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Dubai Bus

Posted by September Rose on Saturday, December 26, 2009, In : Public Transport 
Another popular mode of transportation for Dubai residents especially the low earners is the Dubai Bus. Bus services are operated on many routes linking various residential and the industrial areas with the two central business districts. The over 1200 buses are equipped with point to point timetables that provide the waiting passengers with time schedules of the bus services passing through specific bus stops. There are also some Inter-Emirate buses for travel to other UAE cities. Passengers...

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Dubai Metro

Posted by September Rose on Wednesday, December 23, 2009, In : Public Transport 
The Dubai Metro is the world's longest driverless automated railway system with of about 76 kilometres of rail tracks and 47 stations. Ten of the Red Line’s 29 stops are available: Nakheel Harbour & Tower, Mall of the Emirates, Financial Centre, Al Jafiliya, Khalid Bin Al Waleed, Union Square, Al Rigga, Deira City Centre, Airport T3 and Rashidiya Terminal. The 19 stops that are not opening today should all be operating by February next year. Then, in June 2010, the Green Line – stretching...
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Transportation in Dubai

Posted by September Rose on Monday, December 21, 2009, In : Public Transport 
Transport in Dubai is controlled by the Roads and Transport authority. The public transport network faces huge congestion and reliability issues which a large investment programme is attempting to address, including over AED70 billion of improvements planned for completion by 2020, when the population of the city is projected to exceed 3.5 million.
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