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The Dubai Metro has a fault rate of only one fault every four million kilometres, announced Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). He said that one fault is registered in one Metro car every 800,000 kilometers. Such a rate is considered as excellent when measured by the standards of modern trains’ faults worldwide.

His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the faults rate in Dubai Metro is one single fault per 4 million kilometers done by the metro i.e. one fault in one metro car every 800 thousand kilometers.

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has appointed Serco Middle East to manage and operate the system under a 7 year licence to 2014 with an option to extend for another 5 years to 2019. The RTA is responsible for all public transport in Dubai including the Metro, buses, taxis and water taxis