UAE | Traffic and Transport

Dubai Metro: 729-metre tunnel for Green Line is completed

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) used on Dubai Metro's Green Line has broken through the wall completing a 729-metre long tunnel from the Union Square underground station to Salahuddin Road.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 23:19 March 9, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: The tunnel boring machine (TBM) used on Dubai Metro's Green Line has broken through the wall completing a 729-metre long tunnel from the Union Square underground station to Salahuddin Road.

Adnan Al Hammadi, Director of Construction, Rail Agency said: "The TBM has excavated the tunnel between Union Square and Salahuddin Road 60 days in advance and it is another milestone for us."

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