Palm Jumeirah Monorail

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Palm Jumeirah Monorail
Dubai Monorail 01.jpg
Test driving of the Dubai Monorail, 2009
Overview
Locale Dubai
Transit type straddle-beam monorail
Number of lines 1
Number of stations 4 (2 not open), 1 planned
Daily ridership ~40,000 (capacity), under contemporary interval 23,000. Current ridership much lower.
Website www.palm-monorail.com
Operation
Began operation April 30, 2009
Operator(s) Serco Group plc
Number of vehicles 4 (2009)[1] (only two visually seen in july 2014)
Technical
System length 5.45 kilometres (3 mi)[2]
Average speed 35 km/h
Top speed 70 km/h
System map
Atlantis Aquaventure
Palm Mall
Trump Tower
Gateway  T1 
Dubai Internet City  M1 
This diagram:
Plan Overview Of Palm Jumeirah Monorail Route

The Palm Jumeirah Monorail is a monorail line on the Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro.[2] The line opened on April 30, 2009.[3] It is the first monorail in the Middle East.[4]

The trains are driverless, with attendants for any emergency situations.[1]

History

Construction began on the 5.45-kilometre (3 mi) monorail line in March 2006,[2] under the supervision of Marubeni Corporation, with the monorail track completed in July 2008 and vehicle testing beginning in November 2008. Originally planned to open by December 2008,[5] the opening was delayed to April 30, 2009.[2][5] In 2010, day-to-day operations were taken over by the Middle-East branch of Serco.[6]

The project budget is US$400 million, with an additional US$190M set aside for a 2-kilometre (1 mi) future extension to the Dubai Metro.[7] Another source speaks of a budget of US$1.1 billion.[8] A journey on the monorail costs Dhs15 one-way, 25 return.

Technology

The Palm Jumeirah Monorail uses Hitachi Monorail straddle-type technology. The line has a theoretical capacity of 40,000 passengers per day, with trains running every few minutes during peak hours and every 15 to 20 minutes during off-peak hours.[2][4] However, actual ridership averaged around 600 passengers per day during the first week,[9] and the monorail is running "virtually empty".[10] In July 2014, frequency was down to every 23 minutes with only one of two trains operating[11] The electro-mechanical works are carried out by ETA-Dubai in joint venture with Hitachi-Japan.

Stations

As of May 2009, only the Atlantis Aquaventure and Gateway stations are open.[8]

  • Atlantis Aquaventure station — Atlantis, The Palm*
  • Palm Mall station (not open yet) — formerly Trump Plaza, now Village Center Station (still not open in November 2014)
  • Trump Tower station (not open yet) — Trump International Hotel and Tower, renamed to Al Ittihad Park in November 2012 (still not open in November 2014)
  • Gateway station — Gateway Towers, connection to Dubai Tram at Palm Jumeriah station

Planned extension:

  • Dubai Internet City (planned) — connection to Dubai Metro

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.hitachi-rail.com/topics/2009/090604.html
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ article in Railway Gazette
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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ visit

External links

Media related to Palm Jumeirah Monorail at Wikimedia Commons

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