📋 Tender Overview
Scope of Work:
Construction of Railway Project - Phase 1 (from the southern border to the Shaddiyah region).
Description:
The estimated value of the consultancy project is about 1 million Kuwaiti dinars ($3.27 million). The tender is likely to be awarded within 90 days from the closing date, the studies and final designs are scheduled for completion in one year. After that, the construction contracts will be awarded. The railway line will extend 110 kilometres from the southern border to the Shaddiyah region. The project is slated for completion between two and three years.
Key highlights of tender EF/R/1 for preparing the study and design for the project of the Kuwait railway network-first stage are as follows:
The total length of tracks of the railway projects in Kuwait, comprising the Gulf track, the commercial track and the economic track, is 565 kilometres,
The 111-km Gulf track extends from Nuwaiseeb port in the south (at the Kuwait/Saudi border) to the main passenger station in the Shadadiya area.
This part includes four stations – passenger station, with the location allocated by the Kuwait Municipality; Freight yard station; Maintenance facility station; Passenger processing facility.
The commercial track extends for 154km from the Shadadiyah area to Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port
The economic track includes a 38-km long track to Port Abdullah and Shuaiba Port; 29km track to Shuwaikh port; 130km track to Al Nayeem (West); two tracks to the Iraq border – a 43-km track to Umm Qasr and 60-km track to Abdali.
