Burj Dubai metro station opens 4 Jan
The RTA announced that the Burj Dubai metro station will officially open on 4 January to coincide with the opening of the Burj Dubai tower. This will be the eleventh station to come online since the Dubai Metro Red Line began operation in September 2009.
The station has a capacity to handle 11,000 passengers per hour per direction, and according to the current indicators, it is expected to be used by about 10,000 passengers every day with the daily number set to rise during weekends and holidays to 19,000.
A variety of bus links and routes will become operational to serve the Downtown Burj Dubai and Jumeirah 2 communities from the Burj Dubai metro station:
“RTA has deployed 11 buses to operate on two routes to feed Burj Dubai Station, where six buses will operate on Route F13 at 10 minutes interval. The Route links Burj Dubai Station with Burj Dubai area; which includes Dubai Mall, The Palace & The Address hotels, the Boulevard and other locations in the area. Route F16 has 5 buses operating at 10 minutes interval to link Burj Dubai Station with Jumeirah 2. Buses start off the Station and pass across Mazaya Center, Al Wasl Road and Al Uruba Road before heading back to the Metro Station,” said H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA)
Remaining Red Line stations are on track to begin operation by February 2010, with the Green Line coming online in the second half of the year.
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tags: downtown, dubai metro, infrastructure, transportation
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