Car-loving Dubai targets commuters with first tram line, complete with chilled stations

Trams stop at the Marina Towers station during the first day of operation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. The car-loving Mideast commercial hub of Dubai has opened its first tram line, enticing would-be riders with air-conditioned stations and a premium section on its sleek cars for big-spending commuters. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) (The Associated Press)

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A tram leaves Marina Towers station during the first day of operation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. The car-loving Mideast commercial hub of Dubai has opened its first tram line, enticing would-be riders with air-conditioned stations and a premium section on its sleek cars for big-spending commuters. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) (The Associated Press)

Passengers use the tram during its first day of operation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. The car-loving Mideast commercial hub of Dubai has opened its first tram line, enticing would-be riders with air-conditioned stations and a premium section on its sleek cars for big-spending commuters. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) (The Associated Press)

The car-loving Mideast commercial hub of Dubai has opened its first tram line, enticing would-be riders with air-conditioned stations and a premium section on its sleek cars for big-spending commuters.

The 10.6 kilometer (6.6 mile) street-level line opened to the public on Wednesday morning following a fireworks-studded inauguration the previous evening. It aims to provide alternatives to driving along Dubai's rapidly developing southwestern coast.

The line includes 11 stations linking the skyscraper-jammed Dubai Marina with office parks and residential areas further up a coastal road.

Commuters can connect to the existing Dubai Metro and a monorail line that glides down the middle of the city's first man-made palm-shaped island, Palm Jumeirah.

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