#APPROVED :"kuwait National Rail Network and a Metro system"

[NEWUSER]

Last time i was in Kuwait it was 2 days before the 1st-war broke out..

Back then even Buses were always half-empty, those who did not drive, took Taxis since they were inexpensive and i recall everyone had more then 1 car -- I doubt that changed much.. A metro-system would be cool but will it be put to good use?

Man i gotta go back to Kuwait, i really miss it!

[Koweitien]

Originally Posted by NEWUSER

Last time i was in Kuwait it was 2 days before the 1st-war broke out..

Back then even Buses were always half-empty, those who did not drive, took Taxis since they were inexpensive and i recall everyone had more then 1 car -- I doubt that changed much.. A metro-system would be cool but will it be put to good use?

Man i gotta go back to Kuwait, i really miss it!

Well the bus system has changed a lot in kuwait. Nowadays there are two bus companies one of which is controlled by the government and the other one is a private company called citybus I think that a metro system should be setup because by the time that it is finished there will probably be even more foreigners in the country to use it

[Koweitien]

The minister of finance announced that the Kuwaiti Investment Company has undertaken the feasibility study of the Metro system. The company will consult four international companies in this study which are Parsons (US), Jacobs Gibb (US), Canarail Consultants (Canada) and SNCF international (France).

[Halawala]

Kuwait's government has formed a ministerial committee to take charge of planning the construction of a large metro network, in order to end serious traffic congestion problems, reported the Arab Times. The Minister of Public Labour and Housing, Bader Al-Humaidi, said that no date has yet been set for the start of the design process and international consultants will first carry out a full study.

*Sorry if this topic was already posted before.

[Koweitien]

It was but I think that it deserves it's own thread

[Skoulikimou]

we have a thread regarding kuwait metro ,it alright Halawala i will merge this thread with the original one

[Sanchero]

Dubliner, 3 bus companies not 2...one government, City bus and now KGL (the orange ones)

[Koweitien]

Originally Posted by Sanchero

Dubliner, 3 bus companies not 2...one government, City bus and now KGL (the orange ones)

Didn't know that there is a third one

[Faisal]

Originally Posted by Sanchero

Dubliner, 3 bus companies not 2...one government, City bus and now KGL (the orange ones)

Me too... I didn't know about this 3rd bus company

Sanchero can you tell me who is the owner ??

[CrazY]

i haven't seen any orange buses

[margog]

there is a lot of the new orang buses down the street
and its ownd the KGL company as Sanchero
sayen... and its so biuteful

[Faisal]

تشكيل لجنة عليا للسكك الحديدية ومترو الأنفاق


16/05/2006 كتب زكريا محمد:
طلب وزير المواصلات د. اسماعيل الشطي من البلدية ترشيح ممثل لها للمشاركة في اعمال اللجنة العليا للسكك الحديدية ومترو الانفاق. وقال الشطي في خطاب وجهه الى وزير الدولة لشؤون البلدية: نظرا لاهمية مشروع سكك الحديد ومترو الانفاق في عملية التنمية التي تشهدها الدولة وما يشهده العصر الحالي من تطوير في وسائل النقل وخاصة نقل مختلف انواع البضائع والركاب، ولتنظيم العمل في هذا المجال لخدمة الاقتصاد الوطني والقيام بدوره في خطط التنمية وتلبية احتياجات مختلف القطاعات والوصول الى خطة تنمية واضحة لاستثمار هذا المشروع الحيوي وايجاد الحلول المناسبة للمشاكل والمعوقات التي تعترض هذا المشروع، وبما ان الوزارة بصدد تشكيل لجنة عليا برئاستنا للاعداد وتنفيذ خطط مشروع سكك الحديد ومترو الانفاق بالدولة، يرجى ترشيح ممثلكم للمشاركة في اعمال اللجنة العليا مع ابداء ملاحظاتكم وآرائكم ومقترحاتكم حول الموضوع اعلاه، على ان يكون مستوى التمثيل بدرجة وكيل وزارة او وكيل وزارة مساعد.
واضاف الشطي انه تسند الى اللجنة المهام التالية:
- تنظيم وتنسيق العمل بين وزارة المواصلات والجهات ذات العلاقة بشأن اعداد وتنفيذ خطط مشروع سكك الحديد ومترو الانفاق بالدولة.
- اعداد البيانات والاحصائيات الدقيقة التي تتعلق بهذا المشروع.
- البت في المشاكل والعقبات الخاصة بالمشروع ووضع الحلول المناسبة لها.
- تشجيع الاستثمار في المشروع.
- دراسة واعداد المشروعات والخدمات المعدة للنهوض بالمشروع.

Al-Qabas

[shabbir]

yeah, metro system wiil be benificial to all people in kuwait, even for non-citizens too.

[CrazY]

welcome shabbir
today i saw the orange bus

[safqa_tijariya]

if wonder how much the pricing system will be? The metro system usually brings billions to goverments especially in china,japan and canada.

[Kuwait4Ever]

I do not think it wiil bring billions to us because probably no one will use it maybe sometimes some expats will use.......

[margog]

Originally Posted by Kuwait4Ever

I do not think it wiil bring billions to us because probably no one will use it maybe sometimes some expats will use.......

may be not probably the kuwaitis will use it also and I'll be the first one enshallah.

[safqa_tijariya]

Originally Posted by Kuwait4Ever

I do not think it wiil bring billions to us because probably no one will use it maybe sometimes some expats will use.......

If they do it wisely and connect it to some shopping malls, buildings, resorts, etc. like in NY Montreal, Toronto, Tokyo, etc.

Maybe even you will start using it because it will create a new underground city for kuwait.

depending on the pricing if it was half a kuwaiti dinar and people used it giving a total of 15 million times in 1 year which is possible. it would bring kuwait 7.5 million kuwaiti dinar making it 25 million US dollar.

15 milion is very low it might be even higher considering the fact that there is also tourists and tourists usually love to try the metro and the youth will love to use it unless they had a ferrari .

me and my friends would use it all the time if it was made, if you dont like it others will and expats make out a large part of the population they will use it too and the main idea behind it is to reduce traffic now if by car it takes 30 mins to reach the downtown and by metro it takes 5 or 10 mins believe me many will start using it.

These are all propabilities tell me your propabilities Kuwait4ever on why it would not work.

[Koweitien]

Yeah I totally agree. If this metro is connected to the right attractions then it could be extremely profitable

[Ikarus_q8]

Originally Posted by safqa_tijariya

If they do it wisely and connect it to some shopping malls, buildings, resorts, etc. like in NY Montreal, Toronto, Tokyo, etc.

Maybe even you will start using it because it will create a new underground city for kuwait.

depending on the pricing if it was half a kuwaiti dinar and people used it giving a total of 15 million times in 1 year which is possible. it would bring kuwait 7.5 million kuwaiti dinar making it 25 million US dollar.

15 milion is very low it might be even higher considering the fact that there is also tourists and tourists usually love to try the metro and the youth will love to use it unless they had a ferrari .

me and my friends would use it all the time if it was made, if you dont like it others will and expats make out a large part of the population they will use it too and the main idea behind it is to reduce traffic now if by car it takes 30 mins to reach the downtown and by metro it takes 5 or 10 mins believe me many will start using it.

These are all propabilities tell me your propabilities Kuwait4ever on why it would not work.

I do agree