KEY JORDAN LINE TO BE UPGRADED

In one of its first major efforts at privatization, the government of Jordan is negotiating with a U.S. consortium to upgrade, expand, and operate the state-owned Aqaba Railway Company, a 500-km line that carries phosphate, the Hashemite Kingdom's leading export. Lexington, Massachusetts-based Raytheon Engineers and Constructors Incorporated has teamed with Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation, Rosemont, Illinois, to upgrade 300 km of existing track and build two new lines totaling approximately 55 km. Raytheon would handle design and construction, while Wisconsin Central would operate and maintain the line for 25 years. Work is set to start in March 1999.

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• Publication Date: 1998-12-21

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20
• Serial:
  • ENR
  • Volume: 241
  • Issue Number: 23
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Design; Freight transportation; Maintenance; Privatization; Railroads; Track laying
• Geographic Terms: Jordan
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Freight Transportation; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00758683
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 1999 12:00AM