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Shell-shaped Metro stations start taking shape
Staff Report

Dubai: Stations for the Dh15.5 billion Dubai Metro have started taking shape.

"Construction of the Jebel Ali Industrial Station, which started in October 2007, is already 60 per cent complete," said Engineer Adnan Al Hammadi, Director of Construction Department of Dubai Metro.

He added that round 2,500 workers are currently working on the construction of the stations on the Red Line, which is scheduled to be operational by September 2009.

Metro will serve only Dubai residents and visitors
By Ashfaq Ahmed, Staff Reporter

Dubai: The Metro is being built to serve residents and visitors within Dubai and not to ease traffic congestion in neighbouring emirates, said a senior official.

"It would be wrong to say that the Dubai Metro will ease traffic congestion in neighbouring emirates unless they build a similar metro system and connect to the Dubai Metro," said Engineer Abdul Majid Al Khaja, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rail Agency at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority.

Dubai Metro to expand to six routes

A fifth and sixth line are to be added to Dubai Metro, Emirates Business has learned. Final plans and a route will be announced early in the new year, the head of the Rail Agency at the Roads and Transports Agency said.

The two extra lines will complement the red and green lines, which are due for completion in 2009 and 2010 respectively, at a cost of Dh15bn. Purple and blue lines are set to be built by 2012 and 2014, and will run the length of Emirates Road and to Al Maktoum Airport.