The United Arab Emirates has presented its construction achievements to the world, such as the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and the Palm Jumeirah, as well as many other high-rise buildings.
Soon another ambitious project will be added to them – an underwater railway connecting the UAE and India.
Now Arab engineers are developing a plan for the construction of railways, which in the future will become one of the most unusual structures in the world.
Road construction was planned 5 years ago
At the end of 2018, news emerged that the UAE was planning to build a 2,000 km long undersea railway connecting Fujairah and Mumbai.
Abdullah Alshehi, managing director and chief consultant of consultancy firm National Advisory Bureau, said the project will boost trade between India and the UAE. In addition to roads, there are also plans to build pipelines to deliver oil to India and fresh water to the UAE.
The same railway can be used to transport passengers, tourists and workers between the two options. Freight trains and underwater fueling stations can also be launched here to refuel ships directly on the open sea.
5 years later, in October of this year, the National Consultative Bureau of the Arab Emirates began work on the railway project and the type of train that will be launched on it. The affected engineers have to figure out how to limit the railway on the seabed, and at the same time take into account differences in height.
The underwater train will be able to move at a speed of 1000 km/h.
Since the project is only in its early stages, exact details are unknown. However, be aware that the railway will be located under a light tunnel, so train passengers will be able to admire the underwater calendars during the trip.
But it is possible that transparent windows will not be found everywhere, but only in some places. Everything will be obtained from technical capabilities.
The train will likely travel at speeds of up to 1,000 km/h for a journey time of around two hours. If this turns out to be true, the rail service will be faster than the three-hour flight from Mumbai to Fujairah.
At the moment, the fastest train in the world is the Chinese CR450, which reaches a speed of 453 km/h. It is only being tested and has not yet been launched into a full version.
Underwater train is the answer to the mirror city Line in Saudi Arabia
In addition to economic benefits, the underwater railway will be an image project. It should be released all over the world, and first of all in Saudi Arabia, which still has great construction capabilities in the UAE.
Last year, Saudi Arabia announced the construction of a city skyline that would be completely surrounded by glass panels. The first phase will be completed by 2030, and the entire project is estimated at $1 trillion.
The road measurement project is estimated to cost at least several billion dollars, and that’s just the initial cost.
The underwater railway was built back in the USSR, but it has nothing to do with the UAE project
Tunnel under the Amur.
The idea of building railways under water is not something new. In 1942, a railway tunnel under the Amur began operating in Khabarovsk, and in 1994, the Eurotunnel under the English Channel was opened, which connected France and Great Britain.
Both tunnels are located underwater, not at the bottom. Therefore, they can no longer be compared with the UAE tunnel, which should be located right on the seabed.
The beginning of the Channel Tunnel.
The construction of the Channel Tunnel took 7 years. Moreover, its length is 50.5 km (39 km of travel under the strait).
Over the past 30 years, the construction of technologies has greatly stepped forward, and the UAE project itself will be radically different from the Eurotunnel, but in any case, laying 2000 km under water in 7 years is unrealistic. Therefore, it is unlikely that the railway will be launched before the construction line is completed.
Source: Iphones RU
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