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Dubai Metro on track to lease all retail units by year-end
Etisalat’s deal alone reportedly cost AED135m, helping the RTA to raise nearly AED2bn as it looked to claw back some of the costs of constructing the metro. The RTA confirmed in 2009 that the cost of building the Metro had nearly doubled from AED15bn to AED28bn.
More than 10% of Dubai Metro Green Line staff will be Emirati
Up to 150 of the second lines’ 800 employees, which will include ticket sales staff, security personnel, train drivers and maintenance workers, will be UAE nationals, the CEO of Serco Middle East Zafar Raja has said.
Dubai Metro’s Purple Line faces cancellation
A proposed $2.73bn high-speed express railway link between Dubai International Airport and Dubai World Central could be cancelled, according to a senior official familiar with the project.On Wednesday, Dubai Airports announced that it would spend $7.8bn expanding the existing facilities at Dubai International Airport.
Dubai Metro operator expects smooth Green-Line opening
The CEO of the Dubai Metro operator Serco Group has said he is confident that problems encountered with the rail system’s Red Line will not reoccur when the Green Line opens this September.
Green Line on track to open in September
Dubai Metro’s Green Line will be completed in August and is expected to open to passengers in September, a senior official at the emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said.
Senior F1 official backs Superbus concept for UAE
Sulayem was invited to test drive the Superbus at Dubai Autodrome on Thursday by its chief designer Antonia Terzi, the Italian former chief aerodynamicist of the BMW-Williams Formula 1 team. Sulayem said: “I had heard a lot about this project and the concept interested me.
Emarat petrol stations run dry in supply shortfall
Petrol pumps at Emarat stations across Dubai have run dry after delivery problems at the company’s depots hit fresh fuel supplies, station managers told Arabian Business. After three days without supplies, workers said they have been forced to turn motorists away.
Dubai Metro sees cuts to staff, trains in cost saving drive
Transport chiefs have reduced the number of employees working for Dubai Metro operator Serco as part of a plan to cut costs, it was revealed on Tuesday. Dubai’s Rail Agency, part of the Roads and Transport Authority, also cut back the number of daily trains in operation
