The RTA has announced that Blue Nol cards will be available at half price until 29th February. The blue nol card is personalised to the holder and gives additional benefits particularly to students and OAPs. In addition if you lose…
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Emaar announced on Tuesday that there are plans for a covered walkway to link the Dubai Mall with the nearby Dubai Mall/Burj Khalifa Metro station. The walkway will be 820 metres long and will contain 10 moving travelators to carry…
The RTA has announced the the Dubai Metro will have extended opening hours and more frequent trains for New Year’s Eve this year (2011). After a bit of chaos last year the move has been brought in to help ease…
With the opening of the green line of the Dubai Metro, Union station has really become an important interchange point for those using the green and the red line to complete their journeys. Union station is one of two stations…
As has become the custom, the RTA have extended the hours that the Dubai Metro will be open during Eid al Adha. The hours will be extended from the beginning of Eid until Thursday 10th November and during this time…
In a repeat of last year, the RTA are again holding a day of free public transport for users of the Dubai Metro, RTA buses and all other forms of public transport. In what now looks like an annual event to celebrate…
Ever since the red line of the Dubai Metro was launched on 9 September 2009, there has been what looks like to me, a glaring intention to create more stations along the red line route. Although nothing has been said…
So I ventured out today to travel on the Dubai Metro green line – granted that I did not travel at the peak time so I did not see if there was a mass of passengers using the green line…
So although the inauguration of the green line by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum took place today, 9 September, the green line of the Dubai Metro will only actually be open to the general public tomorrow, 10th September. This…
As Eid approached and people got ready to go out and celebrate, the mass crowds seemed to put too much pressure on the Dubai Metro system and it stopped working between Karama and Business Bay. Employees at the stations told…