His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday inspected the 75km-long Dubai Metro project, which is being executed at a total cost of Dh15 billion.
The project is executed in two phases, and the first phase will be completed by September 2009.
Accompanied by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council and other high ranking officials, Shaikh Mohammed took a car through the Metro tunnel linking Al Ittihad and Al Riqqa stations.
He was briefed by engineer Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Board Chairman and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai on progress of the Dubai Metro project, which begins from Al Ittihad Square in Deira, where four tunnels link the main Al Ittihad station with BurJuman and Al Riqqa stations on the red line and, Baniyas and Salahuddin stations on the Green Line.
Shaikh Mohammed drove 930 metres inside the tunnel from Al Ittihad to Al Riqqa stations, where he ensured the international specifications and standards implemented in the project, which will be the single integrated and the longest ever worldwide project to be operated without a driver.
Al Tayer briefed Shaikh Mohammed about the details of Dubai Metro project. He said the project includes 47 stations with 16,000 employees — engineers, administrators, technicians and workers.
He noted that the passenger capacity of the main Al Ittihad station touches 35,000 passengers per hour, adding “it will be two-storey station, including commercial shops, service premises with escalators to facilitate movement of people inside the station whose length is 240 metres and width 40 metres.
Al Tayer also briefed Shaikh Mohammed on the Red Line, which is the first phase of the project, adding that it has 29 stations at length of 29km, four of the stations are underground and 25 stations up, while the Green Line, which is the second phase of the project, has 18 stations with a length of 23km, of which six of the stations are underground and 12 stations up.
The metro, whose speed is 40km/h, has five apartments — one of them will be allocated to women and children. At the end of the tour, Shaikh Mohammed urged the officials and engineers to ensure the safety measures and the last touching of the project such as lighting, interior design, cleanliness and others. Source
The project is executed in two phases, and the first phase will be completed by September 2009.
Accompanied by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council and other high ranking officials, Shaikh Mohammed took a car through the Metro tunnel linking Al Ittihad and Al Riqqa stations.
He was briefed by engineer Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Board Chairman and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai on progress of the Dubai Metro project, which begins from Al Ittihad Square in Deira, where four tunnels link the main Al Ittihad station with BurJuman and Al Riqqa stations on the red line and, Baniyas and Salahuddin stations on the Green Line.
Shaikh Mohammed drove 930 metres inside the tunnel from Al Ittihad to Al Riqqa stations, where he ensured the international specifications and standards implemented in the project, which will be the single integrated and the longest ever worldwide project to be operated without a driver.
Al Tayer briefed Shaikh Mohammed about the details of Dubai Metro project. He said the project includes 47 stations with 16,000 employees — engineers, administrators, technicians and workers.
He noted that the passenger capacity of the main Al Ittihad station touches 35,000 passengers per hour, adding “it will be two-storey station, including commercial shops, service premises with escalators to facilitate movement of people inside the station whose length is 240 metres and width 40 metres.
Al Tayer also briefed Shaikh Mohammed on the Red Line, which is the first phase of the project, adding that it has 29 stations at length of 29km, four of the stations are underground and 25 stations up, while the Green Line, which is the second phase of the project, has 18 stations with a length of 23km, of which six of the stations are underground and 12 stations up.
The metro, whose speed is 40km/h, has five apartments — one of them will be allocated to women and children. At the end of the tour, Shaikh Mohammed urged the officials and engineers to ensure the safety measures and the last touching of the project such as lighting, interior design, cleanliness and others. Source
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