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The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently held a Rail Forum featuring the participation of about 50 students taking various engineering programs in a host of UAE universities with the aim of giving them exposure to rail projects and various related engineering works in a bid to encourage and pave the way for them to take up field works after graduation.

The Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi enters the final lap of preparations ahead of the November opening. Carlos Sainz Jr., an international racing driver, went for a special property inspection… in his Formula 1 car.

Thousands of passengers were left stranded last night after a system fault halted Dubai Metro in both directions on the Red Line.

An Indian worker is facing trial on charges of groping a woman on the escalator of one of the Dubai Metro stations. The 40-year-old Indian woman told the court that the incident took place in March at the Jebel Ali Metro station.

The Licensing Agency, Roads and Transport Authority RTA, has developed a new mechanism for identifying, analyzing and coping with recurrent accident spots in Dubai with a view to stepping up the efficiency and effectiveness of the present mechanism of dealing with these spots through devising an electronic program which is currently being configured and tailored to meet RTAs world-class standards.

A bus driver has been jailed for three months for groping a passenger although he pleaded innocent and said that he touched her unintentionally.

While the world population is expected to grow to 8.3 billion by 2030, public transport will remain the backbone of multi-modal mobility services in the future. This was affirmed by a transport expert, who predicted a significant spike in the use of public transport in the region by 2025.

Aimed at increasing the levels of skills of the DMRC engineers in underground tunnelling, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has tied up with the Tunnel Training Academy, Kuala Lumpur. The DMRC engineers will be trained on the latest techniques and skills needed for tunnelling works using the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM).

Burj Khalifa – Dubai Mall Station on the Red Line ranked a close second with ridership hitting 1,813,854 passengers, or about 20,150 daily passengers boarding or getting off the Metro.

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