PROJECTS: Route 2020: Alstom-led consortium delivers the world’s fastest-built turnkey metro project in Dubai – ZAWYA

PROJECTS: Route 2020: Alstom-led consortium delivers the world’s fastest-built turnkey metro project in Dubai – ZAWYA

PROJECTS: Route 2020: Alstom-led consortium delivers the world's fastest-built turnkey metro project in Dubai | ZAWYA MENA Edition HomeProjectsArticlePROJECTS: Route 2020: Alstom-led consortium delivers the world's fastest-built turnkey metro project in Dubai Dubai Metro's Route 2020 is serviced by seven stations along its length of 15 kilometres    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, officially inaugurates the Route 2020 Project, which extends existing metro rail lines in preparation for Expo2020 Dubai scheduled to begin next year. Image courtesy Dubai Media Office Twitter handle.Alstom announced on Sunday that the ExpoLink consortium, comprising of Alstom, Acciona and Gülermak has delivered Route 2020, the world's fastest-built turnkey metro project, located in Dubai.The project was officially inaugurated last week by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai.Work on the €2.6 billion new metro line started in 2016, according to Alstom's press statement. The 15km-long line, of which 11.8km is above ground and 3.2km is underground, has seven stations, with an interchange on the Red Line and includes the flagship metro station at the Expo exhibition site.The project was officially inaugurated last week by