Etihad Rail Abu Dhabi to Dubai high-speed rail
Status, timeline, budget and the areas around it, with every fact sourced.
- Type
- Transport
- Emirate
- multi
Overview
Etihad Rail unveiled plans in January 2025 for an electric high-speed line between Abu Dhabi and Dubai with trains of up to 350 km/h and a 30 minute journey time. Six first phase stations were named, at Reem Island, Yas Island, Saadiyat Island, Zayed International Airport, near Al Maktoum International Airport and at Jaddaf. No launch date had been revealed in the reports reviewed.
- Status
- Announced January 2025; no launch date revealed (as reported August 2025)
- Type
- Transport
- Emirate
- multi
Timeline
23 January 2025
High-speed rail plans unveiled
Source: The National
Key facts
- Journey time
- 30 minutes between Abu Dhabi and DubaiSource: The National
- Top speed
- Up to 350 km/h, electricSource: The National
- Stations (first phase)
- Six: Reem Island, Yas Island, Saadiyat Island, Zayed International Airport, a site near Al Maktoum International Airport, and Jaddaf near Dubai CreekSource: The National
On the map
Station sites are not built or published with coordinates, so no coordinates recorded. Station order along the line not published; listed here without implied sequence.
Stations
In route order. Stations with a map point are drawn on the map.
- 1Reem Island
- 2Saadiyat Island
- 3Yas Island
- 4Zayed International Airport
- 5Near Al Maktoum International Airport
- 6Jaddaf (near Dubai Creek)
Areas affected and nearby
Areas a source places on or beside the project, or within 5 km of a mapped point, with their latest published changes.
| Area | Why it is listed | Price, 12 months | Price, 3 years | Rent, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jaddaf | Station planned at Jaddaf near Dubai Creek | +8.4% | +50.1% | +6.6% |
| Al Reem Island | Station planned on Reem Island | +10.31% | ||
| Saadiyat Island | Station planned on Saadiyat Island | -1.28% | ||
| Yas Island | Station planned on Yas Island | +5.65% |
Each change compares the average of everything registered in one period with the period before. It moves with the mix of homes sold as well as with prices, so it is not like-for-like growth. Source: Property Finder, from Dubai Land Department records. Other emirates: Bayut asking-price index.
Sources
Questions buyers ask
What is the status of Etihad Rail Abu Dhabi to Dubai high-speed rail?
Announced January 2025; no launch date revealed (as reported August 2025).
Which areas are near Etihad Rail Abu Dhabi to Dubai high-speed rail?
Al Jaddaf, Al Reem Island, Saadiyat Island and Yas Island.
How the atlas is built
- Every figure is copied as published by a named source, with its link, the period it covers and the date we read it. Nothing is estimated, interpolated, averaged or rounded.
- Dubai price, rent and change figures come from Property Finder's transaction pages, which publish averages of Dubai Land Department registered sales and tenancy contracts for the last 3 months, 6 months, 12 months and 3 years, with a change against the period before.
- Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah figures come from Bayut's asking-price index: advertised prices, not completed sales, which usually sit above transaction prices.
- ValuStrat readings are valuation-based and appear only where the press reported a community by name.
- Sources measure different things. Compare areas within one source and one period, never across sources.
- Projects and regeneration zones come from official releases where we could read them, otherwise from The National, Khaleej Times or Gulf News. A project is listed against an area when a source places it there, or when its mapped point is within 5 km of the area's point.
- Price effects of projects are published claims, attributed to the publisher. The atlas never says that a project caused a price change.
Data compiled 12 November 2026.
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