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Media IN ABU DHABI, 26th June, 2019 (WAM)
Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chairman of Etihad Rail, chaired an Etihad Rail board meeting on Tuesday and approved the plan to connect Abu Dhabi with Dubai and other emirates.
The developer and operator of the UAE rail network launched Package B and C as part of the second stage to connect Khalifa Port, Khalifa Industrial City (Kizad) and Jebel Ali Port.
The project includes links to strategic ports and industrial areas nationwide, covering a distance of 310km. The two packages launched on Tuesday are part of a 650km line from Ghuweifat to the Port of Fujairah on the eastern coast.
Works on the 650km line will focus on the design and construction of rail infrastructure, including earth works, bridges, tunnels, animal-crossings and track-laying, connecting Package B with Package A, and Package C with Package B. The total value of the works is Dh4.4 billion.
Ghantoot Transport and General Contracting Company and the China Railway Construction Corporation secured the two contracts for civil and track works on the two packages.
Etihad Rail will sustain the growth of UAE transport industry and freight carriage sector throughout the emirate, as railway systems are one of the most important means of transport on which countries depend to achieve their economic and social objectives.
Etihad Rail has previously awarded Package A to a consortium of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation and South Korea’s SK Engineering and Construction.
When complete, the 1,200Km Etihad Rail project will link the UAE’s principal centres of industry, manufacturing, production, population, and import/export points, forming an integral part of the GCC-wide railway network.
