On September 9, the Dubai Metro will celebrate one year of operation amid huge success indicators in the operational efficiency, punctuality in journey schedules, high global safety standards, and a number of users who clocked from the inception up to the first of week of September this year t about 30 million.
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), expressed his delight.
“The number of Dubai Metro users has been on the rise since its launch on 09/09/2009 jumping from 1.8 million passengers in October 2009 to 3.3 million passengers in August 2010; recording in the process a growth rate of 183 per cent.
"In September 2009, metro users clocked 2,196,920 passengers and the number soared in October to 1,767,879 passengers.
The number of monthly passengers served by the metro broke the two million barrier in December 2009 and continued to grow steadily to hit 3,193,087 passengers in May 2010 and the number still showed further growth to clock 3,301,959 passengers last August.
“The daily ridership of Dubai Metro jumped from 54,683 passengers in October 2009 to 116,340 passengers last June, recording a growth rate of 212 per cent.
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