Oman's great transformation: expanding rail networks to form ME transportation hub | Al Bawaba:
"Oman is ramping up its efforts to build a 2,244-kilometre rail network that is expected to link major ports and neighbouring countries. The country’s Tender Board has already announced 13.582 million Omani riyals (Dh129 million) worth of Preliminary Design Consultancy services contract but in line with longstanding practice did not name the successful bidder.
Meanwhile, a government-owned English daily has reported that the country’s national railway project will be formally known as Oman Rail’. The official naming of the project comes against a flurry of developments confirming that the Sultanate’s maiden foray into rail-based passenger and freight transportation services is now well and truly underway. Oman Rail principal brief is to implement domestic railway infrastructure linking the major ports, industrial areas and free zones at Sohar, Salalah and Duqm, and potentially the Yemeni border as well, with a wider GCC network. Passenger trains will link major passenger hubs, including Muscat city and major airports."
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