Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are hoping to construct a excessive velocity practice connecting the Saudi capital Riyadh with Kuwait Metropolis. Engineering consulting agency Systra has been commissioned to hold out a feasibility examine.
France-based transport and mobility specialist Systra has been chosen by the Saudi Railway firm to finish a preliminary report on the feasibility of the practice line. Systra has beforehand labored with the Saudi railway firm final yr on a separate feasibility examine when Saudi Arabia was prospecting a possible practice reference to Doha, the capital metropolis of Qatar.
The consultancy providers for the Kuwait Railway Mission will embrace three phases: conducting a complete examine, a essential overview, and updating conceptual designs. The completion of detailed engineering designs, research, and mandatory technical paperwork for bid submission can be included within the scope.
The feasibility examine is predicted to value round $10.5 million, to be paid for by the 2 nations, and may take round six months to finish.
The information comes as GCC nations work to construct up rail connectivity between main cities within the area. Higher practice connectivity would foster regional integration and promote financial progress. This initiative includes strategic investments in railway infrastructure to facilitate environment friendly transportation and commerce throughout Gulf nations.
It could make sense for Saudi Arabia to look in the direction of extra sustainable mobility. The nation is seeking to fully reinvent itself, shifting away from the fossil gas trade that has seen it grow to be a regional tremendous energy.
A earlier report discovered that Saudi cities – together with different GCC cities together with Doha and Dubai – rank comparatively poorly when it comes to mobility readiness.
