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.

By Meshaal Al-Enezi