Head of Dubai’s transport authority hails progress on extension of the Red Line of Dubai Metro to the Expo 2020 site. Dubai’s transport authority on Saturday announced that its Route 2020 project, which is the extension of the Red Line of Dubai Metro to the Expo 2020 site, has reached 70 percent completion.
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said the completion rate of track work on the line which extends 15km from Nakheel Harbour and Tower Station has hit 80 percent while 50-60 percent of the station works have been finished. Viaduct construction work had been completed spanning 11.8km, it added. Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the RTA, revealed these details during an inspection tour to several stations including Expo, Al Furjan and Nakheel Harbour and Tower Stations.
He attended a briefing by Abdul Mohsin Ibrahim Younes, CEO of Rail Agency, and Abdul Redha Abu Al Hasan, executive director of Rail Planning and Projects Development. Al Tayer inspected the progress of the Expo Station which will handle millions of visitors to serve the Expo 2020 site and comprises a ground floor, mezzanine, concourse, and a train platform level.
