Dubai Metro’s main power station in Jebel Ali, which occupies an area of 3,659 sq m, is 66 per cent complete.

Inspecting the progress made on a number of Dubai Metro projects, Mattar Al Tayer, chairman of the board and executive director of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), hailed the efforts of employees and the good progress made in building the power station. He also inspected the work progress at Jebel Ali parking facilities, the grade level of the Red Line near Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (Jafza), Jebel Ali industrial area station, as well as the main sector of the elevated route of the Metro.
Al Tayer started his tour by inspecting Jebel Ali parking facilities that occupies an area of 110,000 sq m and has now reached a completion rate of more than 36 per cent. The facility, which has the capacity to accommodate up to 40 trains, includes a parking space for metro coaches fully air-conditioned and equipped with an advanced fire-fighting system. It is fitted with a control centre of metro operation systems that ensures the safety of doors, brakes and engines of each train, as well as the safety of the air-conditioning system and other hi-tech subsidiary electronic systems.
The facility also contains maintenance workshops and special workshops for washing and cleaning the metro coaches.
Al Tayer directed the contractors to advance the operational tests of the trains in Jebel Ali Station so that it will be conducted by April next year.
He also reviewed the progress made in manufacturing the Metro coaches in Japan, which is now six per cent complete.
Once complete, both the Red and the Green lines will run 69 trains; 44 on the Red Line and 25 on the Green Line. Each train will comprise five coaches with a total capacity of 643 passengers.
Green Line: The RTA has also said that substantial progress has been made on the Green Line section of the Dubai Metro project. Construction work on the underground station is in full swing, and preparatory works for the elevated north section are progressing well and will allow foundation and substructure works to commence in late summer, says a spokesman.
The diaphragm wall construction at Gubaiba underground station was due for completion by the end of last month (July), while the Al Ras Station diaphragm wall is slated for completion next month.
Work on the Palm Deira diaphragm wall started in June while that on the Baniyas Square Station and Salah Al Din Station is due to start sometime this month (August).”
Since the Green Line is planned to cater to the Central Business Districts of Dubai it has a more localised route that focuses on two of Dubai’s most densely populated areas – Deira and Bur Dubai. It will run from Al Ittihad Square through Deira and Bur Dubai to BurJuman, through Health Care City to Jadaff in the south, and from Al Ittihad Square through the intersection of Al Nahda and Damascus Road to Al Qiyadah intersection toward Al-Qusais Area.