31. Dubai Metro
Project Overview
The metro trains
running on the undulating track alongside Sheikh Zayed Road are already a familiar sight in Dubai.
The metro is the first such scheme in the GCC region and is the flagship project of the emirate’s Roads & Transport Authority as it tries to reduce traffic congestion in the city.
The planned network consists of four lines: the Red, Green, Blue and Purple lines. Of these, the Red line is already partially open, the Green line is being built and the Blue line is still in the planning stage. However, the Purple line, which will link Dubai’s two airports, is now on hold.
Project Analysis
Dubai Metro recycling tunnelling knowledge
Dubai Metro offers many lessons to the other cities planning underground urban rail networks, chief among them the value of understanding ground conditions before boring commences
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Tunnelling techniques
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Tunnelling: Contractors see increase in work
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Local construction firms dominate project awards
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KIMMCO Sustainable Project of the Year 2012
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Transport MEED Project of the Year 2012
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Rewarding commitment to quality
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Rail boom moves closer to reality
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Rail engineers working with the Gulf environment
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Middle East states explore rail funding alternatives
Company Profiles
Biographies
Steve Lankester
Steve Lankester is director of rail, transit and aviation Middle East and North Africa, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Adnan Ahmed al-Hammadi
A key figure behind the development of the UAE’s federal rail project
Paul Anderson
A key figure behind the development of Gulf rail
Company Announcements
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Dubai Metro scoops 3 Middle East Rail Awards 2012
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Dubai Metro appreciates the value of lands, properties in surroundings of metro stations by 34%
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Rail Agency delivers educative lecture to students of Al Mawakeb School in Dubai
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Dubai Metro sets Guinness World Record as longest driverless metro line
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11.8m passengers used Dubai Metro Green Line in 5 months
Key Facts
Client: Dubai Roads & Transport Authority
Sector: Transport
Stage: Execution
Budget: $10.6bn
Completion date: Q4 2018
Location: Dubai, UAE
News
Pearl GTL named MEED GCC project of the year
Massive Qatar energy project also named oil and gas project of 2012
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MEED names national award winners 2012
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Tabreed net profit rises 34 per cent
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Trafigura to raise $100m for Jebel Ali oil storage facility
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Mixed rental results for Dubai real estate
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Dubai to extend Metro's Green line
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UK firm wins independent safety assessment for Etihad Rail
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Dubai metro traffic peaks after Green line opening
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Dubai metro records 5.9 million passengers in September
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Green line to provide Dubai with additional revenue stream
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