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    • Five Stations Planned for First Phase of Oman Railway Network
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    Five Stations Planned for First Phase of Oman Railway Network

    By on Nov 10, 2014 in Bahrain, Djibouti, Infrastructure, Oman, Passenger Rail, Ports, Stations & Terminals, Qatar, Rail, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

    Five stations are planned for the first phase of the Oman Railway Network that is about to be constructed. There will be two commuter railway stations and three inter city stations built along the first, 207km network that will include a section of the GCC Railway Network. The line will link Oman’s border with the […]

    Etihad Rail Signs More Clients
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    Etihad Rail Signs More Clients

    By on Jul 22, 2014 in Bahrain, Infrastructure, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Yemen

    NewPort Tank Containers has now signed a Memorandum of Understanding to move cargo on the UAE’s new railway network. This the latest business to sign up to use the railway network as businesses from around the world with interests in the Middle East take a great interest in the new railways in the region. Etihad […]

    UAE Sulphur Railway to be Operational Soon
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    UAE Sulphur Railway to be Operational Soon

    By on Jun 24, 2014 in Bahrain, Freight, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

    UAE officials have confirmed that the first phase of the Etihad Rail Network will be operational in the “near future”. This includes the 266 km lines between Shah and Habshan sulphur fields and the port of Ruwais. Construction is complete on the lines and testing has been underway for some months. Meanwhile a new Federal […]

    Oman Considers Options on How to Run Rail Network
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    Oman Considers Options on How to Run Rail Network

    By on Mar 27, 2014 in Freight, Infrastructure, Oman, UAE, Yemen

    Oman’s Director of Rail Project, Ministry of Transport and Communications Abdulrahman Salem al Hatmi has announced the Sultanate is considering three options as to how to run the new railway network in the country. It is projected that the new passenger and freight network could carry as much as 80 million tonnes of freight once […]

    Oman Announces Timetable for Rail Network Design and Build Tenders
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    Oman Announces Timetable for Rail Network Design and Build Tenders

    By on Feb 19, 2014 in Bahrain, Infrastructure, Investment, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Signalling & Telecommunications, UAE, Yemen

    The Oman government has announced a timetable for design and build tenders in the coming months. The Sultanate is building a 2000 km rail network which will link the Yemen border with the UAE, and the Gulf inland to the Indian Ocean when complete by 2018. It is hoped that this railway construction project will […]

    UAE Says Gulf States Should Get Going to Avoid Missing Deadline
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    UAE Says Gulf States Should Get Going to Avoid Missing Deadline

    By on Feb 01, 2014 in Bahrain, Freight, Infrastructure, Kuwait, Oman, Passenger Rail, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

    The UAE Minister of Public Works has called on nations that have signed up to the GCC Rail Network to agree a timeframe for building national railways, to ensure that the planned completion deadline of 2018 is met. Abdulla Belhaif Al Nuaimi fears that the agreed deadline won’t be met because member countries haven’t started […]

    GCC Rail Network to be Extended to Yemeni Border
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    GCC Rail Network to be Extended to Yemeni Border

    By on Jan 09, 2014 in Bahrain, Infrastructure, Investment, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

    Discussions are under way whether to extend the Omani segment of the GCC Rail Network to the Yemeni border. This would future proof the project, with the potential for Yemen to join the network in the future. The 1373 km additional section from Muscat would add twelve stations to the network. The line is already […]

    Local Journalist Needed
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    Local Journalist Needed

    By on Oct 18, 2012 in Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Western Sahara, Yemen

    MENA Rail News is seeking local journalists to provide and manage news stories for this section of the website. Media and marketing representatives are required to each country and the MENA Rail News website across the Middle East and North Africa. If you think you may be interested, please contact [email protected].