Middle East railway industry news
Latest railway industry news from the Middle East, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Riyadh metro Red and Green lines open to passengers
SAUDI ARABIA: The next phase of the Riyadh metro project was completed on December 15 with the launch of passenger services on the Red and Green lines.
Egyptian National Railways orders ‘state-of-the-art’ track maintenance fleet
EGYPT: Plasser & Theurer has signed a contract to supply a fleet of track maintenance machines to Egyptian National Railways.
King inaugurates Riyadh Metro ahead of public opening
SAUDI ARABIA: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud officially inaugurated the Riyadh Metro as the future backbone of the capital’s public transport network on November 27. A phased opening to passengers is planned between December 1 and January 5.
Bashteel hub in Greater Cairo opens
EGYPT: President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Bashteel main line station in Giza, west of Cairo, on October 12.
King Abdullah Financial District monorail contract signed
SAUDI ARABIA: Contracts have been awarded for the construction of a monorail within Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District mixed-use development. This is intended to reduce the need for private vehicles as part of the vision for a walkable ‘10 min city’.
Sinai passenger train launched
EGYPT: The first passenger service in more than 50 years ran on the 100 km line linking Al Ismailia on the Suez canal with Bir-al-Abd in the north of the Sinai Peninsula on October 7.
Saudi Arabia Railways says its 2035 vision offers ‘excellent investment opportunities’
Oman – UAE railway locomotive and technical support contracts awarded
Saudi Arabia Railways seeks 200 km/h trainsets
Cairo operator trials sign language services
Velaro high speed train designed for Egypt’s hot and sandy conditions
Cairo Metro Line 1 to be modernised
Jordan and UAE to co-operate on Aqaba railway project
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem metro plans make progress
Israel Railways DMUs purchased by Romanian company
Baghdad metro project consortium selected
Desert train air-conditioning units delivered
Guardian of the Nile luxury cruise train planned
Baghdad metro consultancy contract awarded
Iran’s Caspian Sea rail link commissioned
Egyptian resignalling project completed
Domestically produced Iranian locomotive unveiled
Haifa to Nazareth light rail contract signed
Velaro EGY high speed train for Egypt on test