GCC Railway
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This document provides an overview of the GCC Railway project which plans to link the six Gulf Cooperation Council nations of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia through a 2,177km regional railway network. The presentation outlines the planning, development, construction progress to date, and future development plans for the project which aims to be fully operational by 2018. Technical challenges include building the network through desert environments and mountainous regions while connecting various countries' internal rail projects.
GCC Railway
- 1. GCC Railway Graduate Challenge Presentation Prepared by (Team A): Khalifah AlDoseri Moath Magableh Husain Baqer Maryam AlMarkhi ElMuthana Mohamed August 2015 Module III
- 3. Presentation Outline Introduction Planning Development Construction Future Development Conclusion
- 4. Task Distributing Data Gathering Knowledge Sharing Work Flow Info Preparation Work Accumulation Practice
- 5. Introduction
- 7. • 3.1 billion USD • 1.8 billion USD • 200 billion USD • 15.5 billion USD Main network Members investment Land acquisition Train and trailers Project Cost
- 8. • Origin-to-destination system • Extend from Kuwait's border with Iraq to Salalah in southern Oman. • 2,177km-long regional network Location
- 9. Planning
- 10. Project Time-Line Idea 2003 2008 Feasibility Study 2009 Approval Pre Design 2013 Full Design 2015 Railway Authority Execution submission 2018
- 11. The Plan
- 12. Advantages Community Safety Job Opportunities Less Travel Time Trading Faster Goods Transport Reliable paths Environment Equivalent to 300 trucks Minimize environmental crisis
- 13. Challenges Specifications and standards should be agreed on in advance Unite the Borders Operation Operation and maintenance Time Constrains
- 14. Development
- 15. Linking the Six Nations There are currently around 24 projects, with some of the most expensive including: The Etihad Railway Network ($11 billion) Riyadh Metro ($23 billion) Jeddah Metro ($11 billion) The Qatar Integrated Rail Project ($40 billion) 1 2 3 4
- 17. Typical Port & Freight Railway Features
- 19. Length of Railway States The total length of railway line in KM Kuwait 145 Bahrain 36 Qatar 283 Oman 306 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 684 Saudi Arabia 663 Total 2177
- 21. Transfer Rate States Transfer rate for the period (2004-2006) by means of current transportation Expected by train only in 2016 Kuwait 16.3 7.5 Bahrain 5.1 6.7 Qatar 6.6 4.3 Oman 1.8 2.8 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 3.7 7.1 Saudi Arabia 3.9 1.6 Other Arab states 2.6 1 Total 40 31.1
- 22. Comparison between the forecast transported between passengers before and after the railway Train Car Bus Airplane Total Before the operation of Gulf Railway network 0 28.820 1.106 13.034 42.960 In the beginning of the operation of Gulf rail way network 3.308 27.425 989 11.670 43.392
- 23. Railway Characteristics Passenger and Freight Single Line Track (Double tracks in certain areas) Diesel Traction Tunnels in the mountainous regions Double stack containers
- 24. Air conditioned trains at speeds of up to 200km/h Run in each direction every two hours mainly during the day Freight trains operating at 80-120km/h, and will operate mainly at night Diesel engine will cut the greenhouse gas emissions compared with road transportation Statistically, rail transportation is significantly safer Railway Characteristics
- 25. Project Map (Stations and Facilities)
- 26. Services Freight Transpo- rtation Public Transport Competitive Cost of Goods Minimizing the truck movements 100 tons of cargo for average freight train
- 27. Construction
- 28. Project Phases KSA + UAE Under construction Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 KSA • Extending the existing rail network • 200km of line is under construction UAE • ETIHAD railway project and has completed 120km • ETIHAD railway will finish in 2018 and will be connected to GCC railway
- 29. Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 QATAR + OMAN Will start execution Qatar • Qatar Rail expects to receive bids on April 2015 • Working on Metro project for world cup 2022 • Will finish 2018 Oman • Oman railway tender will start late 2015 • Railway construction will start 2016 • Will finish 2018 Project Phases
- 30. Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 BAHRAIN + KUWAIT Planning Bahrain • Still in design phase • Expected to end by late 2019 Kuwait • Conducted a 5 year plan for its national railway system • Will be fully operational by late 2018 Project Phases
- 31. Progress to Date Target operational date still set for 2018 Detailed engineering design work is nearing completion this year (2015) Approximately 400 kilometers of track is already under construction/ constructed
- 32. Technical Challenges Desert environment and sand movement in which the network is being built. The section between Al Ain in the UAE and Sohar in Oman passes through the Al Hajar Mountains, which rise to 10,000 ft. Only Saudi Arabia, has any experience of constructing and operating heavy railways and that experience is fairly limited. Everybody will be competing for the same resources. Skills shortage. Scope creep. 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 34. Future Connections KSA Railway Bahrain master plan Qatar Metro Kuwait railway Oman railway UAE rails & Mitros Connect Main project to Internal projects
- 35. GCC rail Project Future Connections Connect Main project to Internal projects
- 36. GCC rail Project + Internal Projects Future Connections Connect Main project to Internal projects
- 37. IRAQ YEMEN JORDAN SYRIA TURKEY Connect to other near countries Future Connections
- 38. Long Term Future Furtherextensions Central Asia and China Access to the European rail Connect east of Asia to south of Africa
- 39. GCC railway & Bahrain AMP
- 40. Conclusion Mega Project People’s expectations Big step in uniting gulf nation Economic growth
Editor's Notes
- #29: Etihad Rail Network project objective is to link the seven Emirates of the UAE by freight and passenger rail.