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so again I'm here with another episode
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on one of the most ambitious and super
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Innovative Mega construction
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project that will make you go
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stun yes I'm talking about the idahot
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railway spending over 11 billion with
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over 1,200 km of freight and passenger
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Railway Network that stretches from the
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Emirates from the Gulf of Alan to the
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Gulf it is till date the most ambitious
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Railway project ever constructed in a
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sandfill desert in the entire
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world hang on it's not just this Railway
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Network there's much more to it before
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we move on I like you to hit like
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latest construction and Innovative
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projects so the idad railway is just one
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part of this gigantic Venture the actual
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project comprises of over 2,000 kmet of
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Railway Network connect six of the
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middle east's wealthiest countries can
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you ever imagine a railway Network right
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in the middle of the desert sand dunes
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but how to tackle those immense
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challenges including Crossing sand
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desert and tunneling through the
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mountains that's why the golden price
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tag of $100 billion is
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Justified it's an attempt by the gulf
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cooperation Council to connect six
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richest countries in the
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Gulf it's a way to reshape the transport
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sector with a sustainable project it's
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an attempt to reduce carbon footprint
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and Kickstart a whole new era of
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Economic Development the multifold
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challenges of the project to overcome
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our political financial and logistical
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nature the Allin iring idea for this
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project was revealed in February 1981 in
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RI Saudi Arabia the leaders of Saudi
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Arabia Kuwait UAA Qatar Bahrain and Oman
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met to form some sort of grand political
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and economic Alliance in the name of
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Council because their economies are oil
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and gas Central it's an attempt to
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reshape their economies after the Great
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Recession and hit to economies that's
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where this Railway project project comes
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in in 2009 the GCC approved a massive
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Railway project that would link all six
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member states the cost would be divided
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among the countries with the entire
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project estimated to be between 100 to
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billion a key element of the network is
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idahot Railway an 11 billion
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1,200 km Freight and passenger Railways
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stretching AC across the Emirates from
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the Gulf of Alman to the Persian
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Gulf let's now talk about the project
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salian features and some of the
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innovative ideas being
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followed the uaa's first national rail
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network is being constructed in two
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stages the first stage was completed in
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264 km from the habshan and sha areas in
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Abu Dhabi to the port of
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ruway it's a tough working environment
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to say the least it can get so hot in
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the summer that some construction sites
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operate at night when temperatures are
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closer to 30° C or 86° F sand makes for
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difficult shifting terrain IOD learn
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from others who have built in the desert
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including China Saudi Arabia and morania
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those Nations St Solutions like turning
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sand dunes to Clay over many years
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monitoring the shifting dunes and
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planting walls of vegetation to block
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wind and sand idod rails locomotive
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design includes a sand filtration system
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and sand plow to help mitigate the
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challenges of the sand in stage one idod
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rail constructed 20 over Bridges two
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under bridges 10 Road underpasses and 18
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smaller underpasses for future use the
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company also built two factories to
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produce concrete Railway sleepers made
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from locally sourced raw materials which
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form the base of the tracks each sleeper
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is 2.6 M long and weighs 340 kg they're
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attached to the main rails with a
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fastening system and are used to help
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stabilize the track and ensure the train
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can travel smoothly at speeds of up to
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200 km an hour for passenger trains but
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this first route isn't transporting
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passengers just yet rather it's carrying
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up to 22,000 tons of granulated sulfur
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across 10 wagons each day the element is
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extracted from the oil fields in Abu
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Dhabi and processed for export at the
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Port of ruai where it goes on to be used
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to manufacture everything from batteries
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to fertilizers and fireworks idahot rail
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has transported more than 30 million
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tons of granulated sulfur for the Abu
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Dhabi National oil company as of mid
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2021 adod says a single train journey
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reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 70
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to 80% compared to if those trips were
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to be made by trucks that's significant
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for an economy with one of the highest
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carbon footprints in the world that
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efficiency has also helped make the
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Emirates the world's top exporter of
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679 million in 2019 much of that sulfur
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likely went to China the world's largest
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importer of the element who also happens
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to be involved in stage two of the
