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New portal offers virtual Metro tour
Commuters can now learn how to use the Dubai Metro by embarking on a virtual Metro tour on the new transport portal launched on Thursday.
- By Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief Reporter
- Published: 22:45 September 17, 2009
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- Visitors to the new website can virtually explore all Metro stations and learn about the steps they need to board a train.
Dubai: Commuters can now learn how to use the Dubai Metro by embarking on a virtual Metro tour on the new transport portal launched on Thursday.
The portal aims to educate the public about the integrated public transport system in the emirate.
"The idea behind launching this integrated web portal is to educate and inform people about the Metro in fun way. It is just like playing an online game," said Abdullah Al Madani, chief executive officer of corporate technical support services at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
He said that visitors to the website, www.rta.ae/virtualtransport could virtually explore the stations and get to know the various steps they need to take from the point of entering a Metro station to boarding the train.
"You can learn about facilities at the station, point of entry, ticket vending machines, how to buy tickets, how to tag them on the entry gate, how to get information about the trains and how to board the train," he said.
The website also offers a virtual run time of the Metro and available integrated modes of transport which include buses and water transport. It even tells the distance between the stations and the time required to complete the journey.
The RTA spent Dh600,000 and the website was completed in five months with the help of a local company.
"It is a first 'theme website' and the objective is to interact and provide the best possible information to the Metro users," said Ahmad Behroozian, chief executive officer of the RTA's Licensing Agency and head of the e-Services Committee. He said that the website was different from the official site for the provision of e-Services.
"It is a new strategic initiative intended to boost RTA's efforts to apply modern technology to educate people about the integration of public transport system," Al Madani said.
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