Al Tayer: Route 2020 of the Dubai Metro will be operational on 1/1/2021, with four stations
Matar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority announced the operation of Route 2020 of the Dubai Metro, which extends from Jebel Ali Station on the Red Line to the Expo 2020 Station, on the first of January 2021 (1/1/2021), through four stations, namely Jabal Ali (transit station with the red line), Gardens, Discovery Gardens and Al Furjan, with the other three stations opening later
He said: The Roads and Transport Authority is receiving the new year by operating the route 2020 of the Dubai Metro, which serves areas with a high population density estimated at more than 270 thousand people, and includes parks areas, Discovery Gardens, Al Furjan, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai Investment Park, as well as a site Expo exhibition, indicating that the selection of the stations that will be operating in next January was based on a number of criteria, the most important of which is the population density in the area served by each station to provide comfort to the residents of the nearby areas, the expected number of passengers for each station, and the availability of commercial activities in the area it serves Each station, and its connection to other means of transportation such as buses.
Al Tayer stressed that the opening of the 2020 route to the public comes after the completion of all operational tests and experiments that were carried out in four stages: "static testing" for train cars and systems, "moving test" on the track and without passengers, then pilot operational tests, in which the efficiency of performance was demonstrated. The entire system (System Reliability), and to make sure of the stability of the operational systems (System Stability), and fourth, the operational tests were carried out by the train service operator, to verify the readiness of the operator before the actual operation of the service.
He added: The first metro trips will start from Jebel Ali station to Al Furjan station and back, on the days from Saturday to Wednesday at five in the morning, and the last trip at 12:00 at night, while the first trip will start on Thursday at five in the morning, and the last trip at the hour. One is after midnight, and on Friday, the first journey begins at ten in the morning, and the last trip will be at one o'clock in the morning, and the journey between Jebel Ali station and Al Furjan station is approximately six minutes, indicating that the interchange time between trains will be every 10 minutes. At a rate of 6 trains per hour, with a capacity of 4176 passengers per hour in each direction.
His Excellency the Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors stated that the authority has allocated 19 transportation buses, operating on the four stations, to facilitate passenger access to and from the metro stations, as it has allocated two lines for public transport buses at the Gardens station, two lines in the Discovery Gardens station, and two lines in the Al Furjan station. Taxi service will be available at the operating stations.
It should be noted that the four stations that will be operated are all overhead stations, and the Jebel Ali station is a transit station with the red line, with an area of 8,800 square meters and 150 meters in length, and its capacity is estimated at 17,000 passengers per hour during peak times, and about 320,000 energy passengers. The station has a daily capacity, and the station includes four berths for boarding trains, four bus stops, 17 stops for passengers and taxis, and seven stops for people of determination, and it includes eight commercial investment shops with an area of 388 square meters, and the gardens station is the second station on Route 2020, With an area of 8,100 square meters, a length of 168 meters, and a capacity of 6,770 passengers per hour during peak times, about 125 thousand passengers, the capacity of the station per day, and the station includes two berths for boarding trains, four bus stops, 20 stops for passengers and taxis, and two stops for owners Al Hammam, as it includes five shops for commercial investment, measuring 161 square meters.
The area of the Discovery Gardens station is 8,600 square meters, its length is 168 meters, and it has a capacity of 6,770 passengers per hour during peak times, and about 125,000 passengers, the station’s capacity per day, and the station includes two berths for boarding trains, four bus stops, and 20 stops for passengers and taxis. It includes two parking lots for people of determination, and it includes four shops for commercial investment with an area of 149 square meters, and the fourth station on the 2020 route is Al Furjan station, with an area of 8,400 square meters, a length of 168 meters, and a capacity of 6,770 passengers per hour during peak times, and about 125,000 passengers. The station includes two docks to board the trains, four bus stops, 20 stops for passengers and taxis, and two stops for people of determination, and it includes four commercial investment shops of 149 square meters.
The maximum capacity (for Route 2020) is estimated at about 46 thousand passengers per hour in both directions (23 thousand riders per hour), and according to studies prepared by the authority, the number of route 2020 users is expected to reach 125 thousand passengers per day in 2021, increasing to About 275,000 passengers per day by 2030, studies have also shown that about 35,000 visitors per day use the Expo station to access the exhibition site during weekdays, and the number increases to about 47,000 visitors per day during weekends, and this number represents approximately 29% of the total number. The expected daily visitors to the Expo.
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