Kuwait railway news
News about railway and urban rail infrastructure, operations, policy, projects and the supply industry in Kuwait.
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NewsKuwait railway design contract awarded
KUWAIT: Turkish engineering group Proyapı Mühendislik ve Müşavirlik has been awarded a contract to design Kuwait’s section of the planned Gulf Co-Operation Council railway corridor. The US$8·1m contract awarded on April 7 covers an 111 km electrified line running from the Al-Shadadiya area of Kuwait City ...
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NewsAmbitious GCC rail plans start to firm up
MIDDLE EAST: Development of a 1 940 route-km rail network linking the six member states of the Gulf Co-operation Council is moving closer to fruition, with a feasibility study to be completed by March. At a meeting of finance and economics ministers held in Dubai on November ...
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Gulf rail links beckon
ONE REGION that has long harboured ambitions for an international rail network is the Gulf, although there has been little progress to report. With Saudi Arabia forging ahead with its north-south mineral line, east-west Landbridge and Western Railway (RG 8.07 p465), others are keen to join the party. Reports surfaced ...