Qatar plans $70bn transport projects in 10 yearsQatar plans to fund at least $70 billion worth of domestic transport projects, with the rail and metro network claiming more than $35 billion in the next ten years, said the organisers of an upcoming transport summit in Doha. In a More… |
Qatar plans $70bn transport projects in 10 yearsQatar plans to fund at least $70 billion worth of domestic transport projects, with the rail and metro network claiming more than $35 billion in the next ten years, said the organisers of an upcoming transport summit in Doha. In a More… |
Qatar eyes $15bn investment in UKQatar has begun talks with the UK government to invest up to 10 billion pounds ($14.92 billion) into key infrastructure projects in Britain, the Financial Times reported citing people involved in the negotiations. More… |
Active Risk wins major ME rail projectActive Risk Manager (ARM), a leading provider of risk management software for top energy, infrastructure and defence projects, said it has been selected by a major rail infrastructure project in the Middle East to help manage project risk. More… |
Key talks held on Saudi-Bahrain rail linkA meeting to discuss the railway project linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain was held this week y at the General Organization for King Fahd Causeway in Dammam. The feasibility study of the project More… |
Travellers stranded as US airports, rails assess damageAs US rail, transit, airline and port workers dug through debris, dealt with power outages and assessed damage from massive storm Sandy, it was increasingly clear that restoring full transportation would take some time . The storm More… |
Sandy leaves big challenges for NYC subwaysThe giant storm Sandy wreaked havoc on the New York City subway system, flooding tunnels, garages and rail yards and threatening to paralyze the nation's largest mass-transit system for days. "The New York City subway sys More… |
Iran fails to impose stronger rial rateIran's government was locked in a test of wills with currency dealers on Saturday as it tried unsuccessfully to impose a stronger rial exchange rate, after a plunge by the currency earlier in the week triggered street protests. More… |
Doha Metro logistics contract award by DecThe Qatar Railway Company is likely to award the contract for the logisitcs co-ordinator of the 212 km Metro network by December this year, an official was quoted as saying. The company wi More… |
Nine to bid for Oman $155m rail design jobNine international companies or groups plan to bid for a contract that could be worth as much as RO60 million ($155 million) to design and consult on the construction of Oman's first major railway, a tender board official said on Monday. More… |








