Muscat: Oman and Etihad Rail Company (OERC) has launched a new brand identity for the railway network that links the city of Suhar with Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The project will be now called 'Hafeet Rail'
Three agreements were signed within the framework of the railway network project linking the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The first is a partnership agreement between shareholders—namely Etihad Rail, Oman Rail, and Mubadala, signals the actual start of the project.
The second agreement deals with awarding civil contracts for a joint network that stems from an Omani-UAE alliance led by “Trojan Construction Group” (NPC) and “Galfar Engineering and Contracting”.
|The third agreement deals with “awarding systems and integration contracts related to the railway network” to an alliance between “Siemens” and “HAC” to supply trains with the latest techniques and technology.
The 303-km railway will link Suhar to Abu Dhabi with passenger trains designed to reduce travel time to 1 hour 40 minutes. Travel time between Suhar and al Ain will be reduced to 47 minutes, traveling at a maximum speed of 200 km/h.
The freight trains will run up to 120 km/h.
OERC and Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) have an agreement for the project, which will have a total investment value of $3 billion.
The cooperation agreement includes the formation of working groups and a joint committee to benefit from common capabilities and knowledge, and joint work to develop an economic and financial feasibility study.
The trains will have a capacity to ferry 12,000 passengers per day and 250,000 containers at the start of the line's operation.
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