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The passenger and freight service, which does not yet have a completion date, is expected to carry more than 36 million passengers a year by 2030.
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Construction is under way on the Etihad Rail bridge. This is part of the Etihad Rail development, a passenger and freight train project that will link all seven emirates in the UAE. All photos: Etihad Rail
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The bridge is located in Al Bithnah, Fujairah. Etihad Rail said it will act as the rail gateway to the UAE’s east coast and facilitate trade to and from Fujairah.
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It passes through the Hajar Mountains and is 600 metres long. Construction for the Northern Emirates network involves building 54 bridges and nine tunnels across the mountains.
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Workers on the site in Fujairah. The passenger trains will travel at up to 200 kilometres per hour, each carrying about 400 people.
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The bridge will afford passengers a beautiful backdrop of mountains in the distance.
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Heavy machinery on site. The complete network will measure about 1,200km.
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The eagerly awaited rail service, which will take people from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah in about an hour, is taking shape.
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The Fujairah construction work (pictured) comes after the Abu Dhabi to Dubai stretch of the project was completed in March 2022.
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The passenger and freight service, which does not yet have a completion date, is expected to carry more than 36 million passengers a year by 2030.
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Construction is under way on the Etihad Rail bridge. This is part of the Etihad Rail development, a passenger and freight train project that will link all seven emirates in the UAE. All photos: Etihad Rail
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KDFZXVDZ3FANHMQTYKTOLODINY.png?smart=true&auth=0af1acbb1633cd5527813ea003ef417e54a2a05996d40c41f9a2764c25001383&width=400&height=225)
The bridge is located in Al Bithnah, Fujairah. Etihad Rail said it will act as the rail gateway to the UAE’s east coast and facilitate trade to and from Fujairah.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JXLACKDC5BHEVNA6ACHWJPCY7I.png?smart=true&auth=3115e06c90acf2af19878bffd77bc99b0bc7add619ad2a22dd7ff026f848537f&width=400&height=225)
It passes through the Hajar Mountains and is 600 metres long. Construction for the Northern Emirates network involves building 54 bridges and nine tunnels across the mountains.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FWBTMJ47H5CSVNSAD2IA36JGYA.png?smart=true&auth=49df7f04ac623d8d1baccf60dd20e59a1791a094c1b95a709a4dd64abe63b825&width=400&height=225)
Workers on the site in Fujairah. The passenger trains will travel at up to 200 kilometres per hour, each carrying about 400 people.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/OGVPWGUX4ZHLDMKKZTSLOVRPMU.png?smart=true&auth=27bec9248b17a715fb09fa97cabc0d13997b193ebd2e128e834f23cd02af2add&width=400&height=225)
The bridge will afford passengers a beautiful backdrop of mountains in the distance.
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Heavy machinery on site. The complete network will measure about 1,200km.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YGKJJYXJTVGX5IQLMU2TPZVGDU.png?smart=true&auth=a9ded1e08005bedebc6092fbbd7cd7dfba7bbb116b02651541743f8914175026&width=400&height=225)
The eagerly awaited rail service, which will take people from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah in about an hour, is taking shape.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5D2FB3YV65FGRA4JKA3TMMMZ3U.png?smart=true&auth=08d768ac02416ef278c127b5c08cf28f3ef025c9118ef51ed4e39dda8f2865ef&width=400&height=225)
The Fujairah construction work (pictured) comes after the Abu Dhabi to Dubai stretch of the project was completed in March 2022.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/E2J3GFHX6VFLXPMOOQF3W3A7HY.png?smart=true&auth=8c5ec508b90caa3275435079bb12e15a4b56681ada007a00550ab15177d0b501&width=400&height=225)
The passenger and freight service, which does not yet have a completion date, is expected to carry more than 36 million passengers a year by 2030.
First glimpse of Etihad Rail's new 600-metre bridge
Striking structure in Fujairah will act as the gateway to the east coast
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The National
12 May, 2022
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