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Dubai Metro serves 830m commuters; celebrates 7th anniversary

DUBAI, September 9, 2016

The Dubai Metro is celebrating its seventh anniversary on Friday after having served more than 830 million commuters from September 2009 to August 2016.

"The positive growth and increasing numbers on the Dubai Metro underscore the strategic vision of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum," Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said in a Wam report.

"It also underlines the firm conviction of His Highness about the vitality of the metro in serving the needs of the rising urban population witnessed by the city. He had envisioned the metro as the backbone of a transportation system in Dubai that links various hotpots of the city, and offers safe and smooth mobility all around," he said.

The anniversary of the Dubai Metro coincides with the laying of the foundation stone of Route 2020 Project by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, said in the report.

"Such a project provides for extending the Red Line of Dubai Metro 15km from Nakheel Harbour and Tower Station to the site of the Expo 2020. The project is part of the Dubai Plan 2021 for achieving sustainable growth and developing high-class infrastructure," he added.

The RTA is moving ahead with its ambitious plans for upgrading mass transit means and stepping up their contribution to people’s mobility to as much 30 percent by 2030, Al Tayer said. The share of public transport in people’s journeys had touched 15 percent by the end of 2015.

He commended the efforts of the strategic partners and considered them catalysts to the successful operation of the metro.




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