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Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE national railway, has approved the award agreement for civil and track works of Packages B and C for Stage Two of the UAE national railway network connecting Abu Dhabi and Dubai, during a board meeting, chaired by HH Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Etihad Rail. The total value of the works is AED4.4 billion.
Package B runs for 216km, and Package C runs for 94km, and the two packages are part of the 605km line from Ghuweifat to the Port of Fujairah on the eastern coast.
HH Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed attended the contract signing ceremony to award the civil and track works on the two packages to Ghantoot Transport & General Contracting Company and the China Railway Construction Corporation.
The contract was signed by Shadi Malak, Etihad Rail Chief Executive Officer, Ali Mohamed Sadiq Albloushi, Chairman of Ghantoot Transport & General Contracting, and Wang Wenzhong, Vice President of the China Railway Construction Corporation.
Etihad Rail is pioneering new horizons for development and transport, and is moving forward to sustain the UAE transport sector through the tremendous progress achieved in building the UAE national railway network as a safe, modern, and cost effective means of transport.