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Red Line
Map of the Red Line
Overview
Status	Complete
Owner	Roads and Transport Authority (Dubai)
Locale	Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Termini	Centrepoint Expo 2020,UAE Exchange
Stations	35 (including branch)
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Dubai Metro
Operator(s)	Keolis-MHI
History
Opened	9 September 2009 (2009-09-09) (limited)
Technical
Line length	67 kilometers (42 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Third rail
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map Legend Depot 11 Centrepoint M4  12 Emirates 13 Airport Terminal 3 14 Airport Terminal 1 15 Al Garhoud 16 City Centre Deira 17 Al Rigga 18 Union  M2  Dubai Creek 19 BurJuman  M2  20 ADCB 21 Max 22 World Trade Centre 23 Emirates Towers 24 Financial Centre 25 Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall 26 Business Bay Dubai Canal 29 Onpassive 31 Equiti 32 Mall of the Emirates 33 Insurance Market 34 Dubai Internet City 35 Al Fardan Exchange 36 Sobha Realty  T1  37 DMCC  T1  38 Jabal Ali  B1  70 The Gardens 71 Discovery Gardens 72 Al Furjan 73 Jumeirah Golf Estates 74 Dubai Investment Park 76 Expo 2020 39 Ibn Battuta 40 Energy 41 Danube 42 UAE Exchange Auxiliary Depot This diagram: view talk edit

TheRed Line is currently one of two lines of theDubai Metro network inDubai,United Arab Emirates.^[1] It runs fromCentrepoint (formerly Rashidiya) in the east toExpo 2020 in the west and travels parallel toSheikh Zayed Road for most of its length.

There are two interchange stations with theGreen Line:Union andBurJuman. Additionally,Jabal Ali is an interchange between the main Red Line (Route 2020) to Expo 2020 and the branch line toUAE Exchange. The Red Line has its main depot nearCentrepoint and an auxiliary depot atUAE Exchange.^[2]

Additionally,DMCC andSobha Realty have connections to theDubai Tram at Jumeirah Lake Towers and Dubai Marina stations respectively.

The first section was inaugurated on 9 September 2009 with ten stations opened.^[3] Construction was declared complete on 28 April 2010 with an additional sixteen stations opened during 2010.

In 2010, the Red Line carried a total of 38.888 million passengers with a daily average of about 149,000 people, according to the RTA Statistics Office.^[4] In 2013, the Red Line handled a total of over 88 million passengers and the daily average was about 243,000 people.^[5]

Threeadditionalstations were added between 2011 and 2013, making a total of twenty-nine stations spanning 52.1 km (32.4 mi). The line is the world's longest single rapid transit line to usedriverless trains, as recognized byGuinness World Records in 2011.^[6]

As part of theExpo 2020 development in Dubai, an extension of the Red Line namedRoute 2020^[7] announced in December 2015 and originally due to be completed mid-2019. The extension project created a new section of the line fromJabal Ali to theExpo 2020 site, nearAl Maktoum International Airport.^[8]

Construction of the Route 2020 line started in 2016 by the ExpoLink Consortium, comprisingAlstom,Acciona, andGülermak.^[9] The track layout east of Jabal Ali station was modified to create a new branch and one additional platform to serve the new route.^{[citation needed]} The line was formally inaugurated by SheikhMohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai's Ruler and UAE Prime Minister, on 8 July 2020.^[10] As a result of increasing popularity of the metro, the new stations feature platforms wider than those found in existing stations, to cope with greater ridership.^{[citation needed]} The extension is 15 km (9.3 mi) in length, with 11.8 km (7.3 mi) above ground and 3.2 km (2.0 mi) below ground.^[9][11] Of the seven stations, five are elevated and two are underground.^[12] Eventually it is planned to extend the line beyond Expo 2020 toAl Maktoum International Airport, south of the Expo site.^[13] The route is expected to have 275,000 users each day by 2030.^[14]

The extension was partially opened on 1 January 2021, with trains running a shuttle service between Jabal Ali and Al Furjan.^[15] The section from Al Furjan to Expo 2020 was opened on 1 June 2021, allowing the extension to be fully operational, as well as the transfer of the main Red Line route from UAE Exchange to Expo 2020.

The travel time betweenCentrepoint andExpo 2020 station is reported to be 1 hour 14 minutes with a service frequency of 2 minutes and 38 seconds during peak times (24 trains per hour in each direction), and a capacity of 16,000 passengers per hour in each direction.^[16]

The section from Jabal Ali to UAE Exchange ran as a shuttle service, with passengers from Centrepoint needing to change atJabal Ali Metro Station for stations to UAE Exchange. Starting from 15 April 2024, there will be no need to switch trains at Jabal Ali because the Dubai Metro Red Line will branch into 2 direct routes:

• Centrepoint to Expo 2020
• Centrepoint to UAE Exchange

The directions depend on the timing of the Y junction where the Expo 2020 and UAE Exchange branches meet in front of Jabal Ali Metro Station.^[17]

Route of Red line

As of 2021, the Red Line had 31 stations on the main line, and an additional 4 stations on the branch. The line is 52.1 km (32.4 mi) long, with 4.7 km (2.9 mi) underground.^{[citation needed]}

170 feeder buses are provided by the RTA for commuters to commute to stations on the line are also in operation, as of 15 October 2010.^{[citation needed]}

The entire journey time on the Red Line is approximately 74 minutes, travelling 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 is 60–90 seconds.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

The DubaiRoads and Transport Authority (RTA) has benefited significantly from businesses along the routes of the Red and Green lines sponsoring nearby stations. The naming initiative has so far generated over Dh2 billion in revenue for the RTA. On average, each station has brought in Dh90-100 million.^{[citation needed]}

On 13 May 2010, it was announced that Al Quoz station, which opened on 15 May, would be namedNoor Islamic Bank. This announcement that Noor Islamic Bank won the right to name Al Quoz Station for a period of ten years was made in the presence of the bank's representatives at the RTA headquarters in Dubai. Moreover, several other stations on the Red Line have been named after local and international corporate giants, including,Emirates Airlines,GGICO,Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (Al Karama),First Abu Dhabi Bank,Sharaf DG,Nakheel Properties,DAMAC Properties (Dubai Marina),Danube (Jebel Ali Industrial) andMashreq.^[18]

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