On-going and planned investments

Algeria
• Algiers metro (9 km, 10 stations): €900 Million (Operation in 2009)
• Extension of Algiers’ metro (total : 5.7 km and a multimodal station): €360 Million (Source: Entreprise du Métro d’Alger)
• Tramways of Oran (18 km, 32 stations) and Constantine (8 km, 11 stations): €660 Million (Source: Alstom) by 2011

Bahrain
• Monorail (23 km by 2011, 83 km by 2030): US$ 1 Billion (Source: Scomi)

Egypt
• Cairo metro line 3: €884 Million by 2022 (Source: Egyptian National Railways)
• Alexandria: Improvement of the transport infrastructure: €358 Million by 2011

Iran (Source: Iranian Union of Urban Railway Companies).
By 2030:
• 388 km of urban and suburban rail lines in and around 7 cities
• 181 rail stations
• US$ 20 Billion investment in rail systems (approved budget)

Morocco (Source: Ministry of Interior)
• Tramway of Rabat-Salé: 2 lines, 19.5 km, €320 Million by 2010
• Tramway of Casablanca: 1 line, 28 km, €575 Million by 2012
• Casablanca’s urban rail network by 2025: 4 tramway lines (76 km), 1 metro line (21 km, 20 stations),
1 suburban line (60 km) with an estimated total investment of €4 Billion

Jordan
• Amman-Zarqa light rail line (26 km, 12 stops): US$ 332 Million by 2011 (Source: Railway Gazette)
• Amman Bus Rapid Transport feasibility and design study ongoing (Source: Greater Amman Municipality)

Kuwait (Source: Kuwait Overland Transport Union, Ministry of Public Works)
• 165 km metro network (4 lines): US$ 11.3 Billion by 2015 presently at design stage

Qatar
• Qatar rail network including Doha metro system: US$3.0 Billion (Source: GulfBID) presently at design stage

Saudi Arabia
• Arriyadh light rail (40 km, 2 lines, 40 stations): US$3.0 Billion (Source: Arriyadh Development Authority) presently at design stage
• Mecca light rail (Al Mashaheer): US$2.8 Billion (Source: Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs) presently at bidding stage

Syria
• Damascus metro (16,5 km) by 2016 presently at design stage (Source: Damascus Government)

Tunisia (Sources: RFR and STT)
• Suburban rail network (4 lines, 81 km): €1.7 Billion by 2021
• Tunis bus network: €120 Million by 2011
• Tunis light rail network: €228 Million by 2011

United Arab Emirates
    Abu Dhabi (Source: Department of Transport)
      • 1000 more buses by 2015
      • Plans by 2030: 131 km of metro and 340 km of tramways

   Dubai (Source: RTA)
     By 2020:
     • 318 km of Metro Lines (4 lines of which 2 lines to open in 2009-2010): US$6.3 Billion
     • 268 km of Tram Lines (7 Lines): US$2.5 Billion
     • 90 new Bus routes covering 2500km and equipped with 2000 buses: US$600 Million
     • 5 new water ways covering 210km and equipped with 57 water taxis/buses: US$ 500 Million