Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates

Dubai Metro on its opening day September 10, 2009. BurJuman.

Palm Jumeirah Monorail in Dubai

Podcar at a personal rapid transit (PRT) station

The United Arab Emirates has a very limited rail network, and has developed or is developing the following railways:

Urban

Under Construction

Abu Dhabi Metro under consideration

Freight and Intercity

Etihad Rail network : A new railroad system in the UAE. Parts of it are already complete and limited freight service has started. Passenger traffic should start soon. Other lines are still under construction(see next point)
1200 km of new freight and passenger lines will link the UAE, from the Saudi border on the west, to the Oman border on the east, hopefully by 2018^[1]

References

↑ Kevin Smith. "From sand to sea". railjournal.com.

External links

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Etihad rail website

Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates

Lines

Operational	Dubai Metro M1 M2 Dubai Tram T1 Dubai Trolley T2 Palm Jumeirah Monorail L1 Dubai Airport APM

Proposed	Abu Dhabi Metro L1 L2 L3 L4 Dubai Metro M3 M4 Gulf Railway

Stakeholders

Owner	Etihad Rail Emaar Properties Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Nakheel Properties

Operator	Etihad Rail Serco

Contractor	Serco SYSTRA Alstom-Besix Consortium

Rolling Stock

Diesel	EMD SD70ACS

Electric	Alstom Citadis 402 Hitachi Monorail Bombardier Innovia APM Mitsubishi-Kinki Sharyo TIG/m Streetcar

Rail transport in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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