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Dubai metro video. 7 November 2009.

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.

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.

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 companies, including Nakheel PJSC, owe billions of dollars to Japanese companies who worked on projects such as the emirate’s metro and Palm Island, the National said, citing Japanese Consul General Seiichi Otsuka.

Rail projects have become popular in the GCC as the region tries to reduce road congestion and improve the quality of life. Dubai has invested heavily in mass transit and this year opened the Palm Jumeira Monorail on the man-made island as well as the first line of its Dh28bn Dubai Metro rail transit system.

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.

This is the part 1 video from the Dubai Metro.

Japanese construction companies are facing "serious debt problems" amid issues with being paid for work done in Dubai, a top ranking official has said.

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.