Around the world on Dubai Metro

74.2km is the total distance covered by the Dubai Metro every day

• 52.1km is the total distance of the Red Line

• 22.51km is the total distance of the Green Line

• 28.9 million kilometres is the total distance covered by the Dubai Metro so far – more than three times the circumference of the Earth

• 768,484 is the total trips made by the Dubai Metro on both the Red and Green lines until July 2014

• 94,003 is the total number of trips made on the Red Line in 2013

• 274,481 is the total number of trips made on the Green Line until July 2014

• 137,759,258 is the number of passengers who used the Dubai Metro in 2013.

• 470 million is the total number of passengers who have travelled by Metro since 09/09/09

• 88.8 million is the total number of passengers who used the Red Line on the Dubai Metro in 2013

• 48.8 million is the total number of passengers who used the Green Line on the Dubai Metro in 2013

• 18 hrs 30 min is the total time a train runs from Saturday to Wednesday, 19.30 hrs on Thursday and

• 10 hours is the total time a train runs every Friday

• 3 minutes is the time gap between trains during peak hours

• 15-20 seconds is the time,the platform screen doors of a train are open

• 377,423 is the total number of people who used the Metro every day in 2013

• In 2014, approximately 500,000 is the total number of people who use the Metro every day

• 62 trains run on the Green and Red lines

• Dubai Police (999) is the number to call during an emergency inside the Metro

• 643 is the maximum number of passengers that can be accommodated in a single train

• 1.5km is the distance between Metro stations

• 8-9 years is the life span of a brake of the train

• 20 is the total number of wheels that a Dubai Metro train runs on

• 23 people run the Operations Control Centre in Rashidiya who man the Dubai Metro trains every day

• 365 days in a year, the Dubai Metro runs

• Over 4,000 CCTV cameras have been installed across trains and stations on the Dubai Metro for safety and security purposes

• 1,000 additional cameras are to be added across metro network in the next 2 years in Dubai.

• 750 volts is the direct current that the Dubai Metro runs on

• 80 per cent of the water used to wash the trains is recycled

• 700 Metro staff, trained in first aid and medical assistance, are present in all the stations