damn remember the time Saudi Arabia got so mad at Qatar that they announced a plan to turn it into an island by digging a canal? great times
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High-speed rail to Bahrain? Passenger and freight link to KSA? Sounds great but I'm pretty sure they'll shoot on sight if they see you doing construction within a mile of the border
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For those interested: hasty sketch of proposed Qatar Passenger Rail network (alignments VERY speculative, esp the high speed line bc I have no idea the angle of approach they had in mind for Bahrain)
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On a related note: it finally happened! Saudi Arabia actually finished their high speed railway and opened it last Thursday (not an ED reference) after 9 years of construction. You can see some of the architecture and train interiors here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyYpBlZYA8o …
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It’s pretty cool you care about this ahah, my sister is one of the main engineers working on Qatar’s rail rn
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whoa nice!
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shows just how rich the gulf states are. putting a railway on ice in the desert like that.
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