The Dubai Metro is a great way to travel to events in the Emirate, saving you the hassle of parking and driving. In that regard we are spotlighting events happening near Metro stations. Check out the following event at Dubai…
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The RTA has announced timings for the Dubai Metro for the holiday of Al Hijri New Year which takes place on Sunday 2nd October: Saturday 1st October The Red Line will start at 5:30am (this is the time for the…
In keeping with the usual habit of using memorable dates to open Dubai Metro stations and other connected projects, on 12 December 2012 one of the two remaining Dubai metro stations that has not yet opened, will be open to…
When the idea of the Dubai Metro was first launched, the RTA came up with the idea to offer out to tender the naming rights for any of the Metro stations. This basically meant that if a company stumped up…
For the 3rd consecutive year, the RTA has announced that there will be a day of free public transport on the occasion of the anniversary of their organisation tomorrow. This has also happened on the last two years on 1st…
The RTA has announced plans to extend the opening hours of the Dubai Metro during Eid 2012 to allow for the extra passenger numbers that are expected over the period. This is also due to the extra activities that have…
As is usual on the Dubai Metro, the hours for the operation of the Dubai Metro have been extended during Eid al Fitr so that the trains will run from 5.50am until 1am. Ever since the Metro opened the RTA…
So there have been recent reports that the RTA is having a review of the Dubai Metro services. Now that the metro has been running for two and a half years (the red line at least) a lot of data…
It is interesting to note that people who use the Dubai Metro to commute to work often complain that the carriages are jam packed full of passengers. Although the frequency of trains has been increased in recent months it would…
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…