Dubai Metro ridership hits 50m in the 1st Quarter of 2016
The ridership of the Dubai Metro, both the Red and Green Lines, throughout the very first 3 months of this year is on the increase compared with the same period last year. Stats expose that during the very first quarter of this year, the Dubai Metro had actually served 49,913,698 riders, and the Dubai Tram had reported a ridership of 1,338,601 riders.
"This increase in the ridership of both the metro and tram during the very first three months of this year is a sign of the appeal of these modes to residents and visitors of Dubai. The metro and tram are shaping into prime mobility suggests within the Emirate, thanks to their smooth, satisfying and safe transit experience offered to numerous commercial & residential communities across the Emirate," said Abdul Mohsen Ibrahim Younes, CEO of Rail Agency of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA).
"We, in RTA, are continually endeavoring to provide a raft of efforts & service enhancements in a way that adds to the joy of individuals, and brings in more riders to public transit modes in general, and the metro & tram in particular," continued Abdul Mohsen.
"The number of riders utilizing the Red Line during the first quarter of this year totaled up to 31,835,078 riders, whereas the Green Line lifted about 18,078,620 riders throughout the very same period. Al Rigga Station topped stations of the Red Line in regards to ridership during that period recording 2,065,201 riders, followed by the Union Station, which served 1,972,811 riders, a little ahead of Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Station that was used by 1,972,261 riders.
"On the Green Line of the Dubai Metro, Al Fahidi Station topped the ridership of all stations tape-recording 2,050,237 riders, followed by Baniyas Station, which was visited by 1,649,229 riders, and the third was the Stadium Station that was utilized by 1,469,831 riders," discussed Abdul Mohsen.
"The Dubai Tram had lifted 1,338,601 riders throughout the first quarter of 2016. The Dubai Marina Station was the busiest serving 425,071 riders, followed by JBR Station 1, which was utilized by 163,056 riders, and the third was JBR 2 Station that served 152,987 riders," noted the CEO of RTA Rail Agency.
