Realising Dubai’s Metro Dreams

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DUBAI - Even before the Dubai Metro is launched, it has earned its most ardent passenger — Abdulla Ali Abdul Razak Al Madani, the CEO of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Corporate Support Services...

Dubai Metro: Track to the future

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With Dubai’s mass light rail transit system going live in September, typical commuter travelling and waiting times will be slashed from hours to mere minutes, a top official overseeing the Dubai Metro said. Mark McCole,...

Dubai Metro finishes tunnelling work

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Dubai: The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has achieved another milestone on the construction of Dubai Metro with the completion of tunnelling work on both the Red and the Green Lines. "The tunnelling work...

Metro safety: Dubai Police signs MoU with RTA

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A smooth and safe ride on the Dubai Metro will be guaranteed by 668 police officers, about 3,000 security cameras and two new underground station police stations, say senior officials. The Department of Transportation Security...

Union Square 'biggest' underground station

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Dubai: The Union Square station of Dubai Metro in Deira is the world's biggest underground metro station in terms of covered area, said a senior official.     "The Union Square underground metro station which spans an...

The British Secretary of State for Business Hails the Accelerated Constructing Dubai Metro, RTA...

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Roads & Transport Authority - Mohammed Al Munji: H.E. Peter Mandelson, the British Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, praised the use of the latest technologies in Dubai Metro Project, and...

All Aboard the Dubai Metro

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Dubai Metro is the Middle East’s first automated rail transport system and the world’s longest. As such it poses both unique challenges and opportunities for the FM provider Serco. Paul Collett speaks to Paul...

Name changes cause further Dubai Metro work

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Transport Design Consultancy's work on the Dubai Metro is continuing as the names of at least 13 stations in Dubai's first-ever public transport system are to be changed in line with sponsorship branding. The latest...

Metro project on track as 44 trains arrive at Jebel Ali

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Four, out of the 17 planned trains, have been delivered in Dubai for the Green Line, according to the RTA. "Currently 44 trains have arrived at the Jebel Ali depot and the post-delivery inspections on...