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Being on a student budget is tough. It's hard when you have to count every dirham you spend. That's why many students in Dubai use the Dubai Metro to travel around. Let's face it, it's the cheapest way to get around. Sabreen Abd Al Sakhi, a Sudanese national, uses the Metro every day to go to and from her summer job.

News of Dubai Metro opening last year was the reason for Arif Khan's decision to continue living in the UAE. Now, he does not ride it any more. Khan, a Pakistani national, stopped riding the Metro when he had to move to Al Ghusais with his family in March.

By Elizabeth Broomhal www.constructionweekonline.com Launched on the ninth day of the ninth month of 2009 at 09:09pm, the Dubai Metro was the first mass urban...

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.

The signalling and safety systems for the long- awaited Green Line of Dubai Metro are now being tested as part of a trial run. A Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) spokesman said: "We have completed the train tracks on the Green Line and are doing trial runs with empty trains to test the line." He said the contractors were now focused on finishing stations on the line, and that work was proceeding at a good pace.

Another focal area is the Green Line extension to International City. "It is under study since International City 2 and Academic City are showing a high rate of development with about 25 per cent ready.

The Metro has transported about 80,000 passengers per day in its first six months. The number is expected to rise to more than 140,000 per day in coming months with the opening of the new Metro stations on April 30.

Properties located near Dubai Metro stations have not seen the expected hike in rental rates that was initially anticipated when the new transport network opened in September last year, a Dubai-based real estate executive told Arabian Business.

Seven of the remaining 18 incomplete Metro stations will open on April 25, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced yesterday. By then, construction will be complete on all 29 stations on the Red Line. However, of the near-finished stations, only Emirates, Airport Terminal 1, GGICO, Al Karama, World Trade Centre, Marina and Ibn Battuta will be ready for passengers.