
The UAE Railway Programme includes a national network of railway projects that would link the seven emirates. (Image source: UAE Government Media Office)
Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy prime minister, minister of finance and Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of Etihad Rail witnessed the connection of Abu Dhabi and Dubai with a direct railway within the ?UAE National Rail Network,? in a major development within the largest infrastructure project in the UAE