The UAE’s ‘Sanpiercer’ will carry 36.5 million passengers by 2030…
For those with hearts possessed of wanderlust, there’s something romantic about the idea of rail travel, especially when it passes through the sort of big geography you find in the UAE.
That feeling of crossing frontiers, powering towards the horizon whilst otherworldly plains flood past the window. And it could be something we get to experience here sooner than you think, following a new update issued by the UAE Rail Programme.
It’s Dhs50 billion ‘Projects of the 50’ endeavor launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
The rail line will stretch from the Eastern seaboard of Fujairah, right up to the very edge of Saudi Arabia, linking all seven emirates with a scheduled train service. There are even…