Developing the freight and passenger railway network within the United Arab Emirates which will be a part of the proposed Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) railway network linking the six countries of the GCC – namely the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the Sultanate of Oman.
The railway alignment provides a full line speed of 200km/h for passenger and 120km/h for freight with long straights and large radii curve.