IndieG

Just saw the pictures in the GN and station looks fab! Have got a station 2 min from my house!!

CeeBee

A lot of people have ......sadly most will be too bone idle to make the effort.

I'm gonna start off the 'debate' again...just cos i can really. IMO Its gonna be a success.........

Thinkingaboutit

They will need to introduce personal air conditioning units for the walk to and from the station before I would even consider it.

CeeBee

And in the winter?

What people forget is that the extreme heat is only for what....3 / 4 months of the year? Mind, it'd still probably be cheaper to use a car.

But, for getting down the other end of town from, say, Marina...it'd be fantastic. especially when not in work hours. It can actually be pretty nice not having to always rely on the car. i used to get the tram into town sometimes back home and it felt good not having to worry about parkin n battling with traffic.

IndieG

It's not about being bone idle. But, if I have walk in my office attire in the hot sun for even five minutes in May-Oct, then no, I will not do it.

I love walking but not when it's hot and dusty.

Heat - only 3-4 months?? More like 6 months....

Charismatic

A subterranean rail system, perspex footpath tunnels with air conditioning and you'd be on your way . I'm suprised though they want to go underground, I'd have thought a maglev or suspended monorail would have been just the ticked.



[small]Well it is Dubai after all.[/small]

CeeBee

Hmm, i disagree with your 6 months, but then again i'm still new to being over here. Personally, if i couldn't afford a car i'd have started using the metro by now - if it was finished of course.

I must have a car for work, i have no choice...but, if i was working in say, DIFC and i lived in Marina and wasn't on uber wage it'd be a dream. 5 / 10 mins walk to a station at 6.30 / 7.00 am really aint as bad as people think...even in the height of summer.

twisty100

They ripped the station down after the photos were taken, it was just a publicty stunt...

IndieG

Yeah, and the train used in the test drive was bought from KidKraft....

Confucius

RTA will distribute air conditionned umbrellas for people who buy the yearly package...

alexalexa

metro? when will it start in dubai?

IndieG

September 2009.........

Jeeper

Sheik Mo's website has a video of the trial run on the palm...can't recall the web address.

Robbies

...but its not finished on the palm? Unless it was just a test on a section near Atlantis which may be further ahead?

Cry haddock

To the best of my knowledge, the monorail on the palm is unrelated to (and unconnected to) the main metro.
Just my t'uppence worth for clarity .
CH