GCC rail network: You could travel by train from Kuwait to Oman via UAE

GCC rail network: You could travel by train from Kuwait to Oman via UAE

Al Mazrouei lauded the keen interest taken by the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in developing the system in the UAE

Published: Tue 17 May 2022, 6:15 PM Last updated: Tue 17 May 2022, 6:20 PM

The much-hyped GCC-wide railway is still on track with all Gulf countries building their own networks. In the near future the 2,177 km GCC Railway network can be interlinked with Arab countries too, a top UAE minister said in Abu Dhabi.

So, passengers can continue to dream of a train travel from Kuwait City to Muscat via Abu Dhabi.

Inaugurating the 16th edition of Middle East Rail, Suhail Al Mazrouei, UAE's Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, underlined that building of railway network by the GCC countries is underway.

“It is not a concept. It is happening as we speak. Each country is building their network,” the minister said in his keynote address at ADNEC.

Al Mazrouei noted that an expansion of the GCC Railway to interlink Arab countries is possible in future.

“We are aiming at the GCC to continue this dream of interconnecting our countries, where our citizens will be travelling throughout the GCC using our reliable state-of-the-art railway network. And we are working with our brothers in