Show only titles
Palm Jumeirah Monorail category
Nakheel hires Serco for Palm Jumeirah Monorail
Developer Nakheel has hired the British company Serco to operate and maintain the Palm Jumeirah Monorail, the company said in a statement. The Palm Jumeirah Monorail was the first such project to be constructed in the Middle East. The system is fully automatic and driverless and can carry up to 2,400 passengers per hour per direction in four separate trains, each made up of three cars. At full capacity, the figure rises to a maximum of 6,000 people in nine vehicles.
Palm Monorail on Palm Island!! In the cockpit. (06-2010)
A view over Palm Island, like the metro driver!!
End of contract is not end of the line for Palm Monorail
Nakheel says the Palm Monorail will continue to run despite the Dubai World-owned property developer cancelling the operations and maintenance contract with the Singaporean rail company SMRT.
SMRT to stop operating, maintaining Palm Monorail in Dubai from Aug 5
Transport operator SMRT said it will stop operating and maintaining the Palm Monorail in Dubai from August 5. This follows the termination of the contract to do so by Dubai-based real estate developer Nakheel.
Iraq shrine city to get ultra-modern monorail
Currently the only other monorail system in the Middle East is in Dubai. The line, which opened last year, links the mainland to the man-made island of Palm Jumeirah — a residential and leisure mega-project off the coast in the Gulf.
Gulf opportunities attract Singaporean companies
Japanese builders played a pivotal part in Dubai’s construction boom, spearheading work on the Dh28 billion (US$7.62bn) Metro and helping to build Nakheel’s palm-shaped islands off the emirate’s coast.
Dubai’s tram project is on track
Rail projects have become popular in the GCC as the region tries to reduce road congestion and improve the quality of life. Dubai has invested heavily in mass transit and this year opened the Palm Jumeira Monorail on the man-made island as well as the first line of its Dh28bn Dubai Metro rail transit system.
Palm Jumeirah Monorail video
The latest addition to Dubai’s transport line is the new monorail that services The Palm Jumeirah.
