Dubai Metro serves millions

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Going by the sheer number of people dependent on Dubai Metro for their daily commute, to call the 75km-long rail network a lifeline of Dubai will not be an exaggeration. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Dubai marked public transport day on Wednesday, celebrating the 12th anniversary of the Roads

00:13and Transport Authority, which has helped transform the city's transport system over

00:17the past decade. With around 550,000 people who commute using the metro as part of their

00:22daily life, it is hard to imagine that the Dubai Metro has been around for just eight

00:27years.

00:57And it's not just the residents who swear by the world's largest driverless rail network.

01:25Tourists and visitors to Dubai also find it the best way to go around.

01:52Operating in a city with a population of around 2.9 million people, and with an additional

01:57million passing through the city daily, Dubai Metro has transported more than a billion

02:01people in eight years.

02:03Logan Fish for Gulf News.

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