DUBAI METRO 2024

Time given till November 30 to inspire 'better participation'

Dubai Metro train service availability has been 98 percent and more than 95 percent of trains have run on time since the launch of the rail system in September, a senior official has announced.

The Dubai Metro has served over 2.5 million passengers since its launch on September 9.

With the joy ride period over, railway is easing into normality almost two months after its first roll-out

The Dubai Metro’s second line is likely to open on Oct. 10 next year, or 10/10/10, as the city’s transport authority continues with its theme of catchy launch dates, sources have told Maktoob Business.

H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), opened the Metropolitan Railways Assembly organized by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) in the presence of the President of the UITP H.E.

View of Shiekh Zayed Road and the buildings along the Metro Route in Dubai.

Dubai Metro's 220,000-square feet, two-level Union Square junction station is the largest underground Metro station complex in the world, the head of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has said.

The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority's effort to keep the Metro launch date alive received more than 200 entries from parents whose babies were born on September 9 this year.

DUBAI — In January this year, amidst the pain of a severe economic downturn, a number of jobs were lost. Among those who were given the pink slip was Andy Blair who drove a Porsche before the credit crunch caught up and he was made 
redundant.