Nakheel, a leading real estate developer, has marked the official handover of the Palm Monorail vehicles with a ceremony at Hitachi Kasado Works, Tokuyama City, Japan. 

Final inspections, conducted by leading railway system manufacturer Hitachi, are now completed, with the monorail trains commencing their journey to Dubai, where they will arrive in October to commence a period of live testing.

The Palm Monorail is the first monorail project to be constructed in the Middle East. 

Nakheel recently sent members of their Palm Monorail operation and maintenance team to Japan to receive management and technical training from the Osaka monorail. The 5.45 km long transport system will run between the Gateway Station at the trunk of Palm Jumeirah and the Atlantis’ Aquaventure Station on the crescent, calling at two intermediate stations on the way at Trump International Hotel & Tower, and the luxury retail centre Palm Mall. -TradeArabia News Service