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Plans for an intercity metro system which will link up the other emirates in the UAE are on the cards, chairman of the Roads and Transport Authority, Mattar Al Tayer confirmed at the opening of the launch of the US $7.6 billion (AED28 billion) Dubai Metro last night.
When asked if the Dubai Metro would link up the cities of Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, Al Tayer told Construction Week that it was a federal issue that was being planned.
“Transport between the emirates is a federal issue. A separate authority has been set up to look into ways of connecting all the emirates. We already have an inter-city bus network along with a taxi service. The metro between the emirates could be of another type in terms of technology, and could be of a higher speed,” he revealed.
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He also stressed that the Dubai Metro has been built to serve Dubai as a community and has focused on the city of Dubai.
One of the main reasons the RTA decided to build the Dubai Metro, was to tackle traffic problems within the city, which was mainly between the emirates of Sharjah and Dubai.
“We have enough parking spaces on both borders of Dubai,” Al Tayer said. “We have a 3000-space parking lot at the Nakheel Harbour station so that people coming in from Abu Dhabi can park their cars and use Dubai Metro to visit the city. Similarly, we have 8700 parking spaces on the Sharjah side so this should reduce traffic within the city tremendously.”
According to him the metro is expected to take 17% of traffic off the roads in Dubai while the bus system will take 13%.
A source from the Abu Dhabi National Transport Authority, a body which has been set up to look into public transport possibilities between the emirates, said plans for an inter-city rail system is being looked into.
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