Guten tag! German railway firm to train RTA employees

Mattar Al Tayer and Rudiger Grube sign the agreement between RTA and Deutsche Bahn in Dubai on Saturday.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has signed an agreement with German railway company Deutsche Bahn to establish a specialised mobility and transport centre and share expertise in the rail and transport sectors.

Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the board of executive directors of the RTA, and Rudiger Grube, chairman of the board and CEO of Deutsche Bahn, signed the agreement.

The agreement provided for establishing a mobility and transport centre to run training programmes for managers and engineers in the rail and transport sectors at RTA, with special emphasis on rail technologies and systems.

Deutsche Bahn will contribute to establishing a fully-fledged training centre at the RTA. It will be ready to hold the inaugural training course in Q1 2017.

Deutsche Bahn specialises in operating trains and railways in Europe. The company operates the German rail network that extends more than 60,000km, with services including transportation of goods and passengers. The company also provides services to more than 130 countries and employs more than 300,000 staff.

The two parties share many common objectives and can exchange expertise in the field of rail operation and maintenance as well as planning, design and construction of rail projects.

This agreement is a manifestation of the MoU signed between RTA and Deutsche Bahn last year. The MoU provided for boosting cooperation and sharing expertise in the rail sector and transferring transport knowledge to Emirati employees at RTA. It also provided for developing and implementing educational and training programmes periodically for RTA staff, exchanging experts between RTA and Deutsche Bahn and deputing employees for six to 12 months.

Deutsche Bahn has subsidiary companies operating in three sectors. The first sector is passenger transport. The second sector is the transportation of goods and the third sector is the management of rail infrastructure in Germany.

- business@khaleejtimes.com