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Hey All,

Did anyone see the newspaper article on the Metro today in the newspaper? I was shocked to see the top speed of the tram.....25 km/h......does anyone have any other info about this? it would take one hour to get from Jebel Ali to the Creek!

Any comments, ideas?

The speed is 40kmph i believe... but im sure thats not the exact report either

That was the tram, which is a separate side-project from the actual Metro. I think the Metro itself will run at 120 kph, but I could be imagining that figure.

unrealistic with so many stations in between, 60 -80 max would make sense, more in the 60's than 80's
and imagine its still double the avarage of cueing on SZR, but what you might win with the metro you will lose finding a ride from Metro to final destination....
entirely BULLSHIT anyways

25 only???? It will makes more problems than resolves. I used this kind of transport in different countries for many times. Somewhere it helps people to move fast without traffic jams and with speed about 60-80 kmph. But there is trams that makes problems, traffic jams and accidents.

So what about metro, I'm sure it will be very usefull to get D.Marina or Emirates Mall from Deira for fast in a rush hour.

By the way, it will be also very nice sightseeing route for tourists, because it's elevation above the roads.

update, will make upto 40K/hr scary rotfl, which takes the same time go with the car from one end to the other.....

I heard somewhere that the metro will be running at between 80 to 100 kms/hour. The tram will of course runat 40 kms/hr

open your eyes and ears and have a look at gulf news they posted a small video of the test run and mentioned 40 K's to lazy to search for you its on Youtube

"Blue and white train which can reach speed up to 40 kmph"

May be somewhere like at Emirate Towers it's enough speed but not for another places.