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BurJuman Metro Station set to ease traffic

All you have to do is hop on the Metro to avoid the rush in the busy district.

  • By Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief Reporter
  • Published: 23:04 July 10, 2009
  • Gulf News

  • Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
  • The point at which the Metro trains enter the BurJuman station. At 30 metres below the surface and with three levels, the station is the deepest of the underground Metro stations.
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Dubai: BurJuman Metro Station will be a blessing for residents and businesses in the congested Central Business District area of Bur Dubai.

Visitors and residents will no longer have to waste time searching for parking spaces and waiting in the traffic if they travel on the Metro when it starts operating on September 9.

The trains are expected to be used by a huge number of passengers since the station is located in the centre of business and shopping centres. It will also ease traffic congestion in the area. The station is located beneath the intersection of Khalid Bin Al Waleed Road and Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street.

It is the only station which has three levels and is also the deepest of the underground stations. It is 30 metres below ground level. The station has four entry and exit points, one on each corner of the intersection, to handle to the expected high number of commuters.

It will be able to handle 40,850 passengers an hour on both the Red and Green lines.

It is one of the two underground stations where the Red and Green lines will meet, allowing passengers to transfer easily between lines.

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It will mainly benefit thousands of visitors and employees of the BurJuman Centre, which is just above the station.

The area around the station has the highest concentration of banks in the city - Khalid Bin Al Waleed Road is also commonly known as 'Bank Street'.

A number of hotels, coffee shops and restaurants will also benefit from the station. A number of diplomatic missions are located just five to 10 minutes from the station.

Thousands of people who visit the missions of India, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Yemen and also the office of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs can use the BurJuman station and avoid spending hours in congested traffic looking for parking spaces.

Your comments


Nobody ever thought that Metro will run in Dubai city. Waiting to see the miracle.
Mahipal
Mumbai,India
Posted: July 11, 2009, 18:19

Well I stay in Sharjah. I don?t know how far Metro will help me as most of the traffic is in Sharjah and not in Dubai.
Shoaib
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Posted: July 11, 2009, 16:18

Just waiting to see the metro running. I hope it will help a lot to reduce traffic which is a big problem.
Naresh Kumar Devra
Dubai,UAE
Posted: July 11, 2009, 14:27

This was a great work by Dubai. A lot of people suffer due to traffic rush. now we can say to people to come to Dubai and enjoy the vacation. before we says to people that traffic is a big problem in Dubai. thanks to Dubai government its now solve. now we can come and enjoy Dubai
Sajid Mohammad
Frankfurt,Germany
Posted: July 11, 2009, 13:29

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