The 1,200-kilometre line will run from the UAE’s border with Saudi Arabia to Fujairah, with plans to extend to Oman The railway line betwee...
The 1,200-kilometre line will run from the UAE’s border with Saudi Arabia to Fujairah, with plans to extend to Oman
The railway line between Abu Dhabi and Dubai was joined up in March and connected to Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah in October.
This link between the two emirates stretches for 256 kilometres and includes 29 bridges, 60 crossings and 137 drainage channel
The line in Sharjah runs for 45km, while the Ras Al Khaimah line extends over 5.7km and connects the emirate to the project's main lin
The main Etihad Rail network will run for 1,200km across the UAE, from the border of Saudi Arabia to Fujaira
It has also been announced that the line will be extended into Oman. The agreement to build the Omani portion of rail network was signed on September 29 during the state visit of President Sheikh Mohamed to Oma
The line will ultimately carry freight and passengers to connect Abu Dhabi with Sohar in the north of Muscat and more details are expected soo
Meanwhile, a launch date for the UAE passenger line and the exact route for this service have not yet been announced, but plans to build the first passenger station in Fujairah have been unveile
How will the passenger service transform UAE public transpor
The passenger trains will travel at up to 200km an hour and will link 11 cities and areas. Each can carry about 400 people
Carriages will be equipped with vital amenities such as Wi-Fi, entertainment systems, charging points and various food and beverage option
There will also be different seating areas, including first class, business class and econom
Customers can expect a travel time of 50 minutes between Abu Dhabi and Dubai and about 100 minutes from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah, cutting commutes significantly.
Once operational, the service is expected to carry more than 36 million people annually by 203
The railway, as the maps show, will link the principal centres of trade, industry, manufacturing, production, logistics, population and all the major import and export points of the UAE, as well as forming an integral part of the GCC railway network.
Additions or changes to the route can be expected, but Etihad Rail said 70 per cent of the network had now been
Etihad Rail published an aerial photograph in August to show the progress of the line on the UAE's east coast.
The image, posted to its social media channels, shows the railway cutting through Fujairah's Hajar Mountains and headed for the coast.
“Our National Railway network traverses through the Hajar mountains and extends for 145km, connecting the borders of Sharjah and going through Fujairah all the way to Ras Al Khaimah, providing a safe and efficient means of transportation across the unique topography created by the scenic mountains into the other emirates,” said Etihad Rail in a message accompanying the picture
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