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On September 9, the Dubai Metro will celebrate one year of operation amid huge success indicators in the operational efficiency, punctuality in journey schedules, high global safety standards, and a number of users who clocked from the inception up to the first of week of September this year t about 30 million.

Trial runs of the trains on Dubai Metro’s Green Line have started, in preparation for the planned opening of the delayed line next year. For the past couple of weeks residents and travellers along the Green Line route, between Al Nahda and Healthcare City, have noticed the familiar blue trains slowly navigating the elevated tracks.

Dubai Metro has altered the commuting scene in this car-loving city, a year after the first train left the station, but getting motorists from behind their steering wheels remains an uphill struggle. And despite Dubai's severe financial crisis, the rail authority is determined to complete its second line, delayed for over a year.

Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched Dubai Metro, the world’s longest automated driverless train system and the first Metro in the Gulf region. Burj Khalifa Dubai station was opened along with the inauguration of the tower. Three more Metro stations opened with total of 21 stations out of 29.

In a statement carried by government news agency WAM, the emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said that passenger numbers had jumped from 1.8 million in October 2009 to 3.3 million last month – a growth rate of 183 percent.

Al Tayer stated: “Al Khawaneej Bus Depot is considered a milestone in broadening and upgrading public transport network in Dubai Emirate; as it serves a plenty of Dubai Metro stations feeder routes, and passes across a number of districts throughout the Emirate”.

Riding the Metro to downtown Dubai the other day, I wondered what happens when Iftar is announced. What happens if there is a malfunction and the driverless train whizzes past the station without stopping?

My son was born on 09.09.09 and the Road and Transport Authority promised a birthday gift pack for all metro babies. The official letter from the RTA marketing & corporate communications department apologises for the delay and congratulates the parents. The metro baby birthday gift pack includes a certificate signed by Mattar Al Tayer, a toy train and a free one-year metro access special cards for mother & father.

Al Tayer also announced that the RTA had revised the working hours of paid parking zones during the holy month, with the morning session remaining as it is (from 08:00am to 01:00pm), and the evening session starting from 07:00pm till midnight. This, he said, would maintain the same number of hours set for using parking zones in the evening session without any increase. He added: “Revising the parking timing in the evening session was intended to ease the pressure on parking users in the afternoon up to Iftar time.”

Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director of RTA, also announced a revision in the working hours of paid parking zones during Ramadan, where the morning session will remain as it is (from 8am to 1 pm), and the evening session will start from 7pm to midnight. Al Tayer also announced that RTA was keen on delivering top class services to Dubai Metro users.