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Palm Monorail opens to the public

Dubai's Palm Monorail has officially opened to the public, becoming the first such transport system in the Middle East, it was announced n Tuesday.

An exclusive media tour will take place on Wednesday with journalists being among the first to ride in the train.
They will be accompanied by Marwan Al Qamzi, executive managing director of Nakheel Southern Projects, that has led the construction of the system.

The monorail spans the length of Palm Jumeirah, running runs from the Gateway Towers station at the trunk of Palm Jumeirah to Atlantis Aquaventure Station on the crescent.

It has cost $381m to build and was due to open in April, but was delayed while facilities linked to the monorail were completed.
It has the capacity to carry some 40,000 passengers around Nakheel’s man-made island,

Nakheel has plans to ultimately connect the service to the Dubai Metro after the introduction of Road and Transport Authority's Al Sufouh tramline, which will offer direct llinks to Dubai Airport.

Developed by a consortium of leading international companies, led by the Marubeni Corporation, the Palm Monorail's system is fully automatic and driverless, although an attendant will be on board at all times.

The monorail will initially carry up to 2,400 passengers per hour per direction in four separate trains, each made up of three cars. At full capacity, the figure will rise to a maximum of 6,000 people in nine vehicles.

State-of-the-art technology has been employed to overcome a number of challenges including running 1,000m of rail over-sea, meeting Dubai's unique climatic conditions, and protecting the communities of the Palm Jumeirah from noise pollution by using a virtually silent track system.

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