Editing Transport in Yemen (section)

==Railways==

Yemen does not have any railways, despite several proposals. At the beginning of the 20th&nbsp;century, the [[Ottoman Empire]] suggested that the [[Hejaz railway]] be extended to Yemen, but this never materialized. In 1916 the [[Royal Engineers]] built a metre gauge railway from Ma'alla in Aden to Sheikh 'Othman.  This was later extended to El Khudad, a total distance of {{convert|29|mi|km}}. The line was operated by the [[North Western State Railway|North Western Railway]] of India until it closed in 1929.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aden Railway|url=https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Aden_Railway|website=FIBIS|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> More recently, in&nbsp;2005, the Yemeni government began to investigate rail connections as part of an overall initiative to upgrade its transportation infrastructure.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080518075452/http://www.yobserver.com/local-news/10014236.html Yemen, Gulf get railway project on track]}}, Yemen Observer, 13 May 2008</ref> In&nbsp;2008 the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]] announced that it had agreed to include Yemen in plans for an integrated [[regional rail]] system and launched feasibility studies.<ref>[http://www.roadex-railex.com/PDF/GulfRailwayNetworktoLinkYemenMulled5Mar08Zawya.pdf Gulf Railway Network to Link Yemen Mulled]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, RoadEx-RailEx.com, 5 March 2008</ref> Yemen has expressed preference for a coastal route beginning in [[Aden]].<ref>[http://www.yementoday.info/pages/news4.htm Proposed railway to link Yemen with the Gulf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410201945/http://www.yementoday.info/pages/news4.htm |date=2018-04-10 }}, Yemen Today</ref>