Video: Khalid Al Ameri shows how RTA disinfects metros in Dubai

Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) has tweeted a video featuring Emirati vlogger Khalid Al Ameri who went behind the scenes to show how the mass transit system undergoes cleaning and disinfection procedures several times a day.

There are reportedly around 650,000 daily metro users in Dubai.

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In 2019, a total of 594 million riders in Dubai used public and shared transport.

Of those, 202.98 million riders used the Dubai Metro’s Red and Green Lines.

Approximately 650,000 people commute onboard #DubaiMetro every day, How does one of the world’s busiest metros maintain the right cleanliness? Khalid Al Ameri went behind the scene to discover the dream team that makes this happen.#RTA #HealthAndSafety pic.twitter.com/CttSHxMID5

— RTA (@rta_dubai) March 10, 2020

The video which comes at a time when the coronavirus Covid-19 has spread to countries across the world, shows Al Ameri explaining how the metro personnel disinfect the train at the end of each journey at the terminal points at either ends of the metro lines.

After every journey when the train reaches the terminal stations, and several times a day, a team of cleaners wipe down the surfaces including the grab-handles and stanchions, besides spraying the seats with disinfectants.

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At the various metro stations, there are separate teams of cleaners who clean and disinfect surfaces where multiple people are likely to make physical contact with such as the ticket vending machines.

Apart from the daily multiple cleanup operations in every metro station and train, there is an additional deep cleaning of every train that takes place when the train is not in service.

It includes a thorough cleaning of its interiors and the exterior surface.

A recent video by Dubai’s Emirates airline also showed how it had intensified the disinfection of all cabins as a precaution against the Covid-19 outbreak.