Palm Jumeirah monorail delayed
April 3rd, 2009The monorail on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah will now open ‘later this year’.
The Middle East’s first monorail system was originally scheduled to open in December 2008 but was later delayed to April 2009.
The monorail is 5.4 km long and runs from the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah (Gateway Station) to the crescent (Atlantis Station). When operating at full capacity it will be capable of transporting 6,000 people per hour.
Testing has already been completed. Here’s a short video:
