Red Line (Dubai Metro)

Red Line
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Dubai Metro
Status	Complete
Locale	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Termini	Rashidiya Jebel Ali Free Zone
Stations	28 of 29 open
Operation
Opened	9 September 2009 (limited)
Owner	Roads and Transport Authority (Dubai)
Operator(s)	Serco
Technical
Line length	52.1 kilometers (32.4 mi)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Third rail
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map 11 Rashidiya (Depot) 12 Emirates 13 Airport Terminal-3 13 Airport Terminal-1 15 GGICO 16 Deira City Centre 17 Al Rigga 18 Union Station  M2  19 BurJuman  M2  20 ADCB 21 Al Jafiliya 22 World Trade Centre 23 Emirates Towers 24 Financial Centre 25 Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall  T2  26 Business Bay 29 Noor Islamic Bank 31 First Gulf Bank 32 Mall of the Emirates 33 Sharaf DG 34 Dubai Internet City  L1  35 Nakheel 36 DAMAC Properties  T1  37 Jumeirah Lakes Towers  T1  38 Nakheel Harbor & Tower 39 Ibn Battuta 40 Energy 41 Danube 42 (Depot) UAE Exchange/Jebel Ali This diagram:

The Red Line is one of the two lines on the Dubai Metro network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The first section was inaugurated on 9 September 2009. Construction was declared complete on 28 April 2010. The line has 29 stations spanning 52.1 km (32.4 mi), which have been opened in phases from 2009 to 2011. It runs from Al Rashidiya to UAE Exchange and travels along Sheikh Zayed Road for most of its length.

The Red Line has 29 stations, including 24 elevated (by means of a viaduct), four underground stations, and one at ground level. The line is 52.1 km (32.4 mi) long, with 4.7 km (2.9 mi) underground. The entire journey time on the Red Line is around 60 minutes, traveling at a maximum speed of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph), with 20–30 seconds stopping time at each station. The average time between stations on the Red Line will be 60–90 seconds. The RTA operates 27 trains in the morning peak hours and 29 trains in the evening peak hours with the interval between train services ranging from 6 to 8 minutes in the morning peak period, and from 5 to 6 minutes in the evening peak period. In 2013 the Red line metro lifted a total of 88.888 million passengers and the current daily average is about 243,000 people as of 2013, according to the RTA Statistics Office. 170 feeder buses provided by the RTA for commuters to commute to stations on the red line are also in operation as of 15 October 2010.

Two transfer stations are designated, Union and BurJuman (formerly Khalid Bin Al Waleed) stations, where the Green and Red Lines intersect, allowing passengers to change between lines. The Red Line has a main depot in Al Rashidiya and one auxiliary depot at Jebel Ali Free Zone.

An extension of the Red Line to the Expo 2020 site was announced in December 2015. The extension project, named "Route 2020" will create a branch of the line from Nakheel Harbour & Tower to the Expo 2020 site, near Al Maktoum International Airport. Nakheel Harbour & Tower Station is to be reconfigured to allow trains to operate on the new part of the line. The 14.5km extension will pass through Discovery Gardens, Dubai Investment Park, Al Furjan and Jumeirah Golf Estates and will have 8 new stations; 6 elevated and 2 underground. As a result of increasing popularity of the Metro, the newly built stations will have platforms wider than those found in current stations, to cope with greater ridership. The extension is expected to be completed in 2018.

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