Gulf countries double down on rail plans

Gulf countries double down on rail plans

Saudi authorities have revived plans for a Jeddah metro and started the bidding process for the Q-Express high-speed rail line in Riyadh linking the capital’s airport to the Qiddiya entertainment park — all part of a wider push across the region to get people and freight off the roads and onto the rails.More passenger trains are being ordered to triple capacity on the mainline network linking Riyadh to cities in the north like Hail and Jouf, and…