Overview

• Etihad Rail will integrate journey planning through Citymapper via partners United Trans and Via, offering real-time routing, fare visibility and multimodal options across rail, metro, bus and on-demand transit.
• Yango Group signed a framework to provide first- and last-mile ride-hailing at stations with coordinated pick-up points and traffic management, with a later phase exploring ticket purchases in the Yango app.
• Dubai Taxi Company will deliver integrated station transport in Dubai using its taxi, limousine and bus fleet, with bookings enabled through its partnership with Bolt.
• A pre-launch test from Al Qudra in Dubai to Fujairah carried senior officials, validating key sections as safety testing and infrastructure commissioning continue.
• Passenger service remains slated for 2026 on a 900km network linking 11 cities, with trains projected to carry up to 400 passengers at up to 200 km/h and ridership forecast to reach 36.5 million by 2030.