Italian construction giant wins contract to build high speed railway in Neom

Italian construction giant wins contract to build high speed railway in Neom

Italy’s Webuild Group has signed a €1.4bn contract with joint-venture partner Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (Sajco) to design and build 57km of a high-speed railway in Saudi Arabia’s futuristic city Neom.

Both partners will build most of the “Connector”, a railway linking Neom’s industrial region Oxagon with the linear city of The Line. The Line is 170km long, 500m high, and 200m wide area with multi-storey structures.

The JV agreement is split 70/30 between Webuild and Sajco. Both companies will carry out civil works for two high-speed and two freight railway tracks. The high-speed railway will carry trains running at speeds of up to 230km/h.

The contract includes building viaducts and underpasses.

NEOM’s upcoming development, The Line, will have no conventional roads or vehicles. It will accommodate up to nine million people within an area of 34 square kilometers.

NEOM is looking forward to power the project with 100 percent clean energy from renewable sources such as solar, wind, and green hydrogen.

Source: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/