Dubai Metro, the World's longest fully automated rail system was finally opened to the public last Thursday September 10, 2009 6am . The Dubai Metro is driverless too, Red Line is partly operational, its first section covering 10 stations was inaugurated last Wednesday at 9:09:09 PM by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai.
All trains and stations are air conditioned with platform edge doors to make this possible. The Dubai Metro is currently operated by a joint organization of the Roads and Transport Authority and the Serco Group. Once the 20 km Green line opens in June 2010, the Dubai Metro will overtake the title of longest automated metro network from the Vancouver Skytrain, surpassing it by 3 km.
The driverless, fully automated trains are fully air-conditioned and designed to meet Dubai's specific requirements. Unusual for metro operation, the trains offer standard 'silver' class, a women and children only section plus a first-class 'gold' section (a carriage for VIPs). The five-car sets are approximately 75m long, seating around 400 passengers but with standing room for many more. Numerous double doors will allow fast and smooth flows.
The automatic train control system will allow headways of between 90 seconds and two minutes. In 2005 MHI contracted Alcatel (now Alcatel-Lucent) to supply the driverless train control system and a communications system for on-train video surveillance, passenger information, public address and the integrated control centre. Trains will be Wi-Fi enabled.
All trains and stations are air conditioned with platform edge doors to make this possible. The Dubai Metro is currently operated by a joint organization of the Roads and Transport Authority and the Serco Group. Once the 20 km Green line opens in June 2010, the Dubai Metro will overtake the title of longest automated metro network from the Vancouver Skytrain, surpassing it by 3 km.
The driverless, fully automated trains are fully air-conditioned and designed to meet Dubai's specific requirements. Unusual for metro operation, the trains offer standard 'silver' class, a women and children only section plus a first-class 'gold' section (a carriage for VIPs). The five-car sets are approximately 75m long, seating around 400 passengers but with standing room for many more. Numerous double doors will allow fast and smooth flows.
The automatic train control system will allow headways of between 90 seconds and two minutes. In 2005 MHI contracted Alcatel (now Alcatel-Lucent) to supply the driverless train control system and a communications system for on-train video surveillance, passenger information, public address and the integrated control centre. Trains will be Wi-Fi enabled.
Unfortunately for the curious and excited passengers yesterday, hundreds of people were stranded <>. The train services ran intermittently for four hours yesterday night between 5-9pm September 11.
Up to 11,000 passengers are expected to use the Metro in peak times every hour, with nearly 75,000 predicted to use it daily.
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