Iraq is seeking bidders to compete for a US$450mn monorail project in the southern holy city of Kerbala.

Saudi’s Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf signed three contacts worth US$630mn with Saudi Arabian Railway (SAR) to implement various projects for the North-South Railway.

Etihad Rail has awarded a US$900mn civil and track works contract to an Italian-UAE joint venture as the first phase of UAE’s national railway network gets underway.

The Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers has approved a landbridge project linking the Jeddah Islamic Port to Dammam and Jubail seaports through the existing railway network between Riyadh and Dammam.

Etihad Rail has appointed China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CSR) to supply 240 covered wagons for the carriage of granulated sulphur in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi.