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Saturday, March 15, 2008
First two trains for Dubai Metro have arrived in Dubai from Japan, Gulf News has learnt
The trains have been off-loaded from the ship at Dubai’s Port Rashid and have been moved to storage areas.
"We have achieved a crucial milestone for Dubai Metro Project with the arrival of first two trains on schedule,” said Adnan Ahmed Al Hammadi, Director of Rail Project Construction Department at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
He told Gulf News that the trains will be used for the trail run which is set to start in late April this year on the test track between the Jebel Ali Industrial Station and the Ibn-e-Battuta Station on Shaikh Zayed Road.
"More consignments of trains will start arriving in June after we complete at least two months of trail run to check trains,” he said.
At least three to four trains will arrive in Dubai from June onward. A total of 62 trains will operate on the Red Line and some 17 trains will run on the Green Line of the Dh15.5 billion Dubai Metro Project.
Each trains consists of five compartments with maximum capacity of 897 passengers in peak hours.
Every train has three classes -the Golden Class, the Women and Children Class and the Silver Class. The Silver Class, which is economy class, will be given three out of five compartments while the other two will use one compartment each.
The interior design of train compartments for Dubai Metro is based on water and air theme.
The trains have been off-loaded from the ship at Dubai’s Port Rashid and have been moved to storage areas.
"We have achieved a crucial milestone for Dubai Metro Project with the arrival of first two trains on schedule,” said Adnan Ahmed Al Hammadi, Director of Rail Project Construction Department at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
He told Gulf News that the trains will be used for the trail run which is set to start in late April this year on the test track between the Jebel Ali Industrial Station and the Ibn-e-Battuta Station on Shaikh Zayed Road.
"More consignments of trains will start arriving in June after we complete at least two months of trail run to check trains,” he said.
At least three to four trains will arrive in Dubai from June onward. A total of 62 trains will operate on the Red Line and some 17 trains will run on the Green Line of the Dh15.5 billion Dubai Metro Project.
Each trains consists of five compartments with maximum capacity of 897 passengers in peak hours.
Every train has three classes -the Golden Class, the Women and Children Class and the Silver Class. The Silver Class, which is economy class, will be given three out of five compartments while the other two will use one compartment each.
The interior design of train compartments for Dubai Metro is based on water and air theme.
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During this demonstration, RTA will ensure the design of the PSD is in accordance with the contract specifications and international standards. The Platform Screen Doors for the Dubai Metro are currently being manufactured in the UK by Westinghouse.
There will be 28 PSDs on each station. The PSD is equipped with an intelligent control system to prevent any unsafe operation and is equipped with a sophisticated system to detect any obstacle or obstruction and ensure safe reaction.
The PSDs create a full height barrier between the station floor and the ceiling of the platform when closed therefore improving passenger safety, enabling efficient climatic control of a platform environment, suppressing a high level of train noise, creating a cleaner platform environment and improving passenger boarding/disembarkation flow.
Mr. Adnan Al Hammadi, Director of Rail Projects Construction said: "Platform screen doors fitted to metro station platforms provide a safe barrier between passengers and the track. The doors are opened automatically by sophisticated interface control electronics which communicate between the approaching train, the Automatic Train Control System and systems within the door architecture. The train control system ensures that the train stops in the correct position in which platform doors and train doors are aligned. Both sets of doors open simultaneously. When passengers are safely on board the train all doors are closed in precise harmony with those on the platform."
"This barrier provides a number of important benefits to both passengers and operators by preventing access or falling on the electrified track. In addition, doors make the platform environment cleaner and quieter, "he added. Platform screen doors can reduce air-conditioning and ventilation costs for operators by isolating the platforms from the train, track, and tunnels.”
Platform screen doors can reduce boarding times at stations because passengers know exactly where to stand on the platform. This can improve operation and service.
Metro Systems around the world that have no PSDs often experienced fatal incidents of passengers falling on the track accidentally or deliberately. The importance of PSDs from safety perspective is being regarded by railway industries as the international best practice.