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GCC RailwayGraduate Challenge Presentation
Prepared by (Team A):
Khalifah AlDoseriMoath Magableh
Husain BaqerMaryam AlMarkhi
ElMuthana Mohamed
August 2015Module III
Linking Six
Nations...
Presentation Outline
Introduction Planning Development Construction Future Development Conclusion
Task Distributing Data Gathering Knowledge Sharing
Work Flow
Info Preparation Work Accumulation Practice
Introduction
Idea
Initiation
Objective
GCC Rail Authority
Project brief
• 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
• Origin-to-destination system• Extend from Kuwait's border with Iraq to Salalah in southern Oman.
• 2,177km-long regional network
Location
Planning
Project Time-Line
Idea
2003 2008
Feasibility Study
2009
Approval
Pre Design
2013
Full Design
2015
Railway Authority
Execution
submission
2018
The Plan
Advantages
Community
Safety
Job Opportunities
Less Travel Time
Trading
Faster Goods Transport
Reliable paths
Environment
Equivalent to 300 trucks
Minimize environmental
crisis
Challenges
Specifications and standards should be agreed on in advance
Unite the Borders Operation
Operation and maintenance
Time Constrains
Development
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)
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Typical Passenger Railway Features
Typical Port & Freight Railway Features
Project Team/ Management
Length of Railway
States The total length of railway line in KM
Kuwait 145Bahrain 36Qatar 283Oman 306
United Arab Emirates (UAE) 684
Saudi Arabia 663Total 2177
Project Map
Muscat
Abu Dhabi
Doha
Dubai
Manama
Dammam
Kuwait
Transfer Rate
States Transfer rate for the period (2004-2006) by means of current
transportation
Expected by train only in 2016
Kuwait 16.3 7.5Bahrain 5.1 6.7Qatar 6.6 4.3Oman 1.8 2.8
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
3.7 7.1
Saudi Arabia 3.9 1.6Other Arab states 2.6 1
Total 40 31.1
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
Railway Characteristics
Passenger and Freight Single Line Track (Double tracks in certain areas)
Diesel Traction Tunnels in the mountainous regions Double stack containers
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
Project Map (Stations and Facilities)
ServicesFreight
Transpo-rtation
Public Transport
Competitive Cost of Goods
Minimizing the truck
movements
100 tons of cargo for average
freight train
Construction
Project Phases
KSA + UAEUnder 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
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
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
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
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.
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Future Development
Future Connections
KSA Railway Bahrain master plan
Qatar Metro
Kuwait railway Oman railway UAE rails & Mitros
Connect Main project to Internal projects
GCC rail Project
Future ConnectionsConnect Main project to Internal projects
GCC rail Project + Internal Projects
Future ConnectionsConnect Main project to Internal projects
IRAQ
YEMEN
JORDAN
SYRIA
TURKEY
Connect to other near countriesFuture Connections
Long Term Future
Further extensionsCentral Asia and China
Access to the European rail
Connect east of Asia to south of Africa
GCC railway & Bahrain AMP
Conclusion
Mega Project
People’s expectations
Big step in uniting gulf nation
Economic growth
Thank You
Any Questions?