{"id":26290,"date":"2026-07-02T10:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/?p=26290"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:10:50","slug":"etihad-rail-reveals-first-station-locations-across-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/etihad-rail-reveals-first-station-locations-across-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad Rail Reveals First Station Locations Across the UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Etihad Rail officially launched the introductory phase of its long-awaited passenger service on June 30, marking a major milestone for the UAE&#8217;s 900km national rail network. The service connected 10 planned destinations across all seven emirates, with Dubai&#8217;s first station confirmed at Jumeirah Golf Estates. Most of the initial stations were located within the Abu Dhabi emirate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first operational stations opened in Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, with additional stations planned across Sharjah and Dubai. Confirmed locations included Al Dhaid and University City in Sharjah, Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, Al Hilal in Fujairah, and several destinations across Abu Dhabi including Mohammed bin Zayed City, Madinat Zayed, Liwa, Al Mirfa, Al Sila, and Al Dhannah. The stations were designed to serve both residents and visitors while improving connectivity between the emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The passenger stations featured plans for caf\u00e9s, restaurants, retail outlets, and international brands. Future travel times were expected to be significantly reduced, with journeys between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and Dubai and Fujairah, taking around 50 minutes. Operating at speeds of up to 200 km\/h, the network was projected to transport 36 million passengers annually by 2030, while a future high-speed rail service could reach speeds of up to 350 km\/h.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etihad Rail officially launched the introductory phase of its long-awaited passenger service on June 30, marking a major milestone for the UAE&#8217;s 900km national rail network. The service connected 10 planned destinations across all seven emirates, with Dubai&#8217;s first station confirmed at Jumeirah Golf Estates. Most of the initial stations were located within the Abu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26292,"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26290\/revisions\/26292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topspotsdubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}