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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - The Dh11 billion project was an extension of the Dubai Metro Red line and connects commuters to the Expo site
July 8, 2020
July 8, 2020
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Construction on the main Dubai Metro line that will connect commuters to the Expo 2020 site was completed on Wednesday.
The Dh11 billion project, which the Roads and Transport Authority began nearly four years ago, includes a 15-kilometre extension of the red line and seven new Dubai Metro stations.
Route 2020 will take visitors to and from the Expo 2020 site during the six-month global exhibition, which will open in October 2021 after a one-year delay due to the coronavirus outbreak.
On Wednesday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, posted a video on Twitter that showed his tour of the new transport link.
“We announced, 47 months ago, the extension of the Dubai Metro red line at a cost of Dh11 billion,” he said.
“Today we [launched] our project.
“[It took] 80 million hours to complete our work on time as we promised.
“We say what we do and we do what we say. This is Dubai.”
He said more than “12,000 engineers and technicians” worked together to complete the project, clocking up more than 80 million work hours in the process.
Fifty trains will serve passengers across the seven stations with the capacity for 125,000 commuters a day.
The new line runs from Nakheel Harbour and Tower station in Jebel Ali direct to the Expo 2020 site. It passes through Dubai Investments Park, Discovery Gardens, Al Furjan and Jumeirah Golf Estates.
From Dubai Marina, commuters will be able to reach the global fair in only 16 minutes.
Updated: July 8, 2020 02:44 PM
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