Commuters happy as Dubai Metro celebrates 5th anniversary. Five years after the first train carried passengers across the city, Gulf News gets on board the Dubai Metro and speaks to commuters about how this transport system has changed their lives. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00It was 5 years ago on a September 9th, the Dubai metro was rolled out.
00:19I was on board the first morning train that carried a few curious passengers.
00:24I don't know how long it will take to reach the end destination which is Nakhil Harbour
00:29station but who cares if the journey is as enjoyable as this.
00:34People were excited in Dubai but many were sceptic about leaving their private cars and
00:39embracing this new form of public transport.
00:44With 62 trains running on the red and green lines carrying 440,000 passengers daily, commuting
00:52has never been easier in Dubai.
00:54I love it because it's very clean and it's very frequent in the rush hours so that's
01:00what's good about it.
01:02It's quite nice, it's quite convenient, quite clean and it's easy to get to work, not too
01:07much time.
01:08I quite like it.
01:09It's very good for the people who are working in Dubai and it's very cheap and it's not
01:14so much costly.
01:16Dubai residents don't have to face the daily nightmare of having to sit in their car and
01:20stare at the endless rows of traffic.
01:23People tell us they are happy to leave their private cars and hop onto a metro.
01:27Some have even sold their cars because it's a great alternative to driving or hiding a
01:31cab.
01:32I see it as a simple way to go anywhere even though I have a car and sometimes I use the
01:37metro more than I drive in my car.
01:39I used to own a car.
01:40I sold the car once the metro started running.
01:43I used to go by cab and all so I've stopped going by cab and I'm using metro.
01:48Last year alone nearly 138 million people have travelled on metro.
01:53Currently there are 47 metro stations throughout the city, 29 on the red and 18 on the green
02:00line and during the peak hours there is a train every 3 minutes.
02:04Dubai metro has definitely become an integral part of everyday life in the city with its
02:09popularity increasing as you can see from the sheer number of passengers using it.
02:14We can only hope that there are more stations and trains coming up in future.
02:18Anjana Shankar, Gulf News.
02:21Happy 5th anniversary Dubai Metro.
02:24Happy anniversary.
02:25Happy anniversary Dubai Metro.
02:27Happy anniversary Dubai Metro.