Qatar and Germany will run a feasibility study into a magnetic-levitation railway in the Gulf. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has backed the locally-built Transrapid high-speed network, a joint venture between German companies Thyssen-Krupp and Siemens. It could eventually lead to an 800-km line from Bahrain through Qatar to the UAE. [AMEInfo.com]
Posted June 15, 2005
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