Emaar unveils tram system for Burj Dubai
A half-billion-dollar light railway system was unveiled on Wednesday by Emaar developers to connect the world’s tallest building – the Burj Dubai – to the proposed Dubai Metro along Shaikh Zayed Road.
The shuttle network will link Downtown Burj Dubai neighbourhood’s 30,000 homes, more than 200 towers, nine hotels and the world’s largest mall.
The 4.6-kilometre rail system will tout “low level floors throughout for ease of passenger access, and on-board facilities such as upholstered seating, provisions for special needs people, luggage space, and passenger information & multimedia displays,” the company said in a statement.
The line will be a driverless operation run from a central command centre located at the Burj Dubai.
“Transportation is universally regarded as the top mega-city infrastructure challenge, which also has the biggest impact on any project’s competitiveness,” said Mohammad Ali Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties, in a statement. “Congestion costs have a critical bearing on any project’s overall growth as well as the environment. It is imperative to have an efficient transportation infrastructure in place to drive the progress of any mega-project.”
Alabbar said the tram system is “environmentally viable and can deliver sustainable solutions for the long-term.”
The system will be up and running buy 2009 and will be constructed in two phases with the first, including a 1.1 km twin track running between the Burj Place interchange station with Dubai Metro and the Dubai Mall. It will take three minutes to travel one way.
The second stage of the project – to be completed by 2010 -- will see a complete loop built around the fringe of 500-acre Burj Dubai neighbourhood development and will be a monorail. The system will feature 10 stations and will take eight minutes to travel.
The new tram will be linked with the Dubai Metro to use the universal “smart cards” that will be made available by the RTA to ride everything from the metro to the bus in Dubai. Source
The shuttle network will link Downtown Burj Dubai neighbourhood’s 30,000 homes, more than 200 towers, nine hotels and the world’s largest mall.
The 4.6-kilometre rail system will tout “low level floors throughout for ease of passenger access, and on-board facilities such as upholstered seating, provisions for special needs people, luggage space, and passenger information & multimedia displays,” the company said in a statement.
The line will be a driverless operation run from a central command centre located at the Burj Dubai.
“Transportation is universally regarded as the top mega-city infrastructure challenge, which also has the biggest impact on any project’s competitiveness,” said Mohammad Ali Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties, in a statement. “Congestion costs have a critical bearing on any project’s overall growth as well as the environment. It is imperative to have an efficient transportation infrastructure in place to drive the progress of any mega-project.”
Alabbar said the tram system is “environmentally viable and can deliver sustainable solutions for the long-term.”
The system will be up and running buy 2009 and will be constructed in two phases with the first, including a 1.1 km twin track running between the Burj Place interchange station with Dubai Metro and the Dubai Mall. It will take three minutes to travel one way.
The second stage of the project – to be completed by 2010 -- will see a complete loop built around the fringe of 500-acre Burj Dubai neighbourhood development and will be a monorail. The system will feature 10 stations and will take eight minutes to travel.
The new tram will be linked with the Dubai Metro to use the universal “smart cards” that will be made available by the RTA to ride everything from the metro to the bus in Dubai. Source
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