总部位于北京的中国土木工程集团有限公司（CCECC）和中交第一公路工程局有限公司（CFHEC）已在约旦启动了“亚喀巴—希迪耶—马安”（Aqaba-Al-Shidiyeh-Maan）铁路项目的建设工作。
该铁路网全长403公里，共分为六个标段。其中，第一至第四标段由中国土木工程集团有限公司（CCECC）负责施工，第五和第六标段则由中交第一公路工程局有限公司（CFHEC）承担。
工程范围包括铺设铁轨，以及建设约55座桥梁、6条隧道及相关配套设施。
该项目旨在将亚喀巴与主要的矿产开采及生产基地、马安（Maan）物流区连接起来，从而建立一套完善的综合运输系统，实现港口、生产中心与内陆物流设施之间散货及集装箱的运输。
预计该铁路网每年可将约1600万吨磷酸盐和钾盐从生产基地运送至亚喀巴港口。
2025年4月，由法国Egis公司与Arx公司组成的法瑞合资企业获得了该项目的咨询设计合同。
该项目总投资额预计为25亿美元，由“约旦-阿联酋铁路公司”（Jordan-UAE Railway Company）负责开发。该公司由阿布扎比的L’imad控股公司与多家约旦实体共同拥有，这些约旦实体包括：约旦磷酸盐矿业公司、政府投资管理公司、社会保障投资基金以及阿拉伯钾盐公司。

本周早些时候，约旦与阿联酋的官员出席了项目奠基仪式，标志着该工程正式动工。

Beijing-headquartered firms China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and China First Highway Engineering Company (CFHEC) have started construction work on the Aqaba-Al-Shidiyeh-Maan Railway project in Jordan.
The 403-kilometre rail network is divided into six packages. CCECC is executing packages one to four, while CFHEC is undertaking packages five and six.
The scope of work covers constructing railway tracks, about 55 bridges, six tunnels and related structures.
The project aims to link Aqaba with key mining and production sites and the Maan logistics zone, establishing an integrated system for transporting bulk cargo and containers between ports, production centres and inland logistics facilities.
The network is expected to carry around 16 million tonnes of phosphate and potash each year from production sites to Aqaba’s ports.
In April 2025, a French-Swiss joint venture of Egis and Arx was awarded the project’s design consultancy contract.
The estimated $2.5bn project is being developed by the Jordan-UAE Railway Company, which is jointly owned by Abu Dhabi’s L’imad Holding and Jordanian entities including the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company, the Government Investments Management Company, the Social Security Investment Fund and the Arab Potash Company.
Jordanian and UAE officials attended a groundbreaking ceremony held earlier this week to mark the formal start of construction work.