1. Oman Railway Project

2. Why is railway preferred?
 On average, one freight train can carry 1,000 tonnes of freight replacing 50 trucks’
movement
 On the whole, rail-based cargo transport is at least 30 per cent cheaper than by road
 Rail is about 9 times safer mode of transport than road
 Rail transport uses about 60-80% less energy per kilometer than road transport
 Transporting cargo by rail results in 80% lesser CO2 emissions, compared to transporting
cargo by road
 Rail offers relatively higher speed than road, along with safety and reliability
 Noise damage from road traffic is estimated to be about 25 times that of rail
 On average, a double track railway can carry up to 10 times the number of people per
hour than a two-lane road.

3. Our Vision
Develop the railway network so logistics
industry becomes a significant GDP player
and Oman becomes the region’s gateway.

4. Our strategy
 Connect Oman ports to the GCC network as soon as possible.
 Integrate the transport system modes: ports - Railway - road and airports.
 Build a highly competitive network:
 Adopt best practices in operation.
 Secure lucrative operating conditions and pricing with the GCC.
 Build a network safe and effective:
 Use first rate services and technology providers
 Adopt latest engineering and quality standards
 Build the local capacity
 Adopt an aggressive marketing strategy

5. Sector Structure
Licensing Auditing Organization Legislation
Operators Supervision Investment Assets Ownership Sector Development
Ministry of Transport and Communication
Policies
Directorate General for Land Transport and Railway
Oman Rail Company

6. Railway Alignment
200 km/hPassenger
80-120 km/hFreight
DieselPower Drive
DoubleTrack
32.4Axle Load
ETCS Level 2Signalling
Standard 1435 mmGauge
2244 KMTotal Network
1537 KMPorts Network
 Alignment spans from Buraimi to Salalah
 The alignment will be finalised at the design stage.

7. Contracting Strategy- Structure
Project Management Consultant
Preliminary Design Consultant Design and Build Contractors
Oman National Railway Company
Socio-economic study PPP Study

8.  Overall Project Mgt
 PDC Review and
Approval
 D&B Prequalification
 Cost Mgt
 QHSE Mgt
 Preliminary Design for
all segments
 D&B Tenders
Preparation
PMC PDC
 Segment detail design
 Civil infrastructure
construction
 Systems installation
 Various packages
Design & Build
Contracting Strategy- Contracts Objectives

9. Operations Study
 PPP Study to address:
 Passenger Trains
 Freight Trains
 Train Stations
 Ports Terminals
 Active engagement
with key ports and
industries
stakeholders
Investment
 Now developing
 Uniform operability
regulations with GCC;
 Appropriate tariff
structure
 Sector Law
Legislations

10. National Capacity Building
 Develop Omani human capital to lead the railway sector
in Oman.
 Oman becomes the Centre of Excellence for the region.
 Oman is able to export skilled resources to the region.
Oman becomes the region’s Centre of Excellence

11. The first steps…
Develop design
engineers at
different railway
disciplines
PDCProject Stage
Trainees nr.
Objective
How Place fresh graduates at consultants and contractors for 2-4 yrs
Develop project &
construction
management
engineers
PMC
Develop
engineers, technician
s, skilled and semi
killed workforce
D&B
TBA
Operations staff at
mgt, engineers and
technicians levels
Operation
TBA