This Day, That Year – September 9

This day in history we feature the Dubai Metro. The first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated on this day in 2009.

Trivia – Dubai Metro

The Dubai Metro is a rapid transit rail network in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently operated by the French company Keolis. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with a major 15 km (9.3 mi) extension to the Red Line known as Route 2020 to the Expo 2020 site announced in April 2015 and opened in 2021. These first two lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere. All trains are fully automated and driverless, and, together with stations, are air conditioned with platform edge doors. Architecture firm Aedas designed the metro’s 45 stations, two depots and operational control centers. The Al Ghurair Investment group were the metro’s builders.

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The first section of the Red Line, covering 10 stations, was ceremonially inaugurated by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, with the line opening to the public on 10 September. More than 110,000 people, or nearly 10 percent of Dubai’s population, used the Metro in its first two days of operation. Engineering consultancy Atkins provided full multidisciplinary design and management of the civil works on Dubai Metro. Until 2016, the Dubai Metro was the world’s longest driverless metro network with a route length of 75 kilometres (47 mi), as recognized by Guinness World Records in 2012.

Source – Wikipedia

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