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?