Monorail planned for Abu Dhabi
01 April 2003
Abu Dhabi will have a state-of-the-art elevated monorail with a frequency of less than five minutes from and to the city, municipality officials said.
The proposed project is part of a Dh25.806 billion ($7 billion) master transport plan for Abu Dhabi up to the year 2020, which includes construction of bridges, intersections, inner bypass routes, and headways.
The monorail will have fully air-conditioned stations and boarding platforms.
The officials said that the project was proposed as an alternative to improve the public transport system.
A major project to enhance the local bus system to provide 20-minute headways to all areas of Greater Abu Dhabi is also planned. A high-frequency public transportation corridor extending from East Mussaffah to the Central Business District (CBD) providing five-minute to 10-minute headways, local and express services, and timed-transfers to local buses is one of the other proposals.
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