Mar 01 2015
By Meshaal Al-Enezi
Photo Credit:Reuters/Fahad Shadeed
KUWAIT: GCC ministerial sources said that the first leg of the GCC railway would start from Kuwait to Bahrain via Saudi Arabia. A bridge connecting Doha and Bahrain is due to be built between the two countries.
A line from Saudi Arabia to Abdu Dhabi and Al-Ain and another from Muscat to Sahar also are in the offing covering an estimated total distance of 2,117 kilometers. The sources added that project’s estimated total cost would be $15.4 billion and that, according to the GCC supreme council, the project would be concluded by 2018.
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