The Jeddah Metro is being perceived as a solution to growing congestion on the roads in Jeddah. (Image source: Jeddah Metro)
The US$11.9bn Jeddah Metro will be completed by 2020, according to Osama Ibrahim Abdu, CEO of the Jeddah Metro Company
Etihad Rail, which is under construction, is meant to boost transport and logistics in the UAE. (Image source: Etihad Rail)
US-based logistics service provider NewPort Tank Containers has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Etihad Rail in the UAE
The MoU would allow Tarmac Middle East to transport quarry products across the GCC, through Etihad Rail. (Image source: Etihad Rail)
Al Futtaim Tarmac Quarry Product Company, a subsidiary of Tarmac Middle East, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Etihad Rail for the distribution of quarry products in the GCC
The TBMs will not hinder the citys movement in any way as they function underground. (Image source: Qatar Rail)
Qatar Rail has received four tunnel boring machines (TBMs), made by German company Herrenknecht, for Phase 1 of the Doha Metro
Once completed, the Jeddah metro is expected to ease traffic congestion by 80 per cent. (Image source: Timo Newton Syms/Flickr)
Residents of Jeddah have requested the government speed up work on the citys metro project in order to ease traffic congestion and improve overall connectivity
