has fallen are well placed to diversify their […]

Oman Awards Project Management Tender for Oman Rail Network

By Sam Applegate on Feb 17, 2015 in Bahrain, Egypt, Freight, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Investment, Kuwait, Oman, Passenger Rail, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, UAE

A consortium led by Spanish firm Reunidas has been awarded the Project Management contract for the first stretch of the Oman Railway Network by Oman Ministry of Transport and Communications. The USD $146 million contract involves reviewing the preliminary design made by Itallferr earlier this year, and overseeing the first phase of construction which should […]

Kuwait Government Approves 5 Year Transport Plan

By Sam Applegate on Feb 13, 2015 in Bahrain, Building, Infrastructure, Kuwait, Oman, Passenger Rail, Ports, Stations & Terminals, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Urban Rail & Metros

A five year transport plan, to include a new metro in Kuwait City and a railway network, has been approved by the Kuwaiti government. Members of Parliament have criticised the new plan on several grounds, not least pointing out that the last five year plan was not fully completed. Amidst fears of a general fall […]

Oman Railway Operations Tender Issued Late 2015

By Sam Applegate on Feb 11, 2015 in Bahrain, Consultants, Kuwait, Oman, Ports, Stations & Terminals, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, Signalling & Telecommunications, UAE

The Minister for Transport of Oman, Dr Ahmed bin Salim al Futaisi has announced that the tender for operations and maintenance of the Oman Railway Network will be awarded later this year. He has also said that a new academy for Omani railway workers will begin training people before the end of the year as […]

Lord Mayor of London Offers Diversity Help to GCC Nations

By Sam Applegate on Jan 28, 2015 in Bahrain, Freight, High Speed Rail, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Investment, Kuwait, Oman, Passenger Rail, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, UAE

The global financial centre, the City of London, is willing to support GCC nations in their attempts to diversify away from their hydrocarbon economies, according to Alderman Alan Yarrow, Lord Mayor of London. With crude oil prices plummeting and affecting the economies of all six member nations as well as countries in the region outside […]

Bahrain Announces Three New Railway Stations

By Sam Applegate on Jan 27, 2015 in Bahrain, Building, Freight, High Speed Rail, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Investment, Kuwait, Oman, Passenger Rail, Ports, Stations & Terminals, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Commentators have observed that Bahrain is moving very slowly in relation to the rest of the GCC with regard the construction and planning of its section of the GCC Railway Network, as the Bahrain government announced three stations will be built. Most of the six GCC member states are either at advanced planning or construction […]

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