UPDATE 1-Dubai metro costs soar as launch deadline looms
By Amena Bakr  http://in.reuters.com
DUBAI, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Dubai's metro rail project will cost 28 billion dirhams ($7.62 billion), or 80 percent more...
82% oppose lifting of Dubai Metro midday work ban
By Andy Sambidge www.arabianbusiness.com
More than 80 percent of poll respondents have slammed a decision by Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to exempt...
On the quick track from Abu Dhabi
By Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief Reporter www.gulfnews.com Â
Dubai: The Nakheel Harbour and Tower Station on the Dubai Metro's Red Line is the only station on Shaikh...
Dubai Metro budget up by Dh12.5 billion
By Derek Baldwin, Senior Reporter www.xpress4me.com
Dubai : Government will spend Dh12.5 billion more than originally forecast to build the Red and Green lines of...
Metro to launch with 10 stations
Eugene Harnan www.thenational.aeÂ
DUBAI // The first 10 Dubai Metro stations to open on September 9 were named by the Roads and Traffic Authority today.
The...
Dubai Metro ad initiative rides into final stages
The multi-million dollar Dubai Metro advertising campaign by the Roads and Transport Authority moves into its final stages with the approaching deadline of its...
Will the Metro be a carrier of change?
By Sean Davidson   www.business24-7.ae
Twelve days from today Dubai will witness another historic milestone as the emirate undergoes a paradigm shift in...
Step up to a healthier life
By Aimee Greaves     www.business24-7.ae
Ten thousand steps might seem like a long way, but that's the magic number you need to walk...
Chain pulls plug on Dubai Metro stores
A chain of convenience stores has pulled back from putting retail outlets on the Dubai Metro train line after the Roads and Transport Authority...
Metropolis: Romancing the rail
By XPRESS Team    www.xpress4me.comÂ
Dubai Unlike steam engines of a bygone era, soot-black columns of smoke won’t be seen puffing from sleek new electric Dubai...
