MEED
Supplement: Rail in the Middle East
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Abdul Majid al-Khaja
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GCC railway: Dispelling doubts down the line
The GCC railway is the most ambitious joint project the region has ever attempted. It will take more than money to make it happen. -
Gulf rail comes of age
The opening of the $28bn Dubai Metro on 9 September is a defining moment for the region’s transport sector. Dubai’s flagship infrastructure project marks the beginning of an era of long-term investment in rail transport across the region; one that will provide a step change in the quality of communications between and within the region’s rapidly growing cities. -
Jordan - Building a regional hub with rail
Jordan is one of the region’s more unassuming rail markets but Amman hopes rail can establish the country as a new trade hub. -
Paul Anderson
A key figure behind the development of Gulf rail -
Rail back in the spotlight in North Africa
With governments seeking to improve their industrial infrastructure and develop tourism, rail investment is rising again in North Africa. -
Rail emerges from the shadows in GCC
Rail transport in the GCC has lagged behind road and air. But a wave of huge railway projects is set to transform the region’s economy. -
Rail in the Middle East: MEED List
Six key figures behind the development of Gulf rail. -
Riyadh makes up for lost time with rail
Saudi Arabia has launched one of the largest and most ambitious rail construction programmes ever undertaken. -
The $25bn light rail boom
The opening of the Dubai Metro on 9 September heralds the start of a new era for urban mass transit in the Arabian Peninsula.
