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CTOnews.com news on January 31, China's high-end equipment "going out to sea" has made a new breakthrough. On January 31, Sifang Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway Corporation, signed a contract for the supply of passenger EMU projects with Etihad Railway Company of the United Arab Emirates, including 21 (3) high-speed EMU (3 trains) operating at a speed of 200 km / h and a maximum of 140 (20) additional options, as well as 15-year maintenance services for all related trains.

This is the first time that China's passenger EMU has been exported to the United Arab Emirates, which will help the United Arab Emirates to establish a trunk railway passenger service for the first time.

In order to promote trade and economic growth, the UAE is planning to build a new national railway network connecting seven Emirates, which is the largest infrastructure construction project in the UAE's national plan for the next 50 years. The EMU project signed this time, as an important part of the UAE railway development plan, will be used to serve the UAE national railway passenger transport and become the first batch of trunk railway passenger trains in the UAE.

CTOnews.com learned that, according to the contract, the train of the project is a high-speed diesel EMU with centralized power, with a maximum operating speed of 200km / h and a construction speed of 220km. It is currently the highest speed EMU in the world. According to the railway operation needs of the United Arab Emirates, the train will be built with advanced international standards and technology to meet the special operating environment such as high temperature and sandstorm in the United Arab Emirates. The train has first-class seats, second-class seats and family areas, will be equipped with advanced air-conditioning system, carriage WIFI, charging interface and other passenger facilities, and equipped with intelligent operation and maintenance system to provide comfortable and intelligent passenger service experience.

According to the plan, this batch of international advanced modern high-speed diesel EMU is expected to be put into trial operation in the UAE national railway in 2025. At that time, it will help the United Arab Emirates to establish a trunk railway passenger transport service for the first time, providing a new and faster and efficient mode of transportation between key cities in the United Arab Emirates, and greatly shorten travel time.

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