The 1,200km railway network links Khalifa Port to key GCC cities like Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. (Image source: Bobolink/Flickr)
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Etihad Rail to build an integrated bulk and container railway terminal at Khalifa Port
Sohar is one of the fastest developing cities in Oman, and is well connected to the rest of GCC too. (Image source: DStanley/Flickr)
Sohar Freezone, the deep-sea port and free zone in Sohar, will begin planning its second phase later this year, with emphasis on rail infrastructure
Detailed engineering and design work for the GCC railway project will be completed by early 2014. (Image source: Dcubillas/sxc.hu)
The World Bank advisor to the GCC Secretariat General has announced that construction of the US$15.5bn railway network, which would link all six GCC countries, is expected to commence in late 2014
More than 377,000 Hajj pilgrims travel by the Mashair train each year and the project is manned by 1,600 personnel. (Image source: Saudi Railways Organisation)
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs has announced that a government committee has selected a new company to run the Mashair train project in the country for the next five years
Siemens will deliver 74 subway trains equipped with an extra-strong air conditioning system to cope with the extreme heat. (Image source: MartinTerber/Flickr)
Siemens has won a contract worth US$2bn to supply trains for a new subway system in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh
