GCC railway network plan delayed

 

Arabian Empire is sweeping the world off its feet again they are taking the World by storm with the shocking news of the construction of a never seen before Railway Network that will cut across all six GCC member countries.

There is no doubt that the Arab world has the lead in countries with the best road and rail networks but the decision to embark on this super deal of a project is absolutely jaw-dropping.

The planned rail network that would link the Six Nations that make up the gulf cooperation Council in eastern Arabia, will have a total length of 2177 kilometers.

The project was expected to cost 250 billion dollars and be completed by 2023. yet as of 2022 no construction has yet taken place each of the six GCC member nations is in charge of carrying out the part of the project that is located on its soil and each will build its own railway lines branches stations and Freight terminals.

The Six Nations will split the cost according to how long their respective rail networks are due to this Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will spend the most money on the project followed by Oman Qatar Kuwait and  Bahrain.

The network will be developed by the Saudi Railway company in Saudi Arabia and it had rail in the United Arab Emirates Oman Rail and Oman and catarail and Cat are a new initiative to improve golf Unity that will exclude Qatar.

 when it is introduced would link the Arab Gulf Nations through national freight and passenger trains with Kuwait Bahrain Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

UAE and Oman already be members of the gulf cooperation Council GCC ketter absence cast out on the likelihood of further economic cooperation in the Gulf area despite the present Global financial crisis.

The GCC Railway plan which was conceived in 2009 acknowledged the need of reducing golf dependency on oil and developing effective public transportation and Freight networks to support Gulf States Ambitions for growth and development

During the next 10 years originally the project was supposed to be completed in 2018 to accomplish the primary objective 

The 37th GCC Summit which took place in Bahrain in 2016 reconfirmed Qatar involvement in the railway project. The project which was created to link Saudi Arabia and Qatar led catarail to improve interconnection with railroads at the Abu Samara border with Saudi Arabia and in Bahrain Qatar allocated an extra 74 billion dollars in Investments to expand cargo Transportation at its Himalayan Port the nation's primary Seaport.

The project has encountered obstacles nevertheless due to problems with Project funding made worse by low oil prices and a misalignment of the interests of the six interested republics given the ambiguity surrounding the project precise scope and operational  strategy.

The anticipated completion date is unknown the failure is owed to the gulf Railway Project's infrastructure expenditure was delayed

Due to financial difficulties in the GCC  including a 260 billion US dollar loss brought on by the drop in oil prices between 2014 and 2015 and the subsequent inability of the market to recover Saudi Arabia was the only other GCC Nation except catar to finish significant sections of the project 663 kilometer train track in 2016.

The second stage of the project which would have connected alien on the border with Oman to GW effect on the border with Saudi Arabia and 2016 had its tenders for a crucial 628 kilometer extension suspended by the government-backed rail developer.

 Etihad rail which also manages the uae's 11 billion U.S dollar rail network a year later the UAE cautiously started making new offers to entice foreign investors to fund the construction of its section of the GCC Railway.

 Similar is used with Investments caused Oman to cease railroad building in 2016 Iman set aside financing for a 375 kilometer national rail network that would have been interoperable with the GCC Railway by 2018 to carry minerals from Dover on the Saudi Arabian border to Port Dogma on the Arabian Sea.

when Qatar was placed under an embargo in 2017 as a result of  adopting autonomous foreign policy positions Saudi Arabia the UAE and Bahrain caused a second significant rupture in the GCC Railway project.

The GCC's railway plans were altered in response to the Embargo of Qatar to connect Kuwait City with Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia and Dam with catter through the Salwa Canal the railway would then connect Bahrain to Saudi Arabia through the king fod Causeway and Bahrain to Qatar virus Bridge Saudi Arabia and Oman will be connected by a new GCC Railway in the first phase which is anticipated to be completed by 2023 and 2025

The second phase will link Kuwait and Bahrain to the remaining GCC Bahrain will construct two tracks that will connect Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and serve as a Causeway across the Persian Gulf both of which would avoid Qatar with one connection to new IC on the Saudi border the Kuwait National Railroad will connect Kuwait seaports to other GCC countries 

The revised 15 billion US dollar Railway project would enable Commerce fire a 21-17 kilometer rail network and create 80 000 jobs

It is predicted that the project will really cost 250 billion US dollars when factoring an integrated National railroads however the gulf Nations must maintain stability and consistent rates of Economic Development in order to entice lenders and the general public to invest in the railway system according to the international monetary fund foreign direct investment FDI flows to  the GCC Nations have  ecreased over time as a result of the possibility that their economies could enter a recession and contract by 7.6 percent this year as a result of the current oil crisis and worldwide pandemic IMF the GDP of Saudi Arabia will fall by 6.8 percent alone this year.

This imperils the projected high-speed railways future the GCC will continue to function as a Commerce Center to suit the demands of the areas  quickly expanding population and is an emerging market with significant rail development potential.

However given the lack of internal cohesion its Ambitions to link golf economies via the railway might fail cat or has cheap oil prices the same as the other GCC Nations however since the Embargo was put in place the nation has developed a more Diversified economy and exports gas from its enormous Dome Fields the IMF claims that Qatar economy is still strong thus the region would lose out if Qatar is excluded from the GCC Railway project to according to an IMF analysis released in 2018 the GCC still has a significant opportunity to increase exports given the significant export gaps in Kuwait Amman Saudi Arabia and Qatar followed by Kuwait Amman and Saudi Arabia with only the UAE not displaying a negative export Gap thus a free trade zone outside the GCC is being discussed by qadar Aman and Kuwait but if Qatar is excluded the railway project may be jeopardized since  2016. 

Qatar has increased its Commerce with Kuwait at an average yearly pace of 27 during the Embargo in 2018. this rate peaked at 534 million US dollars in addition to providing 40 of all foreign investments in Kuwait it also exports gas Qatar also does business with Iran a nation whose 210 and 44 kilometers of Railways will link three deep sea ports there with other GCC industrial hubs in 2018 commerce between Qatar and a mon surged by 240 percent these facts demonstrate that there is a lot of space to increase inter GCC Commerce the GCC relies heavily on Imports to fund its investment and consumption requirements greatly outpacing its non-oil exports which always have a negative balance however despite having minimal regional trade barriers intro GCC Commerce is still small making up just 10 percent of all non-oil trade in 2016. Indicating poor Regional economic ties as a result of Reliance on comparable economic Frameworks because it's not a significant or exporter and has Diversified its economy in the face of and blockade cutter has shown that it can withstand economic shocks better than other GCC Nations  lthough the precise Financial impact of qatar'sa bsence from the railway project is yet unknown the nation has already established other intra-golf trade channels that avoid the GCC Railway project and less than the likelihood of a fully integrated Gulf Regional economy the return after several delays throughout the preceding time the gulf Nations will revive their ambition for a railway Network connecting them it's because the Region's nations are connected and their Commerce has been transformed by this network according to reports the project got a significant boost in December when the nation's leaders decided to create the GCC Railway Authority this Choice might be a significant  dvancement for the local railroad infrastructure the Region's Nations had agreed on a railway project

in 2009 but it was delayed due to budgetary constraints the covid-19 outbreak and the and reduction in all prices in 2014 were also factors in the delay the proposed Railway would start in Kuwait City gova demand and Alberta Port Abu Dhabi and Elaine and then enter a man through Soho before coming to an end in Muscat Branch routes from demand will connect to Bahrain through the king Hamad Causeway and to cater via Sawa poured additional communication between Bahrain and Qatar will be made possible by the projected cater Bahrain Causeway  and Bahrain there are plans to build three stations the line will stop at Califa bin Salman Port as soon as it enters Bahrain from dumb then at the Bahrain International Airport and the amage islands the line will travel to Qatar from image that gains this project if completed will bring a great deal of Fortune to Arabia by lowering travel time and expenses between important Gulf State cities and ports enhancing commercial relations among member nations and luring International Investment this la line will greatly boost Regional communication all of the nations in the area May benefit from more tourism and entertainment if Journey times on the gulf ailway are  cut down many golf nations are workingto expand these two industries as part of wider attempts to diversify their economies building the gulf Railway will help aspirations for greater economic harmonization among the Region's Nations which is a significant development for regional cooperation according to the report the construction of the gulf Railway is consistent with efforts made by each Nation to improve Local transportation infrastructure Railways as essential to the future of Transportation in the Gulf nation's amid Global aspirations to cut carbon emissions and boost connectivity the report included examples of Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and Qatar who built their rail networks independently of the potential growth of the golf Network the stalled local railway plans are hoped to be revived by the gulf railroad projects according to Iran and other Gulf nation's similar delays were experienced by Kuwait Railway construction projects in 2009 it had declared intentions to start construction on 160 kilometer long Railway Network that would link it to the gulf Railway the website concluded by stating that Kuwait made plans in January 2020 to establish a railway consisting of 68 stations connecting

Kuwait City with the International Airport the university and the number of residential and industrial areas in despite the suspension of the Railway construction project in 2015 with the revitalization plans in place we might be right in time to witness one of the biggest projects the world has ever undertaken and my God this project will look very magnificent do you ever wonder how interesting it would get to have this project completed in no time tell us in the comment how you feel about the plan to bring this project back to life.