Tag: abu dhabi metro

The speed of the metro within Doha would reach 80km/h, and increase to 130km/h outside Doha. The metro lines are classified into three types. The red line extends over 177km across around 36 stations. It connects the north and south of Qatar linking Mesaieed City, New Doha International Airport, Musheireb, Lucile, Al-Khor, the North and Ras Laffan.

Thirty Emiratis have been employed to fill positions created by the opening of the Dubai Metro Green Line. The move is part of a Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) programme to have Emiratis in 30 to 50 per cent of leadership and supervisory jobs within the first five years of the Metro's operation.

The Saudi Gazette reported that the Makkah Construction Project includes 4 metro lines and 182 kilometers train system with 88 stations that will link Makkah districts to the Grand Mosque. Makkah Mayor Dr Osama Fadl Al Bar expects that Makkah train which will be linked to the Holy Sites Train will be operational two years after work begins on the project.

"It was not possible to delay this project because if that happened we would have faced a crisis and confusion in executing the scheduled plan up to 2015... Therefore, I decided to go ahead and achieve the project so as to have time for future projects," Sheikh Mohammed added.

Also today, freight transport and logistics in the Middle East region are highly inefficient and dominated by road transport. Governments in the region have initiated multi-billion US Dollar programs to establish a rail network in the Middle East / GCC to benefit from the lower emissions of rail freight transport and to accommodate the significantly increased demand.

Public transport featured in the agenda as Abu Dhabi has made significant investments in infrastructure especially for major road projects. The feasibility of the Abu Dhabi metro and Union Railway project were also reviewed.

The Al Habtoor Leighton Group has announced it has joined forces with leading Australian rail contractor John Holland to create Advance Rail Group to pursue an expected USD 75 billion in future rail jobs in the GCC region. He said that metro lines are expected to be installed in Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Light rail lines are also planned. Our initial focus will be in regional rail in Abu Dhabi and metro systems in Doha. The establishment of this new rail business aligns with HLG's business strategy to secure more civil infrastructure in this region.

There have been two distinct reactions from my friends in Dubai about the announcement that the Metro’s Green Line will open next August. One group, comprised of students, artists, environmentalists and mostly working class folks, is upset that they will have to wait so long. The other couldn’t care less.

The Central District metro station will connect to key areas of the Abu Dhabi metropolitan areas. Once operational, later phases will link the Abu Dhabi Metro to the Dubai Metro and to other cities across the UAE and to other GCC states.