Emirates Towers (Arabic: أبراج الإمارات) is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro in Dubai.
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| Coordinates | 25°13′02″N 55°16′48″E / 25.21722°N 55.27989°E | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 23 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 April 2010 | ||||||||||
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| 2011 | 1.135 million[1]  27.7% | ||||||||||
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History
editEmirates Towers station opened on 30 April 2010 along with five other stations along the already-operating Red Line and a westward extension to Ibn Battuta, also a new station.[2]
Location
editLocated southwest of the historic centre of Dubai, Emirates Towers station lies between Bur Dubai and many of the city's larger new developments. To the east are the Emirates Towers, after which the station is named, and the Museum of the Future, to which it is connected via a walkway. Also nearby are numerous hotels.[3]
Station layout
editLike many other stations on the Red Line, Emirates Towers lies on a viaduct parallel to the east side of Sheikh Zayed Road. It is classified as a type 1 station, indicating a setup with a ground-level concourse and two elevated side platforms with two tracks.
References
edit- ^ RTA statistics 2011 RTA Retrieved 2013-05-30]
- ^ Dubai Metro lifts 30m passengers in its first year Emirates 24/7 Retrieved 2013-05-29
- ^ Train times and landmarks Archived November 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine RTARetrieved 2013-01-25