Palm Monorail set for testing in October
Nakheel, a Dubai World company behind the three Palm Islands, said that live testing of the Palm Monorail, which will transport thousands of visitors on Palm Jumeirah each day, will commence this October.
The Palm Monorail is the first monorail project to be constructed in the Middle East. Nakheel has laid 100 per cent of the 5.45km track, while the monorail vehicles, which are engineered by leading railway system manufacturer Hitachi Ltd, famous for Japan’s high speed Bullet trains, are undergoing final inspection in Japan before arriving in Dubai for joint inspection with RTA and operators SMRTE.
Nakheel signed a technical agreement in December 2006, which will see the Osaka monorail team provide technical advice and training for staff during a six-month testing period.
Construction work, which began in March 2006, was completed in July 2008. The system will ultimately connect to the Dubai Metro following the introduction of RTA’s Al Sufouh tramline.
