Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 44

1-November-2004

INFRASTRUCTURE

Preliminary Study For GCC Railway Network Approved

GCC transport ministers meeting in Kuwait on 21 October approved a feasibility study for the establishment of a Gulf railway network. The findings will be sent to the GCC summit in Bahrain in December for approval. The study, carried out by Kuwaits Global Investment House, provides two options for the construction of a 2,000km rail network linking Kuwait in the north with...