(Bloomberg) — Dubai will spend 18 billion dirhams ($5 billion) on building a new metro line as the Middle East’s premier business and tourism hub looks to expands its public transport system amid a surge in the city’s population.
With 14 stations across its 30 kilometer (18.6 mile) length, the new blue line will connect the city’s Dubai Creek Harbour district with International City and Dubai International Academic City, the Government of Dubai’s media office said in a post on the X social media platform. The new line will start operations in 2029, the agency said.
Contracts for the new train line’s construction will be awarded in 2024, according to the government’s post. Part of the route will be underground, and will include a 44,000 square meter subterranean station in International City. The line will connect the growing number of residential districts in the east of Dubai.
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