The construction contracts for phase 2 of Etihad Rail are due to be awarded soon
Phase 2 of the UAEs $11bn Etihad Rail project is close to being awarded.
Speaking at MEEDs Rail & Metro Summit in Abu Dhabi, Abdulrahman al-Janahi, senior development manager at Etihad Rail, said the technical evaluation of bids had been competed and the phase was almost ready to go.
Phase 2 will connect the major ports and cities in the UAE. The 628-kilometre rail line will link Ruwais in Abu Dhabi to Ghweifat on its border with Saudi Arabia.
The first section of phase 1, linking gasfields of Habshan to Ruwais port, is due to be completed and operational by the end of the year. Civil and tracks work for phase 1, worth $898m, is being developed by a consortium led by Italys Saipem. The other members of the consortium include Tecnimont, also Italian, and the UAEs Dodsal Engineering and Construction.
Al Janahi said that engineering and design work is starting on phase 3 of the project, which will cover a track connecting the network to the Northern emirates.
In August, Dubai-based Al-Futtaim Engineering won a multimillion-dirham contract to provide heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) works on Etihad Rail.
The railway will be 1,200km in length and form part of the GCC Railway Network.
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- Bechtel rail head asks for streamlined procurement
- Traffic management a challenge for Riyadh Metro builders
- Arab rail network to cost $90bn to deliver
- Arab countries need 30,000 kilometres of rail network
- Approval granted for GCC railway authority
- GCC to work with foreign partners for local manufacturing
- Award expected in November for Bahrain-Saudi rail link
- GCC railway needs its own standards
- GCC railway targets 2018 completion date
- Cairo metro to complete phase 2 of third line next year
- First Al-Sufouh trams to arrive in Dubai at end of year
- Jeddah metro readies for pre-project management contract tender
- Tehran expects to complete third metro line in 2015
- Kurdistans Suleimaniyah light rail project to tender in 2014
- Length of Middle East rail networks set to double
- Local talent needed for regional railway sector
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