The Dubai Metro is one of the few driverless passenger trains in the world. It was built over a period of about 4 years and was completed and opened in 2009.

The government plan was to build a network of public transport in Dubai that would encourage people to give up their cars.

Dubai Metro was a key part of that plan and continues to spearhead public transport in Dubai.

Hugely Successful

The Metro has been a great success. Since it was launched has seen a continual increase in the number of passengers that use it each year.

This has decreased the number of people using cars on the roads of the Emirate and making the city greener.

The government of Dubai is set on increasing public transport usage over the coming years and the Metro is the mainstay of that plan.

Expanding

Currently there are two lines – the green line and the red line. There are plans to build more lines and also to extend the existing lines further. This would mean a larger part of the Dubai residential areas would be covered by the Metro.

The red line was recently extended to the site of Expo 2020. This was a major project and has carried millions of people to the Expo site since it opened.

There are also still plans for 2 more lines although those plans have been slightly on hold in recently years.