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Context
What happened: Jordan's King Abdullah II and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan laid the foundation stone for the Aqaba-Shidiya-Ma'an railway on 5 October.
Key numbers: Line spans roughly 418 kilometres in Jordan's broader Aqaba-Ma'an-Madouneh plan; IMEC was announced at the 2023 G20 summit in New Delhi.
Why it matters: The line is not itself an IMEC project, but it could fill a major infrastructure gap by positioning Jordan, a non-signatory to the 2023 IMEC memorandum, as a link between India, the Gulf and Europe.