Dubai Roads: The Expo metro station continues to operate

The Dubai Metro served a large segment of the Expo goers.

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Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the "Expo metro station" is operating as usual, and that users of public transportation can use the train to reach the exhibition area.

The authority has provided the metro service via a direct line between Rashidiya and the Expo station, without the need to change the train at the transit stations, unless the passenger is heading towards the UAE Exchange station, when he must then change the train at Jebel Ali Station, which is located At the end of the line, which is connected to the Expo line that extends to the “Expo Metro” station located at the gates of the Dubai Exhibition Center, which is located at the exhibition site.

The tariff for using the Dubai Metro within one zone is 4 dirhams when using the red Nol card, and 3 dirhams when using other types of cards, while the tariff increases to 6 dirhams using the red Nol card in two adjacent areas, and 5 dirhams when using the two Nol cards, silver and blue, and 10 dirhams. When using your Nol Gold Card.

The authority had provided an integrated infrastructure to serve Expo 2020 Dubai, the value of which exceeded 15 billion dirhams, the most important of which is the 15-kilometre long route of the Dubai Metro, which includes seven stations.

It also purchased 50 trains, implemented a wide network of roads, in addition to implementing nine bridged intersections, and allocated 18 stations and bus stops distributed over vital areas in Dubai and major cities in the various emirates of the country.

Statistical data issued by the authority showed that the number of Dubai Metro riders, during the exhibition period (from October 1, 2021 until last March 31), reached eight million and 203 thousand passengers, during which the Dubai Metro traveled more than five million and 717 thousand kilometers.

The number of Expo bus passengers reached 15,525,000.

Baniyas station on the Green Line ranked first in the number of passengers, with 5.3 million passengers, followed by Sharaf DG station, which used 5.1 million passengers, compared to the stadium station, which came in third place with 3.9 million passengers, followed by Salah Station The debt is 3.8 million passengers.

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