Dubai Tram News
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New Safety Measures on Roads
Some left turns and U turns at key junctions have been blocked in order to enhance the security of the Dubai tram system. After running for 6 weeks the RTA have got a better idea of which intersections are potentially sites of accidents and have moved to prevent this from happening by blocking some roads where the path of the tram crosses with vehicles. There has already been one collision between a tram and a car since the launch and so extra measures have been taken to stop any repeat of this. You can read further information here.
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New Tram Route
There has been a new tram route added which circles around the marina and JBR area. This route has more frequent trains (every 6 minutes) to enable people to get to and from the Marina and JBR more quickly. Check out the map page to see a visual of this new route.
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Fares Increase on 11 November 2014
So there has been a rise in the fare prices on Dubai transport, which includes the Metro, Tram and Buses which takes effect from 11 November 2014. There was an indication that this was likely to happen when the season ticket prices were released a few weeks ago, and daily and monthly ticket prices had increased. Subsequently single fare prices have also increased. You can see the new ticket prices on the Dubai Tram Tickets page. Prices are still very low compared to other similar transport systems around the world. For example the similar fare of 1 zone travel on the London underground would cost around 12 dirhams as opposed…
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Dubai Tram Opening to the Public on 12 November
So the news has been released, as expected, that the public will only be able to travel on the Dubai Tram on 12 November, rather than the opening date of 11 November. This follows exactly what happened with the opening of the Dubai Metro which was only opened to the public on 10 September, a day after it was opened by Sheikh Mohammed on 9/9/09. One reason for this is likely to be so that final finishing touches to the system can be completed in the maximum time available. The Metro was opened in the evening so that they had the whole of that day available to complete whatever work…
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