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OMAN : Rail Network tenders floated in Oman
Publish Date : 14-Sep-2011
Ambitious plans for the implementation of a national rail network, which were stalled for the last six months are now back on track. Ten engineering firms Out of total 30 firm have been prequalified to participate in the design and construction supervision package.
Tender Board declined to disclose the names of the prequalified parties. However intimations to the prequalified parties will be faxed in a day or two, a Tender Board official said. It was not clear if and when authorities planned to float the equally important Project Management Consultancy package. Ten firms have also been prequalified to bid for the Project Management Consultancy package. The Supreme Committee for Town Planning is overseeing the current design consultancy phase of the multi-billion dollar scheme.
Oman\'s National Railway Network will initially comprises five segments. But in future stages, linkages are also planned to Adam, Nizwa, Ibri, and other locations that will be identified based on a National Spatial Strategy Study currently being undertaken by the Supreme Committee.
The selected Design & Supervision Consultant will establish the system parameters, and operating plan and design standards, as well as prepare the preliminary design for all the elements of the railway project.
Upon approval of the preliminary design, the consultant will then proceed with the detailed design of the alignment and infrastructure; bridges, culverts and tunnels; railway stations and yards; rail track; and overhead electrical infrastructure, among other elements. Additionally, the consultant will develop specifications for rolling stock and other systems. Studies of the alignment and design requirements have led to the selection of 21 locations for the establishment of passenger stations along the length of the network and seven freight yards.
The National Railway network will enable a double track, standard-gauge (1,435mm) system with provision made for the introduction of high-speed trains, with speeds of up to 350 kilometres per hour (kph), in the future.
Initially, however, passenger trains will be operated at speeds of 200 kph, while freight trains will run at speeds ranging from 80 to 120 kph. The trains will run on electrical power, supplied through overhead electrical infrastructure that will be built along the length of the network.
