Etihad Rail the master developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network has awarded a contract to PCM Strescon Overseas Ventures Limited for the provision of railway sleepers.

India based PCM Strescon will be responsible for the design and manufacturing of railway sleepers in the UAE. It will also be responsible for the setting up of the sleeper manufacturing facility for phase one of the railway network of 266 kilometres route linking Shah, Habshan and Ruwais in Abu Dhabi’s Western Region.

The sleeper manufacturing facility will be set up in Western region of Abu Dhabi.

Mr Richard Bowker CEO of Etihad Rail said that “We are delighted to announce that Etihad Rail will be working with PCM Strescon. This award clearly highlights that we are moving full speed ahead with the railway network one that will transform the transport sector in the UAE. We look forward to announcing news of further important contract developments over the coming months.”

PCM Strescon is a leading manufacturer of pre-stressed concrete sleepers. It has already set up two factories in Saudi Arabia with the world’s highest production capacities, and have supplied more than 2.6 million sleepers to the North South Railway Project of Saudi Arabian Railways.