How happy you feel when you find your dream is becoming reality!
If we, people, felt this much of happiness when we first saw this great achivment of Dubai Metro being tested, successfully.. Then how did the crew who worked on it hardly with big efforts and high efficiency, how did they feel?!
That's really amazing! Incredible! Awsome!
Dubai Metro Since 2006 till now
The Roads and Transport Authority announced the Dubai Metro Project on March 21, 2006 with His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime minister of the UAE and the Ruler of Dubai inaugurated the construction work. [As in Khaleej Times]
The first testings, successfully, have been done this month .
Work will be continued and testings as well and whole project is expected to be completed by 2010. When completed, Dubai Metro will have a total of 70 kilometres of lines.
The total length of the Dubai Metro is expected to reach 318 km by 2020. When fully functional, the metro will be able to carry about 1.8 million passengers every day.
The lines are divided into 4,
which are[Dubai Metro]:
RED LINE (Under Construction)
The Line is 52.0 km long
Completion: 2009
Rout: Rashidiya to Jabel Ali
GREEN LINE (Under Construction)
The Line is 22.5 km long.
Completiion: 2010
Rout: Al Qusais to Al Jedaff
BLUE LINE (On Plan)
The Line will be 47.0 km long.
Completiion: 2011
Rout: Dubai International Airport to Jebel Ali Airport, along Emirates Road
The Purple (On Plan)
The Line will be 49.0 km long.
Completiion: 2012
Rout: Dubai International Airport to Jebel Ali Airport, along Al Khail Road
Note: The total cost of the project is Dh15.5 billion (USD 4.2 billion) and will be completed in a matter of 49 months time.
Dubai Metro stations will be designed along the theme water and sea life, e.g. the sea shell form is preferred for its total impression, smooth roofs and a seeming light construction. Also, trains are painted this way, light blue is dominating.
Red Line:
- Jebel Ali Port Station
-Stations 2 - 5
- American University in Dubai
- Internet City Station
- Stations 8 and 9
- Souk al Nakheel Station
- Stations 11 - 17
- Burj Dubai Station
- Financial City Station
- Emirates Towers Station
- Trade Center Station
- Stations 22 - 24
- BurJuman Station
- Station 26
- al-Ittihad Square Station
- Salahuddin Station
- Stations 29 - 34
- Airport Free Zone Station
Green Line:
- Festival City Station
- Stations 2 and 3
- Health Care City Station
- Stations 5 - 7
- BurJuman Station
- Stations 9 - 13
- al-Ittihad Square Station
- Stations 15 - 16
- Dubai International Airport Terminal 1 Station
- Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 Station
- Station 21
- Rashidiya Station
No comments:
Post a Comment