The Council of Ministers on Monday gave the go-ahead to implement the $25 billion Gulf Cooperation Council railway project, which aims to link the six GCC countries through a 2,117-km railway network. “The Cabinet approved a request from the Transport Ministry to prepare engineering blueprint for the railway and follow up implementation of the project,” Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja said. He said the Cabinet meeting chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah instructed the Finance Ministry to allocate necessary funds for the railway, which will be completed in 2017. Read More
