Kuwait railway project gains steam with new design contract
The Kuwaiti section of the railway will extend 111 kilometers from the Shadadiya area, where the Kuwait Central Railway Station will be located on a two-million-square-meter site, to the Al-Nuwaiseeb area.
• The detailed design contract for the first-phase section has been signed with Turkish firm Proyapi, and the implementation tender will be issued upon completion of the design phase, said Dr. Noura Al-Mashaan.
Dr. Noura Al-Mashaan, Minister of Public Works, signed a contract with Turkish consulting firm Proyapi—witnessed by H.E. Tuba Nur Sönmez, the Turkish Ambassador to Kuwait—for the study, design, and preparation of tender documents for Kuwait’s first-phase railway project, Arabic daily Al Jarida reported.
Minister Al-Mashaan affirmed that the project aligns with the vision of GCC leaders to establish a regional railway network for passenger and freight transport, spanning 2,177 kilometers—from the State of Kuwait, through all GCC countries, to Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman.
She explained that the Kuwaiti section of the railway will extend 111 kilometers from the Shadadiya area, where the Kuwait Central Railway Station will be located on a two-million-square-meter site, to the Al-Nuwaiseeb area.
Al-Mashaan added that “Following the project’s award by the Central Agency for Public Tenders and approval by the Audit Bureau, we are signing today the detailed design contract for this section with the Turkish company Proyapi. The implementation tender will be issued once the design phase is completed.”
