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…
The new Dubai metro express services start this week – the services stop only at the most popular stops so that they reduce the journey time by about 10 minutes from end to end. There are only two services to…
Work is well underway on the construction of the walkway that will link the Dubai Mall with the Dubai Mall/Burj Khalifa Metro station nearby. At the moment the station is a kilometer or so away from the Mall and passengers…
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 from October there will be new express trains introduced to the Dubai Metro timetable. Two trains will run from each end of the red line starting from Jebel Ali and Rashidiya at 5.30 and 5.40am. The trains will only…
Wishing Ramadan Kareem to our readers and we can advise you that the usual Ramadan timings will apply to the Dubai Metro as they have over the previous few years. The change in hours is to facilitate the change in…
Dubai World Trade Centre is a huge exhibition space that holds many world class and international trade fairs and exhibitions throughout the year. In addition, there are local Dubai based events often held there including Modesh City for Dubai Summer…
Khaleej Times has reported that the Dubai Metro is set to break even in 2017. This would be a massive achievement for such a high cost project. In 2010 the RTA introduced some changes to the running of the Metro…