• Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will open Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station for the public on September 1, 2021. The station will enter the service with a new billing as the biggest underground station in the entire Dubai Metro network on both the Red and Green Lines. Photo: RTA
    Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will open Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station for the public on September 1, 2021. The station will enter the service with a new billing as the biggest underground station in the entire Dubai Metro network on both the Red and Green Lines. Photo: RTA
  • The Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station will be the biggest underground station in the entire Dubai Metro network on both the Red and Green Lines. Photo: RTA
    The Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station will be the biggest underground station in the entire Dubai Metro network on both the Red and Green Lines. Photo: RTA
  • Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will open Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station for the public on September 1, 2021. Photo: RTA
    Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will open Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station for the public on September 1, 2021. Photo: RTA
  • Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority will open Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station for the public on September 1, 2021.
    Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority will open Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station for the public on September 1, 2021.
  • Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station.
    Jumeirah Golf Estates Metro Station.
  • Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority is offering investment opportunities for renting retail outlets at the metro stations of Route 2020, namely Jebel Ali, The Gardens, Discovery Gardens, Al Furjan, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai Investment Park and Expo 2020 stations. Photo: Wam
    Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority is offering investment opportunities for renting retail outlets at the metro stations of Route 2020, namely Jebel Ali, The Gardens, Discovery Gardens, Al Furjan, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai Investment Park and Expo 2020 stations. Photo: Wam

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New Dubai Metro station to open on September 1 in Jumeirah Golf Estates

It will be the largest underground station on the network

The National

August 30, 2021

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The new metro station in Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai will begin accepting travellers from September 1.

The Roads and Transport Authority said on Monday that the opening of the latest station on Route 2020 coincides with exactly one month to go until the start of Expo 2020 Dubai.

The station is spread across 28,700 square metres and is 232 metres tall, making it the largest underground station on the network. It can serve about 11,500 passengers an hour during peak travel times, and as many as 250,000 a day.

The station will have two platforms and outside there are four bus stops, 20 taxi stands and 400 free public parking spaces.

There will be an additional 20 parking slots for the use of people of determination.

Fourteen shop spaces are available for businesses in the station.

Sheikh Mohammed inaugurates Dubai Metro's Route 2020

  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, opens Route 2020, the completed metro extension that will transport passengers to the Expo 2020 site. Pictured with Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, opens Route 2020, the completed metro extension that will transport passengers to the Expo 2020 site. Pictured with Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, launches the Red line metro extension on Wednesday. It will open to the public in September. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, launches the Red line metro extension on Wednesday. It will open to the public in September. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, opens the 15km extension of the Red line. The project cost Dh11bn and construction lasted 4 years. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, opens the 15km extension of the Red line. The project cost Dh11bn and construction lasted 4 years. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates one of the seven new metro stations that are part of Route 2020. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates one of the seven new metro stations that are part of Route 2020. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, is shown a presentation about Route 2020. He inaugurated the Dubai Metro link with his son, Sheikh Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, is shown a presentation about Route 2020. He inaugurated the Dubai Metro link with his son, Sheikh Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, rides the metro on Route 2020. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, rides the metro on Route 2020. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates Route 2020, a 15km extension of Dubai Metro's Red line that connects to the Expo site. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates Route 2020, a 15km extension of Dubai Metro's Red line that connects to the Expo site. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, launches the Red line metro extension on Wednesday. It will open to the public in September. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, launches the Red line metro extension on Wednesday. It will open to the public in September. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, opens the 15km extension of the Red line. The project cost Dh11bn and construction lasted 4 years. Pictured with Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, opens the 15km extension of the Red line. The project cost Dh11bn and construction lasted 4 years. Pictured with Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates Route 2020, a 15km extension of Dubai Metro's Red line that connects to the Expo site. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates Route 2020, a 15km extension of Dubai Metro's Red line that connects to the Expo site. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates the Red line metro extension that links to the Expo site. Route 2020 opens to the public in September. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates the Red line metro extension that links to the Expo site. Route 2020 opens to the public in September. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, is shown a presentation about Route 2020. He inaugurated the Dubai Metro link with his son, Sheikh Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, is shown a presentation about Route 2020. He inaugurated the Dubai Metro link with his son, Sheikh Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates Route 2020, a 15km extension of Dubai Metro's Red line that connects to the Expo site. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurates Route 2020, a 15km extension of Dubai Metro's Red line that connects to the Expo site. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Twitter
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