Monorail Project, Palm Jumeirah, Site visit Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 2007. Images from the construction of the Middle East's first and only monorail on the Palm Jumeirah. Costing US $381 million (AED1.4 billion), the system which is fully autom

Monorail Project, Palm Jumeirah, Site visit Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 2007, Images from the construction of the Middle East's first and only monorail on the Palm Jumeirah, Costing US $381 million (AED1,4 billion), the system which is fully automatic is due to open in December 2008 and will carry up to 6,000 people per hour when running at full capacity, Four stations Gateway Towers, Trump Tower, Retail Plaza (formerly Trump Plaza) and Atlantis plus one depot and one operations control centre have been planned for the route,. (Photo by ITP Images /Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)