DUBAI METRO 2024

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Dubai Metro's most awaited element — the Green Line — will open its doors to passengers this year, thereby completing the Dh28 billion Metro project, as part of a comprehensive integrated public transport system.

Cyberspace was abuzz on Friday with live updates from all over Dubai about people caught up in traffic in their attempt to reach Downtown Dubai, the destination of the world’s largest New Year spectacle.

The metro will continue operating until 3am on January 1. That means that the final trains will depart from Ibn Battuta and Al Rashidiya stations at 2am, and the service hours of public buses, water buses, abras and water taxis will also be extended to finish by 3am.

“This change comes in response to the public desire to have the metro service hours extended on the occasion of the New Year which will be marked by a variety of activities, including the massive fireworks display at Burj Khalifa; which is set to attract thousands of visitors,” said Adnan Al Hamadi, CEO of RTA Rail Agency.

THE number of passengers who rode the Dubai Metro on New Year’s Eve reached 178,000. This figure, which represented double the number of passengers who rode the Metro during other holidays, was revealed by the Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

The metro is part of Qatar’s $42.9bn railway project that will also include an east coast link, a high-speed link, a freight link and a light rail system. The railway will serve suburb of Doha and developments such as Lusail, Education city and West Bay.

H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently opened Rail Agency and Serco (The Metro Operator) Knowledge Transfer Program; which runs through December 2011.

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has accompanied a number of children of its male and female employees aged 8 to 14 ages to watch a 3-D cartoon film entitled "Nuts Crusher" shown as part of the Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeirah under the theme "Bridging Cultures, Meeting Minds", with the aim of stimulating children's science fiction and acquiring various life skills.

The RTA, in coordination with Serco, a UK-based company which operates the Dubai Metro, has started what they call the ‘Knowledge Transfer Programme' for UAE nationals working with the RTA's Rail Agency. The programme was officially launched recently by Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA.