Hundreds stranded aftr Metro services disrupt

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By nicaq25

Hundreds stranded after Metro services disrupted - report

ON TRACK: Ten Metro stations have opened out of 29. The rest are due to be completed by Feb next year.
ON TRACK: Ten Metro stations have opened out of 29. The rest are due to be completed by Feb next year.

Hundreds of people were left stranded by a breakdown of services on the Dubai Metro yesterday, it was reported on Saturday.

The train services ran intermittently for close to four hours on Friday night, between 5 and 9pm, UAE daily Gulf News reported.

This left passengers disrupted, many of whom were stuck on trains.
Some of the passengers who found themselves stuck on the train at Iftar time ended their fast together by sharing their groceries, Gulf News added.

According to the Khaleej Times daily, RTA spokesman Peyman Younes Parham said that the delays were caused when some passengers pushed emergency buttons, resulting in trains automatically stopping at the nearest station.
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By heero_yuy2• 14 Sep 2009 15:12
heero_yuy2

Driver-less train transportation technology and idiot passengers make a good combo.

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2009 13:08
anonymous

Relax...its a new technology....and will have its teething problems...

By anonymous• 13 Sep 2009 12:47
anonymous

Ha, ha, ha, I'm loving it. It's the same with the Land Cruisers here. They can buy them, but drive ??

By vinodnair01• 13 Sep 2009 12:26
vinodnair01

dubai is a flase promise all that comes with dubai unfortunately promises a lot and ends in nothing

By nicaq25• 13 Sep 2009 12:07
nicaq25

Commuters warned against misusing Metro

....Anyone who pushes the emergency button if there is no real emergency will face a Dh2,000 fine, warned the RTA. For added emphasis, only something of the nature of a life-threatening situation on board the train would be taken for a 'real emergency'.

A real emergency means if someone is in a life-threatening situation on board the train.

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Traffic_and_Transport/10348463.html

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By anonymous• 13 Sep 2009 05:02
anonymous

Probably the guilty party are from one of those countries that Start with the letters P, I, N or B. Too bad they can't read English properly 'Emergency use Only.'

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By crapcircle• 13 Sep 2009 04:56
crapcircle

PASSENGER IQ TOO LOW.

By lewis_hamilton• 12 Sep 2009 18:42
lewis_hamilton

they shouldn't make them shiny and big red ones

By lyin eyes• 12 Sep 2009 18:22
lyin eyes

what a convenient excuse.

By drsam• 12 Sep 2009 17:41
drsam

what a start!

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.

By flanostu• 12 Sep 2009 15:27
flanostu

i would've fined them for eating on the train.

By Sabhassam• 12 Sep 2009 14:18
Sabhassam

Ban morons from metros!

Change red buttons to green! Will look more environmentally friendly.

By britexpat• 12 Sep 2009 14:12
britexpat

The bright red buttons mezmerised them... They were just asking to be pushed :O)

By baldrick2dogs• 12 Sep 2009 14:08
baldrick2dogs

Who let the chimps out?!?!?!

By nicaq25• 12 Sep 2009 14:05
nicaq25

and some morons tried to push the buttons! That's why...

http://rakabayan.webs.com/

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