Tag: metro
Metro users 40% up on pre-launch estimates – RTA
The number of Dubai Metro passengers in the first two months of operation is about 40 percent higher than pre-launch estimates, transport bosses have said.
Dubai’s marathon man lives fast
With 54 marathons to his name, six wins and 51 of them completed in under three hours, Nick Berrill is arguably Dubai’s fastest man and, it seems fair to say, somewhat of a marathon expert. In the six years since arriving in Dubai, the 45-year-old Dubai Metro programme director has finished all but one of the city’s races at the top of his category.
Metro numbers beat expectations
Nearly three million passengers have used the Dubai Metro in its first two months at an average of 57,000 trips per day, about 40 per cent higher than the authority's pre-launch estimate, the RTA said yesterday.
Dubai metro part 2
This is the part 2 video from the Dubai Metro. This is from Jebel Abi Station (about 25 km from Dubai) to the Emirates Mall.
Dubai looks ahead to 2010
Following the opening of the Dubai Metro this year, the next stage - the Green Line - is scheduled to open in March 2010. It is the world's longest fully automated rail transport system and when completed the Dubai Metro will have 70 kilometres (43 miles) of lines, and 47 stations.
Building the Al-Sufouh Tram in Dubai
Video shows construction of part of the Al-Sufouh tram that will form the station intersecting with the Dubai Metro station for Jumeirah Lakes Towers.
