A prime official on Tuesday confirmed {that a} new passenger station of the Etihad Rail will probably be situated in Fujairah’s Sakamkam space. This announcement was made on the first-ever World Rail convention which kicked off in Abu Dhabi.
“We’re connecting 11 cities and areas,” mentioned Adhraa Almansoori, director of public coverage and sustainability at Etihad Rail. “We already introduced two places of the passenger stations. The primary one goes to be at Sakamkam in Fujairah and the second goes to be in Sharjah, College Metropolis.”
She revealed additional particulars of the challenge. “The passenger community will make the most of the identical infrastructure because the freight trains community,” she mentioned. “The utmost pace of our passenger trains will probably be 200kmph and by the yr 2030, we hope to move 36 million passengers.”
Nonetheless, she mentioned it was not but time to disclose when the a lot awaited passenger service would start operations. “That will probably be introduced when the time is true,” she mentioned. “We’re at present in discussions with a number of producers for our passenger locomotives in order that we make sure the sustainability and resilience of our suppliers.”
The 900km-long Etihad Rail, when accomplished, will join all seven emirates and 11 main cities from Ghuweifat to Fujairah and past. The UAE can be the primary Gulf nation to have introduced the rail connection to its neighbouring nations.
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“We established an organization referred to as Hafeet Rail, which is a three way partnership between Mubadala, Oman Rail, and Etihad Rail,” she mentioned.
“It has been named after the Hafeet mountain that connects the UAE and Oman. The community goes to be greater than 300km. In actual fact, at World Rail this morning, they introduced the financing of this challenge. It is going to be connecting UAE all the best way to Sohar port, which is without doubt one of the main ports in Oman. Sooner or later, we can even be overlaying the passenger companies for Hafeet Rail.”
Earlier, officers had revealed the situation for the station in Sharjah which might be constructed close to College Metropolis.
World Rail
The three-day World Rail convention will deliver collectively over 150 senior representatives from throughout the worldwide transport worth chain, together with ministers, business leaders, and stakeholders to debate the way forward for rail transport throughout the nation.
On the occasion, a pattern Etihad Rail passenger prepare compartment was arrange for guests. Inside, gray leather-based seats with the enduring Etihad Rail emblem have been lined up. On the entrance of the compartment, a video simulation took passengers by means of a digital journey alongside the Etihad Rail, ranging from Ghuweifat station.
Some of the keenly awaited initiatives within the nation, the Etihad Rail started working a route that spans 264km in 2016, transporting freight together with granulated sulphur. In 2023, freight operations started throughout the complete 900km of the community.
“The freight prepare itself has a most pace of 120kmph, and by the yr 2030 we’re anticipating to maneuver 30 million tons of supplies,” mentioned Almansoori. “We’ve two sorts of freight services- one is the combination enterprise, reminiscent of building supplies and sulphur. Then now we have the second line of enterprise, which is known as the intermodel, which is something that’s containerised.”
The freight community has 11 terminals, 4 of that are linked to ports, strategic ports. These are the ports of Ruwais, Khalifa, Jebal Ali, and Fujairah.
Sustainability is essential
Based on Almansoori, sustainability is a vital issue for the Etihad Rail. “We estimate that by the yr 2050, the railway business goes to contribute to a discount of 21 per cent of CO2 emissions from the land transportation sector, which is equal to eight.2 million tons yearly. This can be a important achievement for the UAE,” she mentioned.
She famous that all through the challenge, the community has taken care to keep up the wildlife of the nation. “As you’ll be able to see, the community just isn’t designed in a straightforward terrain,” she mentioned.
“We’ve desert, now we have salty our bodies, and in addition now we have mountains. So, navigating all of this whereas sustaining the sustainability of the biodiversity within the area was key for us.”
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Nasreen Abdulla
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