Palm Monorail

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Plan Overview Of Palm Monorail Route

The Palm Monorail is a monorail line on the Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is operated by the UK-based Serco. The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro.[1] The line opened on 30 April 2009 as the Palm Jumeirah Monorail.[2] It is the first monorail in the Middle East.[3]

The trains are driverless, with attendants for any emergency situations.[4] It currently runs from Gateway Station to Atlantis Aquaventure and stops at the Al Ittihad Park Station and Nakheel Mall station.[5]

History

Construction began on the Script error: No such module "convert". monorail line in March 2006,[1] 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,[6] the opening was delayed to 30 April 2009.[1][6] In 2010, day-to-day operations were taken over by the British company Serco.[7]

The project budget is US$400 million, with an additional US$190M set aside for a Script error: No such module "convert". future extension to the Dubai Metro,[8] while other sources state a budget of US$1.1 billion.[9] A journey on the monorail costs Dhs20 one-way, 30 return.

The Al Ittihad Park station, originally intended to serve the cancelled Trump International Hotel and Tower development, was opened on 3 July 2017.[10] Nakheel Mall station opened on 28 November 2019.[11]

Technology

The Palm Monorail uses Hitachi Monorail straddle-type technology. The electro-mechanical works are carried out by ETA-Dubai in joint venture with Hitachi-Japan. Omron Electronics Company will provide the train equipment electronic system which will works by using the smart card technique.[12]

Ridership

Each carriage has 70 seats and can accommodate 232 standing passengers, for a total of 302 people.[13]

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.[1][3] However, actual ridership averaged around 600 passengers per day during the first week,[14] and the monorail ran "virtually empty".[15] since July 2017Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the line runs every 11 minutes and averages 3,000 passengers per day.[10]

Stations

  • Atlantis Aquaventure station — Atlantis, The Palm
  • The Pointe station[16] closed at July 2023 for a redevelopment project.[17]
  • Nakheel Mall station
  • Al Ittihad Park station — formerly Trump Plaza and Village Center Station
  • Palm Gateway station — Gateway Towers, connection to Dubai Tram at Palm Jumeirah station (out-of-station interchange)

Palm Gateway station has more than 1,600 parking spaces available.[18]

Planned extension

Gallery

References

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External links

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