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23.08.2022

Artikel Nummer: 41743

A powerful fleet for the UAE


The UAE’s Etihad Rail has received the first batches of its new rolling stock. The locomotives and wagons, which reached the UAE via Zayed and Al Musaffah Ports, will operate in Etihad Rail’s entire network.The rail company will increase its fleet of heavy freight locomotives to 45 heavy transport locomotives, which is equivalent to six times its current fleet. US manufacturer Progress Rail will handle the manufacturing and supply of the new electro-diesel locomotives.Ethihad Rail will also increase the size of its wagon fleet, with the company aiming to have more than 1,000 multipurpose wagons, three times the amount currently in its fleet. China's CRRC Group will handle the manufacturing and supply of the new wagons. (ben)

 

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