What the future holds, an article by Munawar Shariff of LOG Middle East about railway plans for the region.
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What the future holds
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Kuwait to build rail network?
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008This week a Kuwaiti official has described plans for a 165 km, four-line metro to be built within six years. Perhaps now Dubai has one almost finished, everyone wants one?
Not only that, but there will be a 505.5 km rail system, eventually linking Saudi Arabia with Iraq, presumably somewhere near Basra. And it might even have links on to Iran, as well.
There have been rumours in the past of proposals for a railway to get supplies from the docks to US bases in Kuwait, taking lots of lorries off the emirate’s roads.
Article on railways in Dubai
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Test running on the Dubai Metro has started in the past few days, inspiring a publication called PMV to look at the previous railways of Dubai.
The article, dated May 13 2008, is called Dubai’s first ‘metro’ and is based on my Railways in the United Arab Emirates page.
Most of the details were supplied to me by Eljas Pölhö and Thomas Kautzor (who also took the pictures), and so they deserve a credit.
Road train in Abu Dhabi
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Rainer Fuchs has been for a ride on a train – of sorts – in Abu Dhabi. It is a rubber wheeled
train, used to transport tourists around the artificial Lulu Island.
Iran – Iraq link
Monday, January 14th, 2008Railways Africa reports that a 15km line between Khorramshahr and Shalamcheh is nearing completion
Monday, 07 January 2008
According to an Iraqi transportation ministry announcement, the Baghdad government “’strongly supports” the implementation of a proposed rail project linking Iran and Iraq.The Al-Alam TV network quoted Iraq Railways Javad Al-Khorrasan saying: “During the first phase of the project, a railway will cross from Basra and head to Iran via Shalamcheh.”
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In terms of a second plan, a line is envisaged from Baghdad via the north west of Iraq to Monzariyah and thence into Iran.
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