A big and necessary premise about the Dubai metro: it’s really cool.
- It’s impressively clean, both the vehicles themselves and the stations (the metro bathrooms could be, by definition, the dirtiest thing in the world, but there you could lie down on the floor).
- Each vehicle has a car reserved for women and children.
- If you have luggage, you will always find someone who will stand up to give you a seat.
- It’s completely automated and, consequently, very punctual (references to things like Trenitalia (Italian people will understand) are purely accidental hahaha).
There are two metro lines, divided by zones, plus a tram line (which serves the Dubai Marina area). We won’t go into the details of the zone division here, but we’ll just tell you that depending on whether you’re traveling within the same zone, to adjacent zones, or to “separate” zones, the price will increase, ranging from 3 AED (80 cents) to a maximum of 8.50 AED (just over 2€).
In this article, we explain the costs of the NOL card (the card for using public transportation in Dubai) and which card we recommend.
We would like to tell you that the entire city of Dubai is reachable by metro, but unfortunately, it’s so big that it’s not currently possible. However, for all the main attractions, it’s very well connected, and you will rarely need to take a taxi (or Uber or Careem).
Here you can find the lines and the respective map:
RED LINE
R11 – Centrepoint (ex Rashidiya) R12 – Emirates
R13 – Airport Terminal 3
R14 – Airport Terminal 1
R15 – GGICO
R16 – Deira City Centre
R17 – Al Rigga
R18 – Union
R19 – Burjuman
R20 – ADCB
R21 – max
R22 – World Trade Center 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
R37 – DMCC
R38 – Jabal Ali
R39 – Ibn Battuta
R40 – Energy
R41 – Danube
R42 – UAE Exchange
GREEN LINE
G11 – Etisalat
G12 – Al Qusais
G13 – Dubai Airport Free Zone G14 – Al Nahda
G15 – Stadium
G16 – Al Qiyadah
G17 – Abu Hail
G18 – Abu Baker Al Siddique G19 – Salah Al Din
G20 – Union
G21 – Baniyas Square
G22 – Gold Souq
G23 – Al Ras
G24 – Al Gubaiba
G25 – Sharaf DG
G26 – Burjuman
G27 – Oud Metha
G28 – Dubai Healthcare City G29 – Al Jadaf
G30 – Creek
ORANGE LINE – TRAM
01 – Jumeirah Beach Residence 1
02 – Jumeirah Beach Residence 2
03 – Jumeirah Lakes Towers
04 – Dubai Marina Mall
05 – Dubai Marina
06 – Marina Towers
07 – Mina Seyahi
08 – Media City
09 – Palm Jumeirah
10 – Knowledge Village
11 – Al Sufouh
