111- Kilometre Railway Project

Location: Kuwait
Project: 111- Kilometre Railway Project
Value: USD 3,000,000,000
Client: Kuwait Government
Website: www.e.gov.kw 

Kuwait officials have said that work has begun on a 111-km railway project that will connect the country to the rest of the GCC states. Phase One of the project will see a new line being built to Nuwaiseb on the Saudi border, and a 153-km long line linking Kuwait City with Boubyan Port.Kuwait aims to complete the project on the specified dates, as per the GCC’s general secretariat plan, the report said, explaining that Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar will operate the new Gulf States Railway in 2021, while Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman will take over in 2023.