Etihad Rail signed agreements with three European companies based on exchange knowledge, expertise, and best practices in the fields of rail passenger and freight services and operations.
The three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed with Renfe, High Speed 1 (HS1) and GB Railfreight and are part of Etihad Rail’s efforts for developing railway services as part of the UAE National Railways Programme.
The MoUs were signed during the second day of Middle East Rail 2022, which is hosted by Etihad Rail and held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and in partnership with the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi.
“Etihad Rail is committed to achieving the goals of the National Railways Programme and completing the Etihad Rail project on schedule. We are constantly working to sign agreements and build partnerships to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the national rail network, as part of Etihad Rail’s diligent efforts for bolstering cooperation and exchanging expertise with some of the global leaders in the railway network, to provide the best world-class services,” Shadi Malak, the CEO of Etihad Rail, said.
The agreements are focused on exchanging best practices in rail sector including maintenance and managing technical development such as the planning, design, development, and commissioning.
In December 2021, Etihad Rail announced its USD 13.6 billion strategy to develop the entire rail sector to reduce the carbon emissions in the next 5 decades. The programme covers the completion of the Stage Two of the rail network, the development of rail passenger and freight services, and the integration of the transport sector based on railways – the most sustainable transport mode. During the Middle East Rail conference, the CEO of Etihad Rail announced that 75% of construction work for the second phase of the rail network has been completed while it works on the launching of rail passenger services connecting 11 cities.
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