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No running on platform one
Since its opening in September 2009, it has had a 99 per cent punctuality rate; now carries over 100,000 people per day; has just opened a raft of new stations and has even starred in a Bollywood movie with Salman Khan.
Dubai Metro to impose fines on commuters who run, jostle
According to Ramadan Abdullah, director of rail operations at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), such acts pose a danger to other travellers as well as to property.
Dubai Metro opens three more stations in key areas
Since opening in April, popularity of the Metro service has continued to grow. Average daily commuter numbers burst through 100,000 within a week of opening, and the RTA expects that to hit 140,000 very soon.
Stiff fines for running to catch Dubai Metro
Dubai Metro users should avoid running in the stations to catch trains as it poses a danger to other users and property, said a senior official. The warning came as a commuter complained that he was slapped with a fine for running inside the station to catch a train.
Public Transport Agency targets 20 percent expenditure cut, 7 percent revenue...
Since 2008, the Public Transport Agency at the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) had embarked on several initiatives aiming at cutting expenditures and augmenting revenues under RTA Strategic Plan, declared the CEO of RTA Public Transport Agency Eisa Abdul-Rahman Al Dosari.
Three more Dubai Metro stations to open
"The remaining eight stations on 76km long Red Line will open gradually in coming months by the end of this year," said Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
RTA grants Noor Islamic Bank naming right of Dubai Metro Station
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that Noor Islamic Bank is granted the naming right of a Dubai Metro Station at Al Qouz, Sheikh Zayed Road, thus linking the bank with the Dubai Metro project; the iconic urbanized feature of Dubai and the engineering and technological contemporary masterpiece.
Dubai Metro lifts more than 100k passengers in a single day
Dubai Metro has lifted 100,368 commuters in a single day (May 2, 2010) according to stats recently released by Rail Agency at the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) about the metro serve across 18 stations on the Red Line.
RTA opens key bridges in the 1st Interchange May 30th
H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), announced that key bridges in the First Interchange of Sheikh Zayed Road Project will be opened on May 30.
Dubai Metro breaks most passengers in one day record
More than 100,000 passengers were lifted on the Dubai Metro in one day, the latest figures released by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Sunday have revealed.
