Turkey's Proyapi wins Kuwait rail project design contract
Kuwait's Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) has awarded the tender for conducting the study and detailed design for first phase of Kuwait-Saudi railway project to Turkish engineering and consulting company Proyapi, reported Kuna.
The 111-km rail track will connect Kuwait to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, passing through the rest of the Gulf countries with Kuwait serving as the northern station.
The Kuwaiti part of the railway network - a single track which will run between the Kuwaiti cities of Al Nuwaiseeb and Al Shadadiya and connect to the Saudi border - will be used by freight and passenger trains.
According to Kuna, the scope of work for Proyapi includes providing detailed design services and preparing the railway tender documents. This initial phase is set to last for 12 months, after which the tender for the construction phase will be launched.
The passenger station will be located in the Shadadiya area, covering 2 million sq m area. Once completed, the Gulf railway network will span 2,177 km, linking Kuwait City in the north to Oman in the south, passing through several other Gulf countries.
According to senior sources, CAPT had evaluated bids for the tender for the study, design, and preparation for the first phase of its portion of the GCC railway back in November, which saw Turkish firm Proyapi offering the lowest bid of KD2.47 million ($8 million).
The project, part of the broader GCC railway network, is expected to be completed by 2030, it added.
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