The Palm Jumeirah Monorail is a monorail

Monorail

A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track...

 line on the Palm Jumeirah

Palm Jumeirah

The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial archipelago created using land reclamation by Nakheel, a company owned by the Dubai government in United Arab Emirates. It is one of three islands called the Palm Islands which extend into the Persian Gulf, increasing Dubai’s shoreline by a total of...

 island in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

. The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line

Red Line (Dubai Metro)

The Red Line is one of the two lines on the Dubai Metro network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The first section was inaugurated on 9 September 2009. Construction was declared complete on 28 April 2010.. The line has 29 stations spanning , which have been opened in phases from 2009 to 2011...

 of the Dubai Metro

Dubai Metro

The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with three further lines are planned. These first two lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere...

. The line opened on April 30, 2009. It is the first monorail in the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

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History

Construction began on the 5.45 kilometres (3 mi) monorail line in March 2006, under the supervision of Marubeni Corporation, with the monorail track completed in July 2008 and vehicle testing beginning in November 2008. Originally planned to open by December 2008, the opening was delayed to April 30, 2009.. In 2010, day-to-day operations were taken over by the Middle-East branch of Serco .

The project budget is US$400 million, with an additional US$190M set aside for a 2 kilometres (1 mi) future extension to the Dubai Metro. Another source speaks of a budget of US$1.1 billion. A journey on the monorail costs Dhs

United Arab Emirates dirham

The dirham is the currency of the United Arab Emirates. The ISO 4217 code for the United Arab Emirates dirham is AED. Unofficial abbreviations include DH or Dhs. The dirham is subdivided into 100 ....

15 one-way, 25 return.

Technology

The Palm Jumeirah Monorail uses Hitachi Monorail

Hitachi Monorail

The Hitachi Monorail System refers to the family of monorails offered by Hitachi, Ltd.-List of notable Hitachi monorails:Hitachi's designs are ALWEG-based, and are available in three configurations:-Large:*Kitakyushu monorail, opened 1984...

 straddle-type technology. The line has a capacity of 40,000 passengers per day, with trains running every three minutes during peak hours and every 15 to 20 minutes during off-peak hours. However, actual ridership averaged around 600 passengers per day during the first week, and the monorail is running "virtually empty".

The electro-mechanical works are carried out by ETA-Dubai in joint venture with Hitachi-Japan.

Stations

, only the Atlantis Aquaventure and Gateway stations are open.

• Atlantis Aquaventure — Atlantis, The Palm
  Atlantis, The Palm
  Atlantis, the Palm is a hotel resort at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is a joint venture between Kerzner International Limited and Istithmar PSJC and was opened on 24 September 2008. The resort is modelled after the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in Nassau, Bahamas...
  
  
• Trump Tower (not open yet) — Trump International Hotel and Tower
  Trump International Hotel and Tower (Dubai)
  Trump International Hotel & Tower was a proposed skyscraper hotel at the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. It was a joint venture between the Trump Organization and Dubai-based Nakheel, a government-owned company, and was announced on October 5, 2005. The hotel was expected to be a 300-room hotel...
  
  
• Palm Mall (not open yet) — formerly Trump Plaza
• Gateway — Gateway towers

Planned extension:

• Dubai Internet City (planned) — interchange to Dubai Metro
  Dubai Metro
  The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with three further lines are planned. These first two lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere...
  
  

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