The Director of the Minister of Transport and Communications Office in Oman, Mohammed Al Shuaili, has revealed that the government is to halt the rail scheme between Oman and the rest of the Gulf Countries in order to meet the timescale of other states in the Gulf which are involved in the development of the railway network. Etihad Rail, UAE’s operator and developer of the USD 11bn (EUR 9.65bn) railway network has announced in January 2016 that is has halted the scheme’s phase 2 tendering process which envisages connecting both Oman with Saudi Arabia’s border at Ghweifat and the border of Oman at Al Ain. Overall, the GCC railway scheme which envisages the construction of 2,117km rail lines is scheduled to finalise by 2018. The line is to link Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
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