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First batch of Metro trains on track
Dubai Metro's first consignment of trains is expected to arrive in Dubai the second week of March, Gulf News has learnt.
- By Ashfaq Ahmed, Staff Reporter
- Published: 16:20 February 20, 2008
- Image Credit: Supplied Picture
- The batch, part of the 42 trains allocated for Dubai Metro's Red Line, is already in the process of shipment from Japan.
Dubai Dubai Metro's first consignment of trains is expected to arrive in Dubai the second week of March, Gulf News has learnt.
The batch, part of the 42 trains allocated for Dubai Metro's Red Line, is already in the process of shipment, an official said. He denied the rumours via an e-mail with pictures saying that the trains had reached Dubai.
"We expect the first consignment to reach Jebel Ali Port in Dubai in the middle of next month but I can't say the exact date," he said.
Milestone
He said that some 42 trains would arrive in Dubai by the third quarter of next year for the operation of Dubai Metro's Red Line which is scheduled to start running from September 9, 2009.
With the arrival of the first batch, the trail run for Dubai Metro will also start in April.
"From April, the RTA will start a trial run for the Dubai Metro on the new test track site that runs 11 km from Ibn Battuta Station to Jebel Ali Metro Depot," Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority said in an earlier statement.
People in Dubai will actually be able to see the empty trains running up and down on the test track.
During the trial run, Rail Agency experts will check various aspects of the train's operation such as its braking system, air-conditioning and power supply.
An RTA delegation led by Al Tayer recently visited Japan and also rode the train during its test run in Japan.
"The train is a crucial milestone in the path of implementing the Dh15.5 billion Dubai Metro Project," said Al Tayer.
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