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Bahrain hopes for Gulf railway agreement on 8 November

Bahrain’s transport minister told The National, in an interview published on 6 November 2026, that he hoped a Gulf railway agreement would be signed in Manama on 8 November.

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Identification illustration; does not show a signing. SKopp and Zscout370 / Wikimedia Commons, public domain; PNG rendering. — SKopp et Zscout370 / Wikimedia Commons — domaine public, rendu PNG.

The project aims to link the six member states for passenger and freight transport. The statement sets out a hoped-for milestone; it does not establish a completed signing or an operational network.

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