Growth of a brand new 150km high-speed rail line between Abu Dhabi and Dubai within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is transferring ahead with the discharge of tender paperwork for design and construct civils contracts.
NCE sister title Floor Engineering reported that the railway line will allow people to journey between Abu Dhabi and Dubai in half-hour, reaching speeds of as much as 350km/h.
The road is anticipated to be operational by 2030 and contribute AED145bn (£32bn) to the UAE’s GDP over the following 5 many years. It the primary section of a bigger railway community.
UAE’s Etihad Rail unveiled the plans on 23 January. It’ll oversee the event and operation of the undertaking.
As reported by Center East information organisation MEED, the railway firm is now inviting tenders for a contract to design and construct the civil works and station packages for the railway line.
The tender discover was issued on 10 January with a bid submission deadline of seven Could.
The railway line will stretch from the Al-Zahiyah space of Abu Dhabi to Al-Jaddaf in Dubai and embody 5 stations. A complete of 31km of the route shall be tunnelled.
The undertaking’s civil works have been break up into two packages comprising 4 sections. The scope of those sections consists of:
Part 1A: Al-Zahiyah to Yas Island (23.5km)
Part 1B: Yas Island to the border of Abu Dhabi/Dubai (64.2km)
Part 1C: Abu Dhabi/Dubai border to Al-Jaddaf (52.1km)
Part 1D: Abu Dhabi airport delta junction and reference to Abu Dhabi airport station (9.2km).
The rail line can have stations at Al-Zahiyah (ADT), Saadiyat Island (ADS), Yas Island (YAS), Abu Dhabi airport (AUH) and Al-Jaddaf (DJD).
The ADT, AUH and DJD stations shall be underground.
MEED has additionally reported that preliminary web site testing works have already begun.
It named the businesses concerned on this programme as Dubai-based Matcon Testing Laboratory and Abu Dhabi’s Engineering & Analysis Worldwide.
They’re conducting drilling assessments to determine the bottom situations in areas by means of which the high-speed railway line will move.
Spanish engineering companies Sener and Ineco have been appointed because the undertaking’s engineering consultants.
Dubai Metro
One other main transport infrastructure undertaking presently underway within the UAE is the Dubai Metro Blue Line undertaking.
The brand new metro line will run underground for 15.5km and above floor for 14.5km. It’ll join Dubai Worldwide Airport and 9 key areas alongside the road.
The undertaking was given the go-ahead by vice chairman and prime minister of UAE and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in November 2024.
Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority final month introduced that it had awarded the contract for the Dubai Metro Blue Line undertaking to a consortium of three main Turkish and Chinese language firms: civil works contractors Mapa and Limak with railway programs provider CRRC.
Building on the Metro Blue Line is because of start in April 2025, with the road set to open in September 2029.
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