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The Gulf Railway project was approved by GCC member states at the 30th GCC summit in Kuwait City in December 2009. [6] [7] Saudi Arabia was the only GCC country to have any railway infrastructure at the time the project was proposed. [8] The original deadline to complete the project was 2018.
Map of existing and planned railways in the United Arab Emirates Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates is an expanding mode of transport. Etihad Rail is the national railway company, and is a state-owned company .
Workers laying track for the Hejaz railway near Tabuk in 1906. The first railway in Arabia was the Hejaz Railway, constructed by the Ottoman Empire from the Damascus to Medina. [3] This 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in) narrow gauge railway opened in 1908, but closed in 1920 due to the Arab Revolt. Construction of the Dammam–Riyadh line in 1947
The individual rail projects comprise the Doha Metro, a mostly underground rail network which connects communities within Doha and its suburbs, the Lusail Light Rail Transit (LLRT), a tram network within the new city of Lusail in Qatar, and the Long Distance Passenger and Freight Rail connecting cities in the north and west with Doha, and the country with the forthcoming GCC rail system.
The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) (Arabic: المؤسسة العامة للخطوط الحديدية) was a state-owned railway company that operated part of Saudi Arabia's rail network, along with the Saudi Railway Company (now Saudi Arabia Railways). The SRO operated a network of railways with a total length of approximately 1,380 kilometers.
It will be divided into several segments linking Oman's borders with the UAE to Muscat, as part of the GCC Railway Network and also to the southern parts of the country - Port of Al Duqm, the Port of Salalah and the Yemen border. [6] However, the Gulf Railway project was suspended in 2016.
In 1991, the Georges Creek subdivision of CSX hauled 195,197 tons of coal over this line, as compared with the 225,000 tons by the Georges Creek Rail Road in 1855. Baldwin Locomotive Works and Smith & Perkins sold engines and rolling stock to the Georges Creek Company. Ross Winans of Baltimore sold wheels and axles to the GCC&I for mine cars.
The train was carrying 193 passengers and six crew members. SRO stated that all injuries were minor. All passengers were transferred to another train and transported to Dammam station. [7] The line was closed for repair following the accident, and SRO suspended all rail services to Dammam. Services were only operated between Riyadh and Hofuf. [8]