Palm Jumeirah Monorail begins operations

07 May 2009

The Palm Monorail, connecting the Palm Jumeirah with the Dubai shore, is now officially open. The monorail is now running four trains between the Gateway Towers and Atlantis stations, with a capacity of 2,400 passengers per hour per direction in four separate trains, each made up of three cars. The service runs from 8:00am to 10:00pm daily with tickets costing Dhs15 for a single journey and Dhs25 for a round trip. The frequency will be increased to a total of nine trains per hour with nine vehicles with a capacity of 6,000 passengers per hour per day once connected to the Dubai Metro.

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