Etihad Railway to build $2.3bn rail link in Jordan
Gulf Construction|October 2024
JORDAN and the UAE last month signed agreements to initiate a $2.3-billion railway project that will connect the Port of Aqaba in Jordan to its mining sites of Shidiyah and Ghor AI Safi.
Etihad Railway to build $2.3bn rail link in Jordan

The project - signed between Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE National Railway Network, and the Jordan's Ministry of Transport - is part of a broader investment package totalling around $5.5 billion, which was signed in late 2023 in the presence of HM King Abdullah and HH UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed AI Nahyan, said the Jordan Times.

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