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Transport (DoT), is in line with the Plan
Abu Dhabi 2030 and has been approved
by HH General Sheikh Mohammed Bin
Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu
Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander
of the UAE Armed Forces, in his capacity
as the Chairman of the Executive Council.
The DoT for the first time revealed the time
frame for the entire plan, that includes a
130-km metro network, covering the Capital
City District, Abu Dhabi International Airport
and other suburbs. The plan also includes
340-km tramway network, new bus services,
waterway transport of ferries and water taxis,
a high speed rail network connecting Abu
Dhabi with other emirates and the Saudi
border besides a 600-km freight railway line.
All the rail networks, including the
tramway, will have two-way tracks and
will be completed by 2030. DoT Chairman
Abdullah Rashed Al Otaiba said the master
plan is complete with the physical work on
the different projects in the plan starting 2011
and first sections of the metro and tramway
operational in 2015.
“The transport infrastructure will be a fully
1,500
kms rail network will extend
from Abu Dhabi’s Western
region through Dubai,
Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain,
Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and
Ajman
integrated and interconnected and worldclass
system that would make commuting
fast and easy,” he added. The plan also
outlines a similar transport network to be
developed in Al Ain and its suburbs. Work
on the High Speed Rail (with up to 400kmph
speed) and Freight Railway will begin in
2020 and will be completed in 2030.
The National Transport
Authority (NTA)
The UAE last October created a national
railway company that drafted laws and
policies to create a comprehensive strategy
Bahn hopes will lead to more contracts in
the near future. “What is being planned
involves projects in the double-digit billions
range,” a Bahn spokesman said. Bahn is
already involved in a €17 billion (Dh83.7bn)
project in Qatar.
Phase I of capital’s rail network
to be ready in 2015
Abu Dhabi will have its trams and
metro systems ready for use in 2015,
as announced by the multi-billion dollar
transport infrastructure NTA, which was
officially unveiled last year.
The Surface Transport Master Plan
developed by Abu Dhabi Department of
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