The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a new railways program to support a national vision to connect the country's key centers of industry and production, open new trade routes and facilitate population movement, reports Asharq Al-Awsat.
The program will consist of a national network of railway projects that link the emirates and key cities of the country.
The Railways Program will involve $13.6 billion of investments, 70 percent of which target the UAE market. As part of the program, the Etihad Rail project will be built out, connecting Ghuwaifat on the border with Saudi Arabia to the port of Fujairah on the Eastern Coast, linking 11 key cities and regions across the UAE.
The Etihad Rail project is the largest to consolidate the union's strength for the next 50 years, and is expected to reduce carbon emissions 70 percent to 80 percent.
