Dubai Metro
By Arnav Mishra Chief-In-Editor 23/6/2020
Dubai can't stop impressing the world from The Burj Khalifa to the Palm Islands .On 9th September 2009. The Dubai Metro was officially opened but only 10/29 Stations were opened. The later parts were all finished by 2011. This has its own features the biggest of them being that they are driverless making them more safer.
Construction cost and Fares
The Metro has been a very expensive project with building costing 28 Billion. The expectation totally matched by getting over 18 Billion. This is because there are 360K Daily Commuters .And 200M Yearly commuters. The Fares are as follows
Safety
The Metro has many features here's the list
Driverless
Glass Edge Doors
Police at every station
ERU (Emergency Response Unit)
The trains can be controlled if needed from a control center
The signaling makes them safe at 5 mins gap between trains.
Ridership
The Bare Bone Fares are one of the key points of high ridership also making this an MRT.
There are trains every 5 min and are never late. But even 5 Minutes makes the stations jam packed with busy commutersÂ
Ridership in Green line is over 72 million .and the Red Line has double of Green Line at over 135 Million. In total there are over 200+ Million commuters Yearly.
Lines
The two existing lines are the Red and Green lines. The tram also exist in the Dubai Marina Area.
The Red Line Starts from UAE Exchange (Near Jebal Ali Port) to Rashidiya (South West of Dubai Airport). And the Green Line Starts from Etisalat metro station (Al Quasis 3) to Creek (Jaddaf Area)
The Green Line will be extended from the Creek side of the metro which will cross the creek.
This is an interactive map for the metro system as of 2023, check it out!
Latest
The Route 2020 has been built for the Expo 2020 site which starts from Jabal Ali to the Site
Line Proposals
The proposals are given Below
Green Line extension to international City in south Dubai from Al Jaddaf Station
Red Line Extension-This will extend from UAE Exchange reaching the Abu Dhabi Border.
Blue Line-This starts from Al Maktoum Airport and finishes beyond the airport reaching the Sharjah Border.
Purple Line-This will also start at Al Maktoum Airport and finish at the DXB airport.
Yellow line -This line has no proper given information on anything but this connects the Red,Pink,Blue and Purple Lines.
Pink Line-There are no proper information or Start/Finish.
Stations and Construction
While some stations may look like the picture below
Others may look different like the Airport Terminal 3 Which has a Two Floor Platform.
Airport T3 With 2 Floor Station.
The only two station with Line interchanges are Union which is the biggest in the network and Burjman. These stations are heavily crowded and may get confusing.
A Simple Illustration of both the stations
Accidents
9 September 2009: On the first day of operation, one metro train broke down and passengers were stranded for two hours before being picked up by a second train.
28 February 2010: Thousands of commuters were affected after part of Dubai Metro's Red Line was closed after a small fire on the track. A section of the Red Line between Al Jafiliya Station near Za'abeel Park and Terminal 3 Station.Nothing was ever told further to keep the trust in Tact.
25 December 2011: Passengers reported that some trains stalling and moving unusually slow and Trains not leaving stations for minutes.