Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will conclude the final stages of implementation of the Dubai Metro route project, "Masar 2020", which is expected to be officially opened at the end of next May, the path that will link the current "Nakheel Harbor and Tower" station with the site of Expo 2020.
According to the timetable announced by the authority for the implementation of the project phases that started in the last quarter of 2017, the start of the trial operation process is supposed to start in February, with the official operation starting in the second quarter of 2020, specifically on May 20 For the year 2020, 5 months before the opening of the Expo 2020.
Basic excavation work has started on the tunnel of the "Masar 2020" project to extend the Dubai Metro red line from the Nakheel Harbor and Tower station to the site of the Expo 2020 with a length of 15 km on October 24, 2017.
The Masar 2020 project was awarded to the "Expolink" alliance, which includes French and Spanish companies at a cost of 10.6 billion dirhams, as it works to implement the project to ensure the highest levels of comfort for metro users, and within the specified time frame, especially as the new extension will serve a huge global event that will be held for the first time The UAE is among its first in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, which is expected to attract around 25 million visitors during its time in Dubai.
The project includes seven stations, including one interchange station with the red line, one station at the Expo site, three high stations and two underground stations.
The track will link the site of the Expo to a number of vital projects and sites that include densely populated areas with a population of 270 thousand people, with a length of 15 km, including 11.8 km above the ground and 3.2 km below the surface of the earth,
The carrying capacity of the 2020 lane is estimated at 46 thousand passengers per hour in both directions, 23 thousand passengers in one direction per hour, and according to studies prepared by the authority, the number of 2020 route users is expected to reach about 125 thousand passengers per day in 2020.
The study also expected that the number will rise to about 275 thousand passengers per day by 2030, and studies also showed that about 35 thousand visitors daily using the Expo 2020 station to reach the exhibition site during the days of the week, and rise to about 47 thousand visitors per day during weekends, This number represents approximately 20 percent of the expected total daily number of Expo visitors.
Distinctive design of cars
Some additions and improvements were made to the interior design of the metro cars, but without prejudice to the general identity of the design of the Dubai metro, including. The improvements included allocating the last vehicle for women and children and maintaining a part of the first vehicle for the gold class, while the rest of the vehicles were allocated to the silver class with the occasional redistribution of seats in the gold and longitudinal levels in the silver class and the women and children cart and maintaining the external appearance of the trains as is currently in the Dubai metro cars In order to preserve the design identity of the Dubai Metro, using its colors known to the public.
The new additions include updating the designs without affecting the general identity of the metro by introducing new designs for the handles, lighting and locations of the digital advertising screens "VBSD" .. A dynamic illuminated map of the metro line and its stations was also used, the use of the modern energy-saving LED lighting system and the amendment of the design of the area designated for luggage So that it can be used to stand the passengers as well as improve the design, locations and number of "grabs" handles inside the vehicles and use modern digital display devices for advertisements and the option of distributing seats on both sides of the train and increase the width of the passage between the "Gangway" vehicles as it was taken into account in their suitability for people of determination And the ease and speed of entry and exit of passengers.