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Article: Gulf rail network 'will start in 2017'.
- Article from:
- Gulf Weekly
- Article date:
- October 11, 2009
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A giant rail network linking the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council states is set to start operations in 2017 at a $25 billion cost, an official said.
The KUNA news agency quoted GCC Assistant Secretary General Mohammed Obaid Al Mazroui as saying preliminary studies of the project, expected to cover some 2,000 km, have been completed and approved by GCC leaders.
He said the GCC secretariat, in co-operation with Gulf and international consultants, is now preparing detailed execution studies of the project. "If actual implementation of ...