--- title: "Etihad Rail Abu Dhabi to Dubai high-speed rail" canonical: https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/atlas/projects/abu-dhabi-dubai-high-speed-rail markdown: https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/md/atlas/projects/abu-dhabi-dubai-high-speed-rail.md type: atlas description: "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." updated: 2026-11-12 publisher: "UAE Property Agents (Omnia)" language: en-GB usage: "You may read, quote, summarise and cite this content, including in AI answers, with attribution to UAE Property Agents and a link to the canonical URL. Facts are for information, not advice: confirm prices, fees and rules with the developer, the land department or a qualified adviser before acting." --- # Etihad Rail Abu Dhabi to Dubai high-speed rail > 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. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | 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. [The National](https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/2025/01/24/etihad-rail-map-route-stations-abu-dhabi-dubai/). ## Key facts - **Journey time**: 30 minutes between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. [The National](https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/2025/01/24/etihad-rail-map-route-stations-abu-dhabi-dubai/). - **Top speed**: Up to 350 km/h, electric. [The National](https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/2025/01/24/etihad-rail-map-route-stations-abu-dhabi-dubai/). - **Stations (first phase)**: Six: Reem Island, Yas Island, Saadiyat Island, Zayed International Airport, a site near Al Maktoum International Airport, and Jaddaf near Dubai Creek. [The National](https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/2025/01/24/etihad-rail-map-route-stations-abu-dhabi-dubai/). ## Stations 1. Reem Island 2. Saadiyat Island 3. Yas Island 4. Zayed International Airport 5. Near Al Maktoum International Airport 6. Jaddaf (near Dubai Creek) 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. ## Areas affected and nearby Areas a source places on or beside the project, or within 5 km of a mapped point. 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. | Area | Why it is listed | Price per sq ft, 12 months | Price per sq ft, 3 years | New-contract rent, 12 months | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Al Jaddaf](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/atlas/areas/al-jaddaf) | Station planned at Jaddaf near Dubai Creek | +8.4% | +50.1% | +6.6% | | [Al Reem Island](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/atlas/areas/al-reem-island) | Station planned on Reem Island | | | | | [Saadiyat Island](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/atlas/areas/saadiyat-island) | Station planned on Saadiyat Island | | | | | [Yas Island](https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/atlas/areas/yas-island) | Station planned on Yas Island | | | | Changes: Source: Property Finder, from Dubai Land Department records. ## Questions and answers ### 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. ## Sources - [The National: Etihad Rail: What is the new high-speed Abu Dhabi-Dubai route?](https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/2025/01/24/etihad-rail-map-route-stations-abu-dhabi-dubai/), read 12 November 2026 - [The National: Why Etihad Rail's high-speed line between Abu Dhabi and Dubai is on a fast track to success](https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2025/08/08/why-etihad-rails-high-speed-line-between-abu-dhabi-and-dubai-is-on-a-fast-track-to-success), read 12 November 2026 ## 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. Area, station and project points are from OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence. Base map tiles are from Esri. Property Finder figures are Property Finder's published aggregates of Dubai Land Department records, quoted as headline figures with a link to each page. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright. --- Source page: https://www.uaepropertyagents.com/atlas/projects/abu-dhabi-dubai-high-speed-rail. Published by UAE Property Agents, Omnia Capital Group. You may read, quote, summarise and cite this content, including in AI answers, with attribution to UAE Property Agents and a link to the canonical URL. 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