Dubai Metro Blue Line stations to feature new oval-shaped design that arches over tracks
This new design is dissimilar from the enclosed stack arrangement designs employed in the Red and Green Lines.
It has been announced that new Dubai metro stations on the upcoming Blue Line will be designed in a sleek and futuristic form. Just for this reason, at the last Global Rail conference conducted on Tuesday on the RTA’s stand one such model was displayed.
The design of the station includes a concave dome like soft rounded form enclosing the center platform which is surrounded by unnecessarily large oval supported over the tracks. This design is different from the fully-enclosed stations that are currently in use in the Red and Green Lines.
Such side structures that on both sides have exits also seem to as well incorporating modern styles such as symmetrical shapes with curved features. A presentation conducted over a video at RTA exhibitions also highlighted how the Blue Line will get roads to some of the densely populated areas in Dubai, particularly Mirdiff, International City and Academic city.
The viaduct which holds the railroad to lift the railway over the Dubai Creek for 1,300meters is considered one of the most significant characteristics of the line. This new connection is expected to significantly cut down travel time for commuters.
The 30km Blue Line is expected to be finished within the year 2029. It also acts as a crucial phase of the provision of links between the operational Red and Green Lines. This particular project is also in line with a wide angle of the urban plan of Dubai for the year 2040 ‘the 20 minutes”. The plan provides for a focus on the public transport-anchored and development oriented. Up to 80of the critical services would be available to the residents in a 20 minutes’ trip.
Future of rail transport
Tuesday’s first Global Rail Conference, organized in Abu Dhabi, brought together more than 150 senior representatives of various stakeholders including ministers and industry leaders, to tackle the subject of development of the railway transport in the country.
Within the bounds of the conference, the Innovation Hub displayed an entire range of disruptive technologies, digital solutions, and other advances that will change the game in mobility and logistics. A smart maintenance system is one of the featured technologies which was demonstrated by the researchers from the Technology Innovation Institute.
The system which operates on smart sensors fitted to various wagons gathers and analyses the entire underlying data on tracking. In turn, the system will, thus be able to surveil and live track such issues and plot a perspective maintenance module which will restrict with the adjacent issue not being more than five increments.
“This is a physics based data driven model”, commented Prabhakaran Balasubramanian, one of the researchers. “Artificial Intelligence can ensure that there is no sand contamination, track stiffness, broken sleepers, just to name some of the possible worries. Well, even if it is correct only half of the time, it will reduce the cost of maintenance by great margins.”
On the other hand, the organizers of the conference also organized a special Finance Pavilion aimed at bringing together the sources of funding and the authors of infrastructure projects. This dedicated space will become a unique platform for the investors, project developers and all stakeholders to discuss finance and commercial opportunities, establish partnerships and raise capital to promote the transportation sector.
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