GCC in renewed push for rail projects
Key construction contracts to be awarded in weeks as Saudi Arabia expands its rail network with 3 new rail lines and the UAE and Qatar rail plans in progress.
September 21, 2011 11:40 by Reuters
…financed by the government.
“The railway is important for trade between Qatar and Saudi and the rest of the Gulf and once you have it, everything is possible,” Mee said.
A planned gulf-wide railway network is in the design stage, with construction to commence in 2014, Rumaih said. ($1 = 3.750 Saudi riyals) (By Stanley Carvalho; Editing by Dan Lalor)
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