Construction Middle East: Arabian Civil Engineers by GineersNow GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue No. 014, Sau | Page 12

Dubai Metro:
World’s Longest
Driverless Metro Network
Dubai Metro is simply stunning, gorgeous and amazing.
Expect nothing less in this great modern city.
After having the tallest tower, Dubai now
also has the longest driverless metro
network or known as the Dubai Metro.
Dubai is just on the roll, from the tallest,
longest and to the biggest. inaugurated, people used public transport
like the water buses and the land buses.
So, in order to encourage the people to
take on the metro ride they kept the fare of
the metro equivalent to the bus fares.
The Dubai Metro has green and red line
networks that managed to secure its name
in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Why? It has the longest driverless metro
network measuring 74.695 kilometers. It
has been designed to support the
economic growth in the country. It is also
the first urban railway station in th Gulf
States. It began operating partially in the
year 2009. What more is it capable of? It can handle
the problem of accessibility that has never
been the first priority during the time of
Dubai’s development.
No doubt it has been able to beat the
Vancouver Sky Train that is 68.7 kilometer
long. Do you have any idea about the
number of passenger this metro will be
able carry on a typical day? It just can carry
1.2 million passengers. That many!
It aims to reduce the escalating number of
traffic congestion that stems from the rapid
growth in population. Before Red line was
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The full automated operation of the metro
is based on the subsidiary of the Thales
Group called the Thales Rail Signaling
Solutions’s SelTrac IS communications.
The system has been configured in such a
way that it gives headway of ninety
seconds and an unbelievable maximum
speed of 90km/hr.
The RTA then tried integrating a smart card
system that will be touch-on-touch for fare
payment system. This started operating in
the year 2010. Having 47 stations, this
metro is indeed a convenient ride for the
public in Dubai.
Source: Arabian Supply Chain