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Observers believe that the contract for preparing the analysis may be announced during Chancellor Schroeder's visit to the Gulf at the end of February or early in March. The costs of such a huge transport project are supposed to be in the two-digit billion euros region.
According to Germany's DPA press agency, there are also initial plans for a 2000km maglev route connecting the Emirate of Kuwait with the Sultanate of Oman via Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE with a total project volume of EUR4.39billion.
The world's first and so far only commercial Transrapid route - 30km long - exists in Shanghai, linking Long Yang Road Station with Pudong International Airport.
The Chinese government currently considers an extension of the route to the neighbouring city of Hangzhou. Partners of the Transrapid Consortium are ThyssenKrupp and Siemens.
Transrapid to hover over the desert?
A spokeswomen for the Transrapid International consortium in Berlin has confirmed that the Government of Qatar is considering to commission a feasibility study for the construction of a 800km magnetic levitation route from Bahrain via Qatar to the UAE.
Germany: Monday, February 21 - 2005 at 13:17
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