construction Haramain High Speed Rail Project Thearamain H High Speed Rail Project is a 450 km (280 mile) line linking the holy cities of Mecca and Medina via tract was awarded to a consortium in October 2011. The Phase II consortium includes both Saudi and Spanish companies and will deliver 35 Talgo 350 trains, thus utiliz - SaudiLandbridge Project. The Saudi Landbridge is a railway line currently under development by the Saudi Railway Company (SAR). [1] Intended mainly for freight, [2] the railway will connect Jeddah on the Red Sea coast with the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. [3] The existing 450 km line between Riyadh and Dammam will be upgraded, [4] and a TCDDis currently building approximately 1870km of 250km/h lines, 1294km of rapid lines with a maximum speed of 200km/h and 634km of conventional lines. In addition, 1318km of lines are at the tender phase and 646km are at the project stage. "We aim to have 25,000km of new line under construction by 2023," Apaydin said. Novem. A rendering of Hitachi's monorail for Line 3 of Panama Metro. Credit: Mitsubishi Corporation. Panama Metro Line 3's prime contractor HPH Consortium has signed an $883m contract for the delivery of the 25km-long monorail system. The contract was signed with a consortium that includes Hitachi, Hitachi Rail and Mitsubishi. Highspeed railway construction. China planned its high-speed railway construction in 2003. In 2004, the State Council issued the Medium- and Long-Term Railway Development Plan 5, and set the objective that by 2020, the national railway operating length would reach 100,000 km; more than 12,000 km of high-speed railway lines would be in operation, and the speed of these high-speed railway lines Constructioncontracts and progress. Two rival consortia vied for the airport link contract. The Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group-led consortium consisting of Italian-Thai Development, China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd, CH. Karnchang, and Bangkok Expressway and Metro, won the project with a 224 billion baht bid in December 2018. Their BANGKOK March 29 (Xinhua) -- Three contracts were signed on Monday for the construction of the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima province. Thailand's Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob presided over the signing ceremony for the three contracts of Phase One of the project between the State Railway of Thailand Chinahas built around 26,000 miles (42,000 kilometers) of dedicated high-speed railways since 2008 and plans to top 43,000 miles (70,000 kilometers) by 2035. Meanwhile, the United States has just vGts.