The passenger and freight service, which does not yet have a completion date, is expected to carry more than 36 million passengers a year by 2030.
Construction is under way on the Etihad Rail bridge. This is part of the Etihad Rail development, a passenger and freight train project that will link all seven emirates in the UAE. All photos: Etihad Rail
The bridge is located in Al Bithnah, Fujairah. Etihad Rail said it will act as the rail gateway to the UAE’s east coast and facilitate trade to and from Fujairah.
It passes through the Hajar Mountains and is 600 metres long. Construction for the Northern Emirates network involves building 54 bridges and nine tunnels across the mountains.
Workers on the site in Fujairah. The passenger trains will travel at up to 200 kilometres per hour, each carrying about 400 people.
The bridge will afford passengers a beautiful backdrop of mountains in the distance.
Heavy machinery on site. The complete network will measure about 1,200km.
The eagerly awaited rail service, which will take people from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah in about an hour, is taking shape.
The Fujairah construction work (pictured) comes after the Abu Dhabi to Dubai stretch of the project was completed in March 2022.
The passenger and freight service, which does not yet have a completion date, is expected to carry more than 36 million passengers a year by 2030.
Construction is under way on the Etihad Rail bridge. This is part of the Etihad Rail development, a passenger and freight train project that will link all seven emirates in the UAE. All photos: Etihad Rail
The bridge is located in Al Bithnah, Fujairah. Etihad Rail said it will act as the rail gateway to the UAE’s east coast and facilitate trade to and from Fujairah.
It passes through the Hajar Mountains and is 600 metres long. Construction for the Northern Emirates network involves building 54 bridges and nine tunnels across the mountains.
Workers on the site in Fujairah. The passenger trains will travel at up to 200 kilometres per hour, each carrying about 400 people.
The bridge will afford passengers a beautiful backdrop of mountains in the distance.
Heavy machinery on site. The complete network will measure about 1,200km.
The eagerly awaited rail service, which will take people from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah in about an hour, is taking shape.
The Fujairah construction work (pictured) comes after the Abu Dhabi to Dubai stretch of the project was completed in March 2022.
The passenger and freight service, which does not yet have a completion date, is expected to carry more than 36 million passengers a year by 2030.
