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Dubai Metro: building the world's longest driverless metro

Published:2012-08 Issue:3 Volume:165 Page:114-122
ISSN:0965-089X
Container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
language:en
Short-container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering

Author:

Botelle Matthew¹,McSheffrey Patrick²,Zouzoulas Petros³,Burchell Anthony⁴

Affiliation:

1. Parsons programme director for Dubai Metro, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2. Formerly Parsons construction manager for Dubai Metro, now Parsons senior construction manager for Etihad Rail, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

3. Parsons senior architect for Dubai Metro, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

4. Formerly Systra project director for Dubai Metro, now Parsons Brinckerhoff project director for Doha Metro, Doha, Qatar

Abstract

The 23 km Green line of the Dubai Metro opened in September 2011, exactly 2 years after the 52 km Red line, making it the world's longest driverless metro. In a city dominated by the car but projecting heavy population growth, the metro has been designed to provide unparalleled levels of customer comfort and finishing, together with the frequency, punctuality and coverage to meet the emirate's future strategic needs and ambitions. This paper provides an overview of the £4·8 billion project, with particular emphasis on the heavy civil engineering solutions delivered within a highly stylised and exacting architectural context, from an outline plan in 2002 to a fully operational reality in 2011.

Publisher

Thomas Telford Ltd.

Subject

Civil and Structural Engineering

Link

https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/cien.11.00071

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