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Etihad Rail DB was a heavy-rail Operations & Maintenance (O&M) service provider in the UAE. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company was set up in 2013 as a joint venture between Etihad Rail (51%), the developer of the UAE's national railway network and Deutsche Bahn (DB) (49%), Europe's largest railway operator and infrastructure owner. [ 3 ]
This joint venture between National Projects Construction and China Railway Construction Corporation includes civil works and construction of 145km package of the Etihad rail. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The construction included 15 tunnels through the Hajar Mountains covering a total length of 16km, in addition to the construction of 35 bridges and ...
Etihad Rail was founded in June 2009 following the passage of Federal Law No. 2. [1] In April 2024, Etihad Rail and Oman Rail announced a new joint venture, Hafeet Rail, that will construct 300 km (190 mi) of new railway to connect the Etihad Rail network at Abu Dhabi with the port of Sohar, Oman, passing through Al Ain. [8]
In 2006, DB was commissioned to carry out a feasibility study for a rail network in the UAE. DB (and since 2016, DB E&C) supported the rail infrastructure development in a joint venture, Etihad Rail DB, and advised on-site. The key focus was implementing and monitoring test operations on the built and equipped lines and their transfer to ...
The founding of the joint venture was initially announced in 2022 as the Oman-Etihad Rail Company. [2] [3] On April 23, 2024, the company announced it would be rebranding as Hafeet Rail and had secured shareholder agreement to proceed with construction, including the signing of a $1.5 billion contract for designing and constructing the railway.
Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates is an expanding mode of transport. Etihad Rail is the national railway company, and is a state-owned company . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
[24] [25] The Etihad Rail network opened for cargo only on February 23, 2023. In April 2024, Etihad Rail and Oman Rail announced a new joint venture, Hafeet Rail, that will construct 300 km (190 mi) of new railway to connect the Etihad Rail network at Abu Dhabi with the port of Sohar, Oman, passing through Al Ain. [26]
Etihad Rail is a state-owned company, and is the national railway company. It was set up in 2009 to manage a national-level freight and passenger rail network within the country, and later to other nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council as part of Gulf Railway. The first phase of the system is complete and freight service has begun.