--- title: "Dubai’s futuristic tram: SYSTRA’s role in a world-first transport system" url: "https://www.systra.com/uk/project/dubai-tram-united-arab-emirates/" type: projects date_published: 2020-09-14 date_modified: 2026-05-07 schema: @type: WebPage language: en-GB word_count: 614 reading_time: 4 min canonical: "https://www.systra.com/uk/project/dubai-tram-united-arab-emirates/" featured_image: "https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/09/header_tram_dubai.jpg" type-market: - "Cities & Urban Mobility" - Mass Transit - Sustainable Transport project-market: - Light Rail - Mass Transit project-location: - International --- # Dubai’s futuristic tram: SYSTRA’s role in a world-first transport system ![Dubai’s futuristic tram: SYSTRA’s role in a world-first transport system](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/09/header_tram_dubai.jpg) ### Pioneering sustainable transport in Dubai **SYSTRA has participated since the middle of the 2000s in the development of the tramway in the Emirate of Dubai. Pioneers in this transport mode in the region, the Emirates are pursuing this development with a level of on-board technology seen nowhere else on the planet.** The Dubai Tram serves the Al Sufouh and Dubai Marina districts situated in the west of the Emirate, where touristic and residential development took off in a big way at the start of the 21st century. In order to reduce car traffic and offer a sustainable transport mode to inhabitants, the tram was chosen. ### World-first technologies for a modern tramway SYSTRA was the project manager from the initial studies in 2006 and met the requirements of the authorities by proposing a tramway featuring a host of world firsts: a full ground-powered line along the entire route, airconditioned stations with platform screen doors, command systems and Automatic Train Protection and Operation (ATP/ATO), unprecedented technologies for such a transport mode. ![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/tram-dubai-2.jpg) ### A two-phase project to expand mobility Inaugurated on 11th November 2014 in its first phase (9.5km and 11 stations), linking Al Sufouh to the Dubai Marina, the tramway project has entered the second phase of its development in 2016. This extension should add 9 stations and 6,5km to the existing line, that will reach new major locations in Dubai such as Madinat Jumerirah, the Burj Dubai tower and even the Mall of Emirates. SYSTRA has been awarded the concept and preliminary design studies of this tram extension, in partnership with AECOM. We’d love to help with your next project [Connect with our Specialists](https://www.systra.com/uk/contact/business/) ![](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/manchester-metrolink-tram-stop-edited-1-1024x576.jpg) _markets Light Rail & Tramways Read more sur Light Rail & Tramways_ ![artboard-8](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/07/artboard-8-1024x645.jpg) _services Station and Platform Design Read more sur Station and Platform Design_ ![markets-transport-hubs-website-header](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/05/l3-markets-transport-hubs-website-header-1024x645.jpg) _markets Transport Hubs & Interchanges Read more sur Transport Hubs & Interchanges_ ![strategic-traffic-modelling-website-header](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/strategic-traffic-modelling-website-header-1024x645.jpg) _About Us Read more sur About Us_ ![start-a-career-at-systra-header](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/start-a-career-at-systra-header-1024x645.jpg) _Careers at SYSTRA Read more sur Careers at SYSTRA_ [JOIN OUR COMMUNITY](https://www.systra.com/uk/register/join-our-community/) Some examples of projects in Light Rail, Mass Transit [ Victoria Cross Metro Development: Systems Engineering with a Human Factors Focus ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/victoria-cross-metro-systems-engineering-with-a-human-factors-focus/) [ Human-Centered Design: A New Era for Sydney’s Rail Operations Centre ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/human-centered-design-a-new-era-for-sydneys-rail-operations-centre/) [ The Role of Human Factors in Queensland’s Cross River Rail Project ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/the-role-of-human-factors-in-the-queenslands-cross-river-rail-project/) [ Riyadh Metro: Delivering the World’s Largest Automatic Metro System ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/riyadh-metro-saudi-arabia/) [ Driving Economic Growth with the West Midland Metro Extension ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/driving-economic-growth-with-the-west-midland-metro-extension/) [ Bordeaux Tram Network – France ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/bordeaux-tram-network-france/) [ See a selection of SYSTRA's projects ](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/bordeaux-tram-network-france/)