Siemens Mobility and Hassam Allam Development will provide railway programs, together with ETCS Stage 2.
Seated on the desk are Siemens Mobility UAE CEO Ayman Ashour (left) and Hassan Allam.
OMAN-Etihad Railway Firm (OERC) has awarded the civil works and railway programs contracts for the challenge to construct a 303km railway from Sohar in Oman to Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Civil works might be undertaken by an alliance of corporations from Oman and the UAE, led by Trojan Development Group and Galfar Engineering and Contracting.
Siemens, in consortium with Hassan Allam Development of Egypt, has been awarded a design-build contract for railway programs and integration, together with ETCS Stage 2 signalling, telecommunications and energy provide programs.
“The signalling options are state-of-the artwork and desert-proof,” the consortium companions say.
Anticipated to value $US 3bn to construct, the Oman-Etihad Railway has now been renamed as Hafeet Rail, after the Jabal Hafeet mountain on the border between Oman and the UAE. The brand new identify is meant to focus on the strategic location of the brand new railway and its historic significance to each nations.
“We’re deeply honoured and proud to have been entrusted by Oman-Etihad Rail with this strategic challenge that won’t solely contribute to the social and financial growth of each nations, however which I consider might be a groundbreaking challenge for the complete area,” says Mr Ayman Ashour, CEO of Siemens Mobility within the UAE.
“Hassan Allam Development and Siemens have a long-standing document of profitable collaboration in Egypt, and we’re honoured to increase this partnership in different vital regional nations just like the UAE and Oman,” says Mr Hassan Allam, chairman of Hassan Allam Development.
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