en.Wedoany.com Reported - Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has issued a research and design tender for the Airport Express project, planning to build an urban rail transit line connecting Dubai International Airport with Al Maktoum International Airport. The line will be approximately 55 kilometers long, featuring five stations, and will interconnect with the existing metro network, aiming to enhance transit efficiency between the airports and improve the city's rail system. Interested companies must submit their proposals before June this year.
According to the tender documents, the Airport Express will depart from the Red Line metro station at Dubai International Airport, pass through Al Jaddaf, extend along Sheikh Zayed Road to a new station at the Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) Roundabout, and finally arrive at Al Maktoum International Airport. The line is approximately 55 kilometers long, with plans for five stations. These stations will offer remote check-in, baggage handling, and security check facilities to enhance the integration between rail transit and air transport.
The Airport Express project also plans two branch lines: one extending from the new station at the Jumeirah Village Circle Roundabout to the Faradan Exchange metro station at the Emirates Golf Club; the other branching towards Business Bay, where a new station will be built. The alignment of the Airport Express roughly coincides with part of the Abu Dhabi-Dubai high-speed rail line, currently under development by the UAE's national railway company, Etihad Rail.
The Airport Express is the second major metro project tendered by the RTA this year. Earlier, a tender was launched for the extension of the Expo 2020 line, connecting the Expo 2020 metro station to the West Terminal of Al Maktoum International Airport. This extension is about 3 kilometers long and includes two new stations. The existing Expo 2020 line, built by a consortium comprising Spain's Acciona, Turkey's Gulermak, and France's Alstom, spans 15 kilometers (consisting of an 11.8-kilometer viaduct section and a 3.2-kilometer tunnel section) and had a contract value of approximately $2.9 billion.
In addition to the Airport Express and the Expo 2020 line extension, Dubai is advancing several other rail transit plans. Among them, the Blue Line is being built by a consortium of Hong Kong-based CRRC, Turkey's MAPA, and Turkey's LIMAK, with a project contract value of approximately $5.6 billion. The line is about 30 kilometers long, and as of January this year, 12% of the work had been completed. For the Gold Line, US-based AECOM has been selected to provide consulting services. This line will start from Al Ghubaiba, running parallel to the existing Red Line to relieve passenger pressure, and will extend into inland areas. Additionally, the Purple and Pink lines are still in the early planning stages.
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