In the business section of today's Gulf Today newspaper there is an update on the development of a railway network for the Gulf.
Between them the UAE and Saudi Arabia are to spearhead a new $20 - 25 billion railway network that will take in their two territories plus Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.
The proposal is for a 1,940 kilometre network that would run diesel powered rolling stock and carry passengers and freight at speeds of up to 200 kph for the passengers.
Whilst it is not yet clear whether it is part of the larger network, the report infers that the newly opened Dubai Metro network is a beginning of thinking about this new railway network.
All being well, work will start on this new network in 2010 - 2011 and I would love to be a passenger at some stage: a forthcoming great railway journey of the world, no doubt.
Duncan Williamson
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