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Do not fill this in! ===Rail=== {{Main|Dubai Metro|Palm Jumeirah Monorail|Dubai Tram}} [[File:Dubai_Blue_Line_stel_5112_to_Creek_(52765713036).jpg|thumb|[[Dubai Metro]] is the first kind of rail transportation in the UAE, and is the Arabian Peninsula's first urban train network.<ref name="autogenerated1" />]] [[File:Dubai_Tram_Alstom_Citadis_402_near_Al_Sufouh.jpg|thumb|[[Dubai Tram]] is one of the first completely [[ground-level power supply]]-based tram networks in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.highways.today/2017/01/12/systra-aecom-win-dubai-tram-extension/|title=SYSTRA and AECOM win the Dubai Tram extension|date=12 January 2017|website=Highways Today|access-date=13 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232247/https://www.highways.today/2017/01/12/systra-aecom-win-dubai-tram-extension/|archive-date=13 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>]] [[Dubai Metro]] consists of two lines (Red line and Green line) which run through the financial and residential areas of the city. It was opened in September 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dubai RTA β Dubai Metro β Blue Line |date=11 September 2009 |publisher=zawya |url=http://www.zawya.com/projects/project.cfm/pid151106013921?cc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617052450/http://www.zawya.com/projects/project.cfm/pid151106013921?cc |archive-date=17 June 2011}}</ref> UK-based international service company [[Serco]] is responsible for operating the metro. The [[Red Line (Dubai Metro)|Red Line]] is the major backbone, with 29 stations (4 underground, 24 elevated and 1 at ground level) running from Rashidiya Station to UAE Xchange Station in Jebel Ali. The [[Green Line (Dubai Metro)|Green Line]], running from the Etisalat Station to the Creek Station, has 20 stations (8 underground, 12 elevated). An extension to the Red Line connecting the EXPO 2020 site opened on June 1, 2021. A [[Blue Line (Dubai Metro)|Blue]] and a [[Purple Line (Dubai Metro)|Purple Line]] have also been planned. The Dubai Metro is the first urban train network in the [[Arabian Peninsula]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8247330.stm|title=Will metro change Dubai car culture?|date=11 September 2009|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916041627/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8247330.stm|archive-date=16 September 2009}}</ref> The trains are fully automated and driverless.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dubai metro β the world's longest automated rail system |url=https://www.itsinternational.com/feature/dubai-metro-worlds-longest-automated-rail-system |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=ITS International}}</ref> A [[monorail]] line connecting the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland opened on 30 April 2009.<ref name="timeout">{{cite web |title=Palm monorail tried and tested |url=http://www.timeoutdubai.com/knowledge/news/8723-palm-monorail-tried-and-tested |publisher=Timeoutdubai |date=6 May 2009 |access-date=29 August 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115001910/http://www.timeoutdubai.com/knowledge/news/8723-palm-monorail-tried-and-tested |archive-date=15 January 2010}}</ref> It is the first monorail in the Middle East.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aeconline.ae/13/pdcnewsitem/01/69/09/index_13.html|title=First Monorail system in the Middle East takes first paying passengers.|newspaper=AEC Online|access-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203075322/http://www.aeconline.ae/13/pdcnewsitem/01/69/09/index_13.html|archive-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> An extension to connect to the [[Red Line (Dubai Metro)|Red Line]] of the [[Dubai Metro]] is planned.<ref name="gn">{{cite web|title=Middle East's first monorail to start services in Palm Jumeirah by April |url=http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/08/08/07/10235187.html |work=[[Gulf News]] |date=7 August 2008 |access-date=11 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716225656/http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/08/08/07/10235187.html |archive-date=16 July 2009}}</ref> A tramway located in Al Sufouh will run for {{convert|14.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} along Al Sufouh Road from Dubai Marina to the Burj Al Arab and the Mall of the Emirates with two interchanges with Dubai Metro's Red Line. The first section, a {{convert|10.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} long tram line which serves 11 stations, was opened in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedubaitram.com/about/|title=About|work=The Dubai Tram|access-date=12 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215035242/http://thedubaitram.com/about/|archive-date=15 February 2016}}</ref> Dubai has announced it will complete a link of the UAE high-speed rail system which is planned to link with the whole GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council, also known as [[Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf]]), and then possibly [[Europe]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} The high-speed rail will support passengers and cargo.<ref>{{cite web|title=GCC Rail Network |url=http://www.zawya.com/projects/project.cfm/pid190607012406 |publisher=zawya projects |date=14 April 2010 |access-date=25 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617080242/http://www.zawya.com/projects/project.cfm/pid190607012406 |archive-date=17 June 2011}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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