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DUBAI’S Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched trial runs of the Dubai Tram – the first of its kind outside Europe – on a track extending 2.5 km from the tram depot at Al Sufouh.
The technical trial runs are expected continue till the official operation of the tram service in the final quarter of this year.
The Dubai Tramway extends 14.6 km alongside Al Sufouh Road, and the initial phase envisages the construction of a 10.6-km-long track from the Dubai Marina to the Tram Depot near Dubai Police Academy. The network comprises 17 passenger stations, 11 of which are covered under Phase One and spread across activity and population density areas along the tramway. The fleet comprises 11 trams in the initial phase, with 14 trams to be added in the second phase. The tram is expected to lift about 27,000 riders per day in the initial phase, a figure expected to hit 66,000 riders per day by 2020.
Al Sufouh Tram is considered the world’s first tramway project powered by a ground-based electric supply system extending along the track, thus obviating the need for catenary cables.
