Emirates الإمارات | |||||||||||
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Location |
Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°14′28″N 55°21′56″E / 25.2410°N 55.3656°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Dubai Metro | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | n | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | 12 | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | April 30, 2010 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2011 | 1,424,293 [1] | ||||||||||
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Emirates ( Arabic: طيران الإمارات) is a rapid transit station on the Red Line [2] of the Dubai Metro in Dubai, UAE. [3] It is located very close to Dubai International Airport. The station is connected to the entrance of the Emirates Group headquarters, hence the name.
The station was not one of the initial stations of the Dubai Metro, when the Red Line opened on 9 September 2009 with trains running to Nakheel Harbour and Tower with seven intermediate stations. [4] However, it opened the year after on 30 April 2010.
Emirates station has two side platforms and two tracks.
Platform | Line | Towards |
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Platform 1 | ■Red Line (Up) | For Centrepoint |
Platform 2 | ■Red Line (Down) | For Union, Sobha Realty, Expo 2020 |