Jebel Ali Metro station to open next Friday

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will open next Friday, March 11, Jebel Ali Station; the terminal station on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro, raising the total number of stations opened to 27 stations.

The station, the sole at-grade station on the line, measures about 132 meters in length and 29 meters in width and has a total capacity of handling 11,000 passengers per her per direction Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority, said: “The Jebel Ali Station is mainly intended to serve Jebel Ali area and in particular the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) North and South as well as Jebel Ali Port. Jebel Ali Industrial Area is the home of about 6600 companies employing about 129,000 employees and the number of staff accommodated within Jafza is in the order of 40,000 employees.

“As Jebel Ali Station is located at the terminal point of the Red Line, the rail track of trains in operation is extended by 9 km to reach 53 km. RTA will operate 27 trains in the morning peak hours and 29 trains in the evening peak hours while the interval between train services (headway) will range from 6 to 8 minutes in the morning peak period, and from 5 to 6 minutes in the evening peak period.

In January and February topped 9.3 million: 4.7 million passengers in January (31 days), and 4.6 million passengers in February (28 days). In 2010 the Metro moved 38.888 million passengers and the current daily average is 149,000, according to the RTA Statistics Office.