Spanish consortium finally awarded Saudi Arabia HSR project
Date
October 28, 2011
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InfraPPP Middle East already announced it on July 18th, Al Shoula Consortium composed of:Follow us:
- Consortium Name: Al-Shoula Group- Consortium Leader: Al-Shoula Group- Track and Systems: Copasa/Imathia/Cobra /OHL/Dimetronic/INABENSA/Indra- Rolling Stock: Talgo- Operator and Maintainer: Renfe/Adif/Consultrans/Imathia/Ineco
has finally been awarded the Saudi contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain build a high-speed railway between the cities of Mecca and Medina. The project is estimated at seven billion euros ($10 billion).
The project aims to provide transportation for Muslim pilgrims between the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina through the Red Sea-port city of Jeddah, a distance of 450 kilometres (280 miles).
I am also posting here a video that Al Shoula consortium prepared for the bid process:
