His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, affirmed that the national railway network is one of the ambitious projects that the state relies on to head into the future, and that it is a young Emirati industry to achieve the state’s strategy in all sectors, which will contribute a strong impetus. to accelerate economic growth.
This network is expected to contribute to strengthening all economic sectors, facilitating foreign trade, and reducing shipping costs and the cost of goods and services.
It also contributes to preserving lives from accidents and traffic jams in the future, in addition to facilitating business practices in the country, within the framework of comprehensive and integrated efforts to provide an ideal investment climate, and to achieve high and advanced ranks in global indicators, so that our beloved country becomes among the developed countries..
The project is a railway network, linking 4 ports and 7 logistical areas, and it is planned to transport approximately 60 million tons of goods annually, with a length of 900 km across the Emirates, as announced by His Highness Sheikh Diab bin Mohammed bin Zayed, member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Etihad Rail Company, for a fleet that includes 38 locomotives and more than 1,000 vehicles capable of transporting all types of goods, indicating that this achievement will contribute to supporting the national economy with a value of 200 billion dirhams, and will contribute to rational spending by reducing expenses by 8 billion dirhams annually. Road maintenance costs, and tourism revenues are expected to be approximately 23 billion dirhams.
What distinguishes this project is its dependence on local industries through 215 local companies, and regarding 70% of the building materials produced locally were used in this project, and this network will contribute to reducing carbon emissions by 21% in the land transport sector of the country, and reducing land transport emissions per capita by 40 % by 2050.
This network will also provide great advantages for investors and customers, due to its ability to transport all types of goods, including the transportation of bulk cargo containers, such as petrochemicals, raw steel and its products, limestone, cement, building materials, industrial and household waste, aluminum, food commodities, and general cargo.
