Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 49

6-Dec-2010

UAE

Union Railway Awards Consultancy And Preliminary Engineering Contracts

A joint venture between US contractor Parsons and Frances Systra has won the project management consultancy contract for the UAEs $11bn Union Railway project. The initiative, which is due for completion in 2017, will see the emirates linked by 1,500km of freight and passenger rail networks. It will form an integral part of the planned pan-Arab Union Railway...