DUBAI METRO 2024

Though most facilities provided by the Metro to help passengers with special needs take public transport especially the Metro were appreciated by the special needs passengers, they did point out at some ‘barriers’ which needs to be removed to ensure hassle free journey for them. The volunteers from the Ministry of Social Affairs completed the full journey using the available special needs facilities.

“RTA is constantly keeping track of new developments and technological innovations in the navigation systems industry and stands ready to keep pace with these developments and deliver them to users whenever they are available in future such as 3-D navigational systems, navigational control devices through the driver’s voice, and the addition of new and permanent features to “Dalili” system; which conforms to RTA’s efforts to enhance the traffic coverage and precision of the system.

The Al Habtoor Leighton Group has announced it has joined forces with leading Australian rail contractor John Holland to create Advance Rail Group to pursue an expected USD 75 billion in future rail jobs in the GCC region. He said that metro lines are expected to be installed in Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Light rail lines are also planned. Our initial focus will be in regional rail in Abu Dhabi and metro systems in Doha. The establishment of this new rail business aligns with HLG's business strategy to secure more civil infrastructure in this region.

Dubai metro video. 17. September 2010

Dubai’s Dh4 billion (US$1.08bn) Al Sufouh Tram project in Jumeirah is set to open in late 2014, rather than in April next year as originally planned, transport officials said yesterday. The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is working to resolve funding issues on the 14km tramway, said Abdul al Hassan, the director of rail planning and development at the RTA.

The Dubai Taxi Corporation, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), has unveiled a face-lifting process of Hatta Taxi marked by an improved service level to ensure the continuous availability of the service for passengers traveling within Hatta city & the neighbourhood, or to Dubai and other Emirates.

H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), has directed to extend the grace period set for RTA to start writing-off vehicles whose registration had lapsed more than two years ago up to January 2011 instead of October this year, in order to allow motorists extra time to have their vehicles tested and registered in accordance with the system in place in the Emirate.

An estimated $11 billion, 1,500-kilometre railway project being planned across the UAE, will connect ports in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and boost the country’s logistics industry, a top official said. “Both Abu Dhabi Ports Company and Dubai Ports have confirmed they will be rail connected,” Richard Bowker, chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi-based Union Railway, told a three-day Mena Rail Project 2010 conference here on Tuesday.

The surfaces throughout the entire sky-level network were glittering and gleaming on that opening night, and muzak was piped in through the speakers to a clutch of guests who had won a Willy Wonka-style competition to be the first to ride on the trains. Back then, officials were so protective of their creation that press photographers were severely curtailed in taking pictures inside the stations.

The Dubai Metro, the total cost of which is estimated at Dh29.6 billion, was officially launched On September 9, 2009, starting with 10 stations on the Red Line. Since its launch, through the first half of 2010 the Dubai Metro is estimated to have transported approximately 22.5 million passengers. As of data collected in July 2010 by the RTA, the Dubai Metro carries approximately 110,000 passengers a day on average.