Etihad Railway
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| Headquarters | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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Key people
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Nasser Ahmed Alsowaidi (Chairman) Mattar Al Tayer (Vice Chairman) Faris Saif Al Mazrourei (Chief Executive Officer) |
| Services | Railways |
| Website | www |
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Future extension to 
Future extension to Etihad Rail, formerly known as Union Railway, was established in June 2009 under Federal Law No. 2 to manage the development, construction and operation of the United Arab Emirates’ national freight and passenger railway network.
The 1,200 km railway network will be built in three stages to link the principal centres of population and industry of the UAE, as well as to form a vital part of the wider Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) railway network that will connect the UAE with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait. The Etihad Rail network will be delivered in three stages, with commercial operations commencing in 2014. The freight trains will travel at 120 km/h and passenger trains on the network will run at speeds of up to 200 km/h. The First stage of network is fuly operational and budget for second stage has been announced.
The network is mainly double track, designed for mixed-use traffic, equipped with an in-cab European signalling system (ETCS level 2), is of standard gauge, and is being built to accommodate double stack containers.
The Etihad Rail network will be developed and implemented in three main stages.
The first stage is the 264-kilometre route for transporting sulphur from its sources at Shah and Habshan, in granulated form, to its point of export at Ruwais. The services between Habshan and Ruwais are fully operational,since September 2013.
The second stage will connect the railway to Mussafah, the Khalifa and Jebel Ali ports, and the Saudi and Omani borders. During this stage, the network will be extended by 628km. Preliminary engineering is complete. Tendering is in progress, with contracts covering the final design and build to be awarded soon.
The final stage will add a further 279km of rail, extending from Dubai to the northern regions of Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah. Stage 3 will facilitate the transport of people and goods from these northern regions to other areas in the UAE.
In July 2011 Etihad Rail ordered seven Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACS diesel locomotives. The first two SD70ACS locomotives were unloaded at Mussafah Port in Abu Dhabi in April 2013, and were due to be moved to Mirfa in the Western Region in preparation for the launch of the 266 km Stage One, which will initially carry granulated sulphur from Shah and Habshan for export through the port of Ruwais. The locomotives are painted in a red and grey livery using colours from the UAE flag. Another EMD locomotive had already been delivered to the UAE as a demonstrator.
In September 2011 CSR Corporation Limited won an order to supply 240 covered wagons to carry granulated sulphur.
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