In October 2007 French company Alstom announced it would supply 18 TGV Duplex trains to the Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc (ONCF) in 2008. The trains will run at 320 km/h between Tangier, Rabat and Casablanca There are long term projects to re-open the Palestine Railway with Egypt Reviving the Hijaz railway between Medina and Mecca to Damascus, crossing Jordan The Gulf Train Line will run through Kuwait City, Damman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and end in Muscat. Other plans of extending it to Manama and Doha are under study