395 million passengers used transportation in Dubai within 6 months

Dubai Roads and Communications Authority announced that the number of users of mass transportation: Dubai Metro, Dubai Tarm, Public Transport Buses, and Maritime Transportation, in addition to the number of taxi users and joint transportation means (smart application companies, hours of rental, and buses on request), during the first half of this year, reached about 395.3 million passengers, compared to about 361.2 million passengers in The first half of last year, recording 9%growth, and the daily average of the number of passengers in the first half of this year reached about 2.18 million passengers, compared to about 1.98 million passengers in the same period last year.

“The continuous growth in the number of users of mass transportation confirms the confidence of users with the efficiency of this system, and the quality of the services provided by the authority through various means of transportation, as it is keen to provide comfortable, safe and sustainable transport services to all segments of society,” said Matar Al -Tayer The collective, today is the backbone of the movement of population and visitors in the emirate, and as a result of these efforts, the percentage of trips through mass transport and joint transportation increased from 6% in 2006 to 21.6% last year.

He added: «The Blue Dubai metro project is currently being implemented with a length of 30 kilometers, and a total of 14 stations, and it serves nine vital areas, its population is estimated at about one million people according to the Dubai Urban Plan 2040, and the authority also signed four agreements to supply 637 multi -size buses, identical to European specifications for low carbon emissions (euros 6), including 40 buses Electrical is the largest and the first of its kind at the state level, and the new buses will be supplied in 2025 and 2026, to contribute to geographical expansion to provide bus service in all regions of the emirate.

He continued that «the authority has completed the current month of development of 16 buses stations, and six stations to accommodate buses, to improve the quality of services provided to passengers», adding that the Dubai Metro and taxi vehicles were settled on the largest percentage of the number of passengers in the first half of this year, by 36.5% for the Dubai metro, and 26% for taxis, while the percentage of public transport bus users reached 24%, 24%, Last May recorded the highest rate in the number of passengers by 68.8 million passengers, and the number of passengers in the rest of the months ranged between 61 and 68 million passengers, indicating that the number of passengers during the first half of this year witnessed 9%growth, compared to the same period in 2024, an important indication of the recovery of the economic movement in the Emirate of Dubai, and the effectiveness of the plans and programs implemented by the authority to encourage the population and visitors On the use of mass transportation, and providing various alternatives to mobility in Dubai, as the mass transportation system in Dubai, whose elements are integrated with each other, is the backbone of the movement of movement between the various regions of the emirate, and this system has succeeded in making a positive change in the culture of the population of their various segments towards the use of public transportation.

The number of users of Dubai Metro in its red and green linearies reached about 143.9 million passengers in the first half of this year, and the Bergman and Raqqa stations took over the largest share of the number of the metro passengers, where the number of the station’s passengers for the red and green lines reached 8.6 million, while the number of passengers of the Raqqa station reached 6.8 million passengers, then the Etihad Red and Green Station by 6.6 million passengers, and on the line Al -Ahmar Mall of the Emirates station recorded the largest number of passengers (after Al -Raqqa Station) with a total of 5.6 million passengers, followed by the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall station with 5.4 million passengers, then the Business Bay station with 5.3 million passengers, and at the level of the Green Line, the Sharaf DJ station came first in the number of passengers with 5.1 million passengers, followed by Bani Yas station with 4.1 million passengers, then the stadium station with about 3.6 million passengers.

In the first half of this year, the Dubai tram transported 4.9 million passengers, while public transport buses transported 95.7 million passengers, and the number of users of all maritime transportation reached 9.7 million passengers, while joint transportation means that include smart application companies, hours of rental, and buses upon request, 37.6 million passengers transported, while taxis in Dubai transported 103.5 million passengers in The first half of this year.

• 9 %is the rate of increase in the number of passengers, compared to the first half of last year.

• 61 %of the passengers move in metro and buses.