The green line of the the Dubai Metro will be open to the public as of September 9th 2011.  The line is said to have an estimated 15-20 minutes travel time within the network.  This is nearly half  of the travel time it presently takes on the cramped roads of the Central Business Districts. 

According to Matar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Directors at the RTA, the Green Line will have a greater impact than the Red line had.  The 22 km green line, passes through the heart of the city, connecting government offices as well as touching important landmarks and locations.

By Ashfaq Ahmed, Gulf News
Preparations to launch the much-awaited Green Line of the Dubai Metro have been completed with all stations manned with staff and the trains running on the track.

The Green Line will officially be opened to passengers on Friday, September 9, exactly after two years of the launching of the Red Line on September 9, 2009.

The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has deployed 456 buses to shuttle on 39 routes to serve the Line linking the metro stations with the neighbourhood. This includes the normal route buses and the feeder buses.

The 23 kilometre-long Green Line is the second track for the Dubai Metro project — the longest driverless automatic train system with a total length of 75 kilometres. It includes the 52 kilometre-long Red Line linking areas from Al Rashidiya to Jebel Ali Free Zone.

Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), inspected the Green Line sure that all systems are ready for the official opening. All the stations have been manned with customer service employees and inspectors. Continue reading…