Nakheel has appointed SMRT Engineering Pte Ltd (SMRTE), a subsidiary of Singapore-based SMRT Corporation Ltd, to prepare for the operation and maintenance of the 5.45 kilometre, Dh1.4 billion monorail on the Palm Jumeirah island. "The monorail will serve about 20,000 day visitors, 30,000 Palm Jumeirah residents in addition to 25,000 hotel guests who will reside in 14,000 hotel rooms," a Nakheel spokesperson told Gulf News.
SMRT Corporation which operates Singapore's Bukit Panjang Light Rail System with 51 stations, was awarded the contract through competitive bidding by four parties. The Palm Monorail is the first monorail to be constructed in the Middle East and it is being developed by a consortium led by the Marubeni Corporation. The monorail is a Hitachi-based system with a fully elevated, double-track system with four stations.
As of last month, Nakheel has laid more than 90 per cent of the 5.45km track. Construction, which began in March 2006, is scheduled to be completed in November 2008 to coincide with the opening of Atlantis, The Palm Jumeirah. (Gulf News)
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