Tag: abu dhabi metro
Abu Dhabi begins work on Metro and light-rail design
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport has started work on the design of a Metro and light-rail transit system after the Executive Council approved funding for the projects, a spokesman for the department said. The Abu Dhabi Metro, which will extend approximately 131 km and be supported by tram and bus feeder networks, is set to be operational by 2016-17.
Abu Dhabi. Public transport must be flexible
Abu Dhabi is rapidly growing to become a major metropolitan centre, and it badly needs a better transport network, which will end the misery of today's gridlocks. This is the importance of the 2030 plans for a low-carbon network of public transport, including buses and trams, metro system, regional railways and a ferry link to Dubai.
Resourcing International to recruit for Qatar Rail
Resourcing International, a subsidiary of the Resourcing Solutions Group has successfully tendered to recruit for Qatar Rail, the company at the core of Qatar’s ‘infrastructure dream’.
2nd Madonna show tickets on sale today
Tickets for the second Madonna concert in Abu Dhabi will go on sale today (March 5) mid-day across the UAE, its organiser said.
Abu Dhabi metro funding approved
The emirate is planning to build a 131 km metro network and no less than 300 km of tram routes.
Saudi Binladin Group wins Mecca rail contract, Eqtisadiah says
The Saudi Binladin Group won a contract to build a rail line linking the Haramain train route with a metro in Mecca
Kuwait’s $7bn metro gets green light
Kuwait is pushing ahead with its new metro rail system, with the company in charge of building the first phase of the project announcing that it will begin procurement “shortly”.
Funding for Abu Dhabi metro approved
The Abu Dhabi Metro, which will run approximately 131km and be supported by tram and bus feeder, is set to be operational by 2016-17. Abu Dhabi Metro would be linked to the Dubai Metro and other cities in the UAE and to other GCC states. Further details about the projects' budgets, designs and completion dates will be released soon, according to the spokesman.
Traffic projects get the green light
Funding has been approved for four Department of Transport (DoT) projects by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. They are the Mafraq-Ghweifat motorway to the Saudi border, the Dubai-Abu Dhabi motorway, a metro and light-rail transit system and the alleviation of Abu Dhabi's traffic congestion.
