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Local and international groups on 16 October submitted bids to Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) for the project to install a signalling system and a wireless communication system along the existing Riyadh-Dammam freight and passenger railway lines. The turnkey package is estimated to be worth about $125 million-160 million. The upgrade is part of a comprehensive network expansion programme that will involve bringing on board private concessionaires and abolishing the state monopoly in the railway sector (MEED 6:8:04).
The scope of the contract includes the installation of a modern rail signalling system and a GSM railway (GSM-R) communication network--the latest wireless communication standard for railway networks--along 1,000 kilometres of SRO's rail lines.
Several consortia, including Australian, Canadian, German and UK companies, are ...