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The challengeA spectacular new man-made island has been built in Dubai near

Jumeirah in the shape of a palm. On the Jumeirah Island, therewill be upscale residences, resorts and attractions.Marubeni Corp. has been selected to build a 5.4 km and four-sta-tion monorail system to connect major developments of theIslands to the land.

The system is driverless, but attendants are present on board asfor monorail at Tokyo Disney Resort. The system is the first majormonorail in the Middle East. SYSTRA was selected as Independ-ent Checking Engineer, to verify the design, operation plan andto assess the safety case.

BackgroundIn order to improve access to the various activities and to theresidential centers, and to connect the Palm Jumeirah man-madeisland with the rest of Dubai, Nakheel (the Owner and Developerof the Project) was committed to develop a modern public trans-port system using the monorail technology. In the future therewill be a link to the Dubai Metro. Marubeni Corp., as the MainContractor, has been awarded the contract for the Engineering,Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the Monorail system,including:

the basic and detailed design of the civil engineering works, the design, construction and procurement of the railwaysystems and rolling stock,

the independent review by the Independent Checking Engineer, the safety case preparation.

Technical CharacteristicsTypical characteristics of Standard Medium Size Hitachi Monorail:

design review

civil works

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stations and depot

Three Monorail Stations on the Palm Island (Trump Tower, VillageCentre, Atlantis) have a central platform. The fourth station onthe main land (Gateway) with lateral platform is integrated in alarge mixed use building also hosting the System OCC, depot andworkshop and a huge Park and Ride facility. Trump Tower and Vil-lage Centre stations are located at the center of large residential/office/hotel/retail developments.

systems

Rolling Stock with air-conditioning, Power Supply (2 power substations, rigid traction power rail1,500 VDC),

Signalling (Automatic Train Operation, electronic interlocking),

Telecommunications, Automatic Fare Collection (contact less), Operating Control Center (SCADA, Automatic Train Supervision), Platform Screen doors, Workshop Facilities, Stations and Depot with air-conditioning, Fire Fighting, CCTV, Passenger Information, Escalator & Elevator,etc.,

Emergency diesel generator for traction power supply.

depot track switch

The special four point monorail track switch design allows thereduction of the depot size.

SYSTRAs roleSYSTRA was entrusted by Marubeni Corp., the EPC Contractor,with a mission of ICE (Independent Checking Engineer) aimed tocheck and validate the project elements below: basic design and detailed design (Civil, E&M and Railway Systems), preliminary operating plan, interfaces management plan, operation and Maintenance plan, safety case: Validation of all the relevant documents necessaryto operate and maintain the monorail system in a safe manner.

characteristics

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Construction Location:Dubai Palm Jumeirah Island, U.A.E.

Line Alignment:- double-track guide-beam- 5.4 km long- 4 Stations + 1 Depot + 1 OCC

Transport Capacity:- initial: 2,400 pphpd- ultimate: 6,000 pphpd

Vehicles: monorail (3-car trains)- initial: 4 trains (43 m long)- ultimate: 9 trains- capacity: 361 passenger/train

Operation:- headway: 180 seconds- normal: automatic with attendant- emergency: Manual Operation- depot: manual operationstakeholders

Owner/Employer: NAKHEEL,Contractor: Marubeni Corp.

cost

Around US$ 380 millionfinancing

Own Fundskey dates

December 2008: opening

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