The main challenge facing Dubai in its much touted quest to cater for 15 million tourists per year by 2010 is not a lack of hotels, restaurants and attractions. It's traffic.
The huge volume of vehicles streaming in and out of the city on a daily basis have have made tailbacks a fact of life (still nowhere near as bad as London). Thankfully, all this is set to change with the construction of the Dubai Metro.
The train network is being built by Dubai Rapid Link (DURL) Consortium which comprises companies including Mitsubishi and the Turkish interest Yapi Merkezi. It will operate above and below ground and will be totally driverless. When completed, it will be the longest automated rail system in the world with a total of 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) of lines, and 42 stations (including 9 underground stations). The first sector will be completed in 2009 at a cost of AED 15.5 billion\ US$4.2 billion.
You can view a map at http://www.dubaimetro.info/en/map/.
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