Red Line (Dubai Metro)

The first section was inaugurated on 9 September 2009 with ten stations opened.^[3] Construction was declared complete on 28 April 2010, with an additional sixteen stations opened during 2010.

In 2010, the Red Line carried a total of 38.888 million passengers with a daily average of about 149,000 people, according to the RTA Statistics Office.^[4] In 2013, the Red Line handled a total of over 88 million passengers and the daily average was about 243,000 people.^[5]

Three additional stations were added between 2011 and 2013, making a total of twenty-nine stations spanning 52.1 km (32.4 mi). The line is the world's longest single rapid transit line to use driverless trains, as recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011.^[6]

Route of Red line

As of 2021, the Red Line had 31 stations on the main line and an additional 4 stations on the branch. The line is 52.1 km (32.4 mi) long, with 4.7 km (2.9 mi) underground.^{[citation needed]}

170 feeder buses, which are provided by the RTA for commuters to commute to stations on the line, are also in operation, as of 15 October 2010.^{[citation needed]}

The entire journey time on the Red Line is approximately 74 minutes, travelling at a maximum speed of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph), with 20–30 seconds of stopping time at each station. The average time between stations on the Red Line is 60–90 seconds.^{[citation needed]} The RTA operates 27 trains in the morning peak hours and 29 trains in the evening peak hours, with the interval between train services ranging from 6 to 8 minutes in the morning peak period, and from 5 to 6 minutes in the evening peak period.^{[citation needed]}

On 1 September 2025, the RTA announced the introduction of a new peak-hour service between Centrepoint and Al Fardan Exchange to ease congestion.^[18] These services will terminate in the middle platform at Al Fardan Exchange.

The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has benefited significantly from businesses along the routes of the Red and Green lines sponsoring nearby stations. The naming initiative has so far generated over Dh2 billion in revenue for the RTA. On average, each station has brought in Dh90-100 million.^{[citation needed]}

On 13 May 2010, it was announced that Al Quoz station, which opened on 15 May, would be named Noor Islamic Bank. This announcement that Noor Islamic Bank won the right to name Al Quoz Station for a period of ten years was made in the presence of the bank's representatives at the RTA headquarters in Dubai. Moreover, several other stations on the Red Line have been named after local and international corporate giants, including the airline Emirates, GGICO, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (Al Karama), First Abu Dhabi Bank, Sharaf DG, Nakheel Properties, DAMAC Properties (Dubai Marina), Danube (Jebel Ali Industrial) and Mashreq.^[19]