Etihad Rail starts construction on stage two of GCC wide railway network

Posted on February 6, 2020

Package A will run for 139 km from Ghuweifat on the UAE border with Saudi Arabia to Ruwais where it connects with Stage One of the network. Etihad Rail is building a series of freight facilities in Ruwais Industrial City of Abu Dhabi ICAD Khalifa Port Dubai Industrial City DIC Jebel Ali Port Al Ghayl and Siji Fujairah Port and Khorfakkan Port capable of undertaking all loading and unloading operations in addition to providing container storage and maintenance Etihad Rail also signed a contract with a joint venture of Larson and Toubro Limited and Power China International to construct freight facilities for the railway network at a total cost of Dh1.87 billion (USD 510 million)