Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will open its biggest underground Metro station on Wednesday, September 1.
The metro station which has been named ‘Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Metro Station was scheduled to open during Expo 2020 but was being made operational a month before the mega event.
Part of Route 2020 the metro station will connect residential communities of IMPZ, Dubai Production City, and Dubai Sports City among others, to the Metro network.
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A resident of Dubai Production City, Cristina Cruz, said that the new station will cut her journey time by half from her workplace in Al Quoz.
Her daily commute takes over an hour and involves a bus ride to Dubai Internet City Metro station, a Metro ride and then another bus ride.
The new station spans an area of 28,700 square metres and can serve 11,555 riders per hour during peak times, and about 250,000 per day.
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The station has two boarding platforms, four bus stops, 20 taxi stands and 400 free parking lots and the facility has 14 outlets for investors over an area of 466 square meters in addition to four point of sale display areas for retailers.
The metro station was being opened nearly eight months after the launch of Route 2020. (AW)
