{"id":32444,"date":"2025-04-30T12:28:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=32444"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:28:52","slug":"al-maktoum-airport-to-feature-underground-train-network-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/al-maktoum-airport-to-feature-underground-train-network-by-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Maktoum Airport to Feature Underground Train Network by 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai\u2019s ambitious <strong>Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)<\/strong> is shaping up to be more than just an aviation hub \u2014 it\u2019s on track to become a next-generation transport ecosystem. One of the latest confirmed features? An <strong>underground train system designed to make passenger movement across the massive site faster<\/strong> and more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths revealed that the new airport \u2014 set to be one of the largest in the world \u2014 will be so expansive that <strong>passengers could face travel times of up to 20 minutes just to get from one part of the terminal to another<\/strong>. To tackle this, an underground train network with seated carriages is being developed to transport travellers smoothly across the space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32446\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reduced240318-entrance-hall11-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reduced240318-entrance-hall11-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reduced240318-entrance-hall11-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reduced240318-entrance-hall11-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reduced240318-entrance-hall11-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reduced240318-entrance-hall11-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reduced240318-entrance-hall11-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The train system will be especially important given that the future airport design includes eight smaller airports in one. This layout calls for a smart and efficient mobility solution, eliminating the need for passengers to rush between terminals.<\/p>\n<p>While the <strong>completion of the full airport is expected by 2050<\/strong>, <strong>Phase 1 is scheduled to be ready by 2030<\/strong>, supporting an annual capacity of 130 million passengers. Final design decisions for the underground trains are still in progress, and it\u2019s likely that much of the airport\u2019s final tech features will evolve with the rapidly shifting landscape of AI and mobility.<\/p>\n<p>For now, though, it\u2019s clear that Dubai is once again thinking far ahead \u2014 ensuring that transit at Al Maktoum International isn\u2019t just about scale, but about experience too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai\u2019s ambitious Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) is shaping up to be more than just an aviation hub \u2014 it\u2019s on track to become a next-generation transport ecosystem. One of the latest confirmed features? An underground train system designed to make passenger movement across the massive site faster and more efficient. Speaking at the Arabian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":32445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}