Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company has signed a BD332.5 million ($881.8 million) deal with a German firm for a national rail link between Doha and Bahrain.

Germany's national railway company Deutsche Bahn will help Qatar in integrating its various proposed railway system. The project envisages five systems, said a report in our sister publication, the Gulf Daily News.

One is a high-speed link between the New Doha International Airport,Doha City Centre and Bahrain via the causeway bridge being developed between the two nations.

A freight rail link is also being planned based on the GCC rail and Doha expressway studies. - TradeArabia News Service