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 09/09/09 - Day of the Dubai Metro
DUBAI METRO When a giant clock reached 09:09:09 on 09/09/09, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the UAE, swiped his personal plastic card at a ticket barrier and became the first passenger on Dubai’s Metro.  His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, boarded the first ever Dubai Metro train on Wednesday night.  Shaikh Mohammad punched in the first ticket exactly at 9pm, 9 minutes and 9 seconds, on 09/09/09.  Fireworks lit up the sky around the Mall of the Emirates station to commemorate the event  The Mall of the Emirates station is lit up on the night of the project launch.  Metro fans crowd around the Mall of the Emirates station in the hope of getting a glimpse of Dubai 's ruler.  Union Square Station.  The chandeliers at Khalid bin Waleed Station.  Ticket machines at Union Square Station.  Deira City Center Station.
 Union Square Station.  Three trains flagged off at about 9pm as the Dubai Metro rolls into history books as the world’s longest driverless train network on Wednesday.  Before boarding the train, Shaikh Mohammad introduced the blue Nol travel cards, which are personalized with his picture  the official opening station for lucky winners of the Golden Ticket competition. ---------------------------------------------- |
Re: 09/09/09 - Day of the Dubai Metro 
tat metro station looks like an Airport 
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds;
