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Palm Monorail Dubai
The Monorail testing in February 2009
The Monorail testing in February 2009
Overview
LocaleDubai
Transit typestraddle-beam monorail
Number of lines
1
Number of stations
4 Stations
Daily ridership
~40,000 (capacity), under contemporary interval 23,000. Current ridership much lower.
Websitewww.palmmonorail.com
Operation
Began operation
30 April 2009
Ended operation
5 December 2025 (indefinite suspension)
OperatorSerco
Number of vehicles
4 (2009)[1] (only two visually seen in July 2014)
Technical
System length5.45 kilometres (3 mi)[2]
Average speed35 km/h (22 mph)
Top speed70 km/h (43 mph)
System map

Legend
 Atlantis Aquaventure
Palm Jumeirah Mall
 Al Ittihad Park
Gateway  T1 
Dubai Internet City  M1 
This diagram:
Plan Overview Of Palm Monorail Route

The Palm Monorail is a monorail line on the Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is operated by the UK-based Serco. The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro.[2] The line opened on 30 April 2009 as the Palm Jumeirah Monorail.[3] It is the first monorail in the Middle East.[4]

The trains are driverless, with attendants for any emergency situations.[1] It currently runs from Gateway Station to Atlantis Aquaventure and stops at the Al Ittihad Park Station and Palm Jumeirah Mall Station.

In December 2025 the monorail line was suspended until further notice, with the operators citing essential station maintenance as the reason for closure. It resumed running in June 2026.[5]

History

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Construction began on the 5.45-kilometre (3.39 mi) monorail line in March 2006,[2] under the supervision of Marubeni Corporation, with the monorail track completed in July 2008 and vehicle testing beginning in November 2008. Originally planned to open by December 2008,[6] the opening was delayed to 30 April 2009.[2][6] In 2010, day-to-day operations were taken over by the British company Serco.[7]

The project budget is US$400 million, with an additional US$190M set aside for a 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) future extension to the Dubai Metro,[8] while other sources state a budget of US$1.1 billion.[9] A journey on the monorail costs Dhs20 one-way, 30 return.

The Al Ittihad Park station, originally intended to serve the cancelled Trump International Hotel and Tower development, was opened on 3 July 2017.[10] Nakheel Mall station opened on 28 November 2019.[11]

Technology

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The Palm Monorail uses Hitachi Monorail straddle-type technology. The electro-mechanical works are carried out by ETA-Dubai in joint venture with Hitachi-Japan. Omron Electronics Company will provide the train equipment electronic system which will work by using the smart card technique.[12]

Ridership

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Each carriage has 70 seats and can accommodate 232 standing passengers, for a total of 302 people.[12]

The line has a theoretical capacity of 40,000 passengers per day, with trains running every few minutes during peak hours and every 15 to 20 minutes during off-peak hours.[2][4] However, actual ridership averaged around 600 passengers per day during the first week,[13] and the monorail ran "virtually empty".[14] As of July 2017, the line runs every 11 minutes and averages 3,000 passengers per day.[10]

Stations

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  • Atlantis Aquaventure station — Atlantis, The Palm
  • The Pointe station[15] closed from July 2023 for a redevelopment project.[16]
  • Nakheel Mall station now changed the station name to Palm Jumeirah Mall
  • Al Ittihad Park station — formerly Trump Plaza and Village Center Station
  • Palm Gateway station — Gateway Towers, connection to Dubai Tram at Palm Jumeirah station (out-of-station interchange)

Palm Gateway station has more than 1,600 parking spaces available.[17]

Planned extension
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References

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  1. 1 2 Hitachi Ltd. (4 June 2009). "Monorail in Palm Jumeirah Island opened in April 2009". Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Middle East's first monorail to start services in Palm Jumeirah by April". Gulf News. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Palm monorail tried and tested - The Knowledge News". Time Out Dubai. TimeOutDubai.com. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  4. 1 2 "ME's 1st monorail to begin services in April". MENAFN.com. 8 August 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "Dubai Palm Monorail reopens after six-month closure". Gulf News. 10 July 2026. Archived from the original on 11 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Palm monorail hit by four-month delay". ArabianBusiness.com. 22 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  7. ↑ DVV Media UK (September 2010). "Urban rail news in brief". Railway Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Quiet please for region's first monorail". ArabianBusiness.com. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  9. ↑ "Nice and Easy, but Fares Not So Fair". Khaleejtimes.com. 7 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  10. 1 2 "New station on the Palm Monorail opens". The National. 3 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "In pictures: New mega Nakheel Mall opens in Dubai's Palm Jumeirah". 28 November 2019.
  12. 1 2 Sengupta, Joy (2 April 2015) [22 April 2009]. "Get ready to ride the Palm Monorail". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  13. ↑ Sarah Blackman (6 May 2009). "Dubai's new Palm Monorail proves popular". Construction Week Online. ConstructionWeekOnline.com. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  14. ↑ "Palm monorail: Where are the passengers? - XPRESS (United Arab Emirates)". Encyclopedia.com. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  15. 1 2 "Jumeirah Palm Island Monorail". www.dubaifaqs.com. 24 May 2021.
  16. ↑ Holtham, Alice (31 July 2023). "The Palm Monorail station at The Pointe closes today". whatson.ae.
  17. ↑ "All aboard: everything you need to know about The Palm Monorail | Time Out Dubai". 30 November 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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  • Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Palm Jumeirah Monorail at Wikimedia Commons
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