Yemen plans $3.5bn railway project

A $3.5bn rail project will be launched in Yemen as part of plans to upgrade the country's infrastructure, Reuters has reported. The 2,500 kilometre passenger and cargo network will run from the Saudi border along the Yemeni coast, passing through the main port of Aden, to Oman, where it will join a network linking the six Gulf Arab countries. The government is in talks with several railway firms in Britain, Germany, Russia, India, the US and other countries and will offer the deal on a build-operate-transfer basis for 30-35 years, transport minister Khaled al-Wazeer said.