The red metro line is the longest and most popular metro route in Dubai. There are metro stops at popular locations such as Dubai International Airport, Burj Khalifa, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai Marina and Expo City Dubai. The subways are unmanned and run automatically. The red metro line in Dubai is an ideal way to travel around Dubai. The metro is modern, clean, fast and cheap. The signs are in Arabic and English, which makes it easy to find your way around.
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The red line metro on the map

As you can see from the metro map above, the red metro line is the longest in Dubai.
The metro stops on the red metro line in Dubai
Below are the stops of the red metro line. Note: There are numbers missing on the red metro line. For example, numbers 27, 28 and 30 are missing.
Metro station | Highlights nearby |
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R11 | Centrepoint, parking |
R12 | Airport Emirates |
R13 | Airport Terminal 3 |
R14 | Airport Terminal 1 |
R15 | GGICO |
R16 | Deira City Centre |
R17 | Al Rigga |
R18 | Union, Transfer stop to the Green Line Metro |
R19 | BurJuman, Transfer stop to the Green Line Metro |
R20 | ADCB |
R21 | Max |
R22 | World Trade Centre |
R23 | Emirates Towers |
R24 | Financial Centre |
R25 | Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall |
R26 | Business Bay |
R29 | Al Safa |
R31 | Umm Al Sheif |
R32 | Mall of the Emirates |
R33 | Mashreq |
R34 | Dubai Internet City |
R35 | Al Khail |
R36 | Sobha Realty, Transfer stop to the Orange Line Tram |
R37 | DMCC, Transfer stop to the Orange Line Tram |
R38 | Jabal Ali, Transfer stop to the Red Line Metro |
R39 | Ibn Battuta, Transfer stop to the bus to Al Maktoum International Airport |
R40 | Energy |
R41 | Danube |
R42 | UAE Exchange |
R70 | The Gardens |
R71 | Discovery Gardens |
R72 | Al Furjan |
R73 | Jumeirah Golf Estate |
R74 | Dubai Investment Park |
R76 | Expo City Dubai / EXPO2020 area |
The prices for the red metro line in Dubai
Travelling by metro is the cheapest way to travel in Dubai.
Timetable red metro line in Dubai
Dubai’s subways run 7 days a week according to a fixed timetable. A metro runs every 6 to 9 minutes. The red metro line runs at the following times:
Day | Operating hours |
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Sunday | 05:30 to 00:00 |
Monday | 05:30 to 00:00 |
Tuesday | 05:30 to 00:00 |
Wednesday | 05:30 to 00:00 |
Thursday | 05:30 to 01:00 |
Friday | 10:00 to 01:00 |
Saturday | 05:30 to 00:00 |