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Mohammad tours the Dubai Metro
H.H. Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has toured the 75km long Dubai Metro project.
- WAM
- Published: 17:37 November 8, 2007
- Image Credit: WAM
- Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai was accompanied by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council
Dubai: H.H. Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has toured the 75km long Dubai Metro project.
The project is executed at two phases, of which the first phase will be completed by Sept., 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 Mohammad Al Tayer, Board Chairman and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai (RTA) on progress of the Dubai Metro project,
The project 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.
The Metro trains, whose speed is 40Km/h, have five compartments - 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.
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