Atlas Corridor
Component

Ethiad Rail

railway

Cities

Fujairah
United Arab Emirates
Jebel Ali
United Arab Emirates
Khalifa
United Arab Emirates
Al-Ghuwaifat
United Arab Emirates

Distance

1200km
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1200km
rehabilitated
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existing
– km

Cost

$11b
$11,000,000,000

Phases

underConstruction, 2026

Objective

It integrates key industrial areas, ports, and logistics hubs into a single high-capacity rail network that can facilitate both domestic and future cross-border freight movement within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Description

The Etihad Rail project is the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) national railway network designed to transform freight logistics and, in later phases, passenger transport across the country. Originally launched in 2009, Etihad Rail aims to link all seven emirates with an approximately 1,200 km standard-gauge rail line running from the Saudi border in the west to Fujairah on the Arabian Sea in the east

Finance

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$3100000000 investment
UAE Federal Government Government
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$7300000000 investment
Government of Abu Dhabi Government

Operators

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Ethiad Rail
Company

Contractors

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China Railway Construction Corporation Limited
Company
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National Projects & Construction (NPC)
Company