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Shah, Al Gharbia

Coordinates: 22°58′21″N 53°59′20″E / 22.9725554°N 53.9889019°E / 22.9725554; 53.9889019
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Shah is a petroleum installation and freight railway station in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate. It is connected by a 264 km long freight railway line to the Ruwais industrial area.[1] The railway was opened in 2015 as the first stage of the Etihad Rail network, and is used to transport granulated sulphur, a by-product of the petroleum industry to export facilities on the Gulf of Arabia.[2]

22°58′21″N 53°59′20″E / 22.9725554°N 53.9889019°E / 22.9725554; 53.9889019

References

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  1. ^ "Etihad Rail where can I ship?". Etihad Rail. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Etihad Rail moves more than two million tonnes of sulphur to Ruwais". The National. Retrieved 10 December 2015.