# Hitachi Rail STS wins AED 1.6bn signalling contract for Etihad Rail Stage 2

Hitachi Rail STS has been awarded a AED 1.6 billion (€400 million) contract by Etihad Rail to design, build and integrate a modern signalling system on a new 605 km freight line connecting Fujairah port to the Saudi border. The project is expected to take about three and a half years.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-10-01
- Where: United Arab Emirates (Fujairah to Saudi border), United Arab Emirates
- Value: $435.6M (1.60B AED)
- Status: announced
- Products: signalling system (ETCS level 2), telecoms and power supply systems
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Etihad Rail](https://endata.com/companies/40397.md) (customer)
- [Hitachi Rail STS](https://endata.com/companies/42439.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [hitachi.com](https://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2019/10/191024a.html), 2019-10-01: "Etihad Rail has appointed Hitachi Rail STS to install a modern signalling system and related equipment on the new 605km freight line connecting Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates to the border of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

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