Jabal Ali ( ar, جبل علي; formerly Nakheel Harbour & Tower) is a

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station on the Red Line of the

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, UAE. The station is one of three stations on the system with a dedicated park and ride lot, the others being Centrepoint and Etisalat. Until May 2020, the station was named Nakheel Harbour & Tower. The station was closed as it was being reconstructed to allow the platform and track layout to accommodate the

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extension. The station reopened on January 1, 2021.

Location

Jabal Ali station is in the southwestern section of Dubai, bordering the built-up developments of

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and the

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. Specifically, it lies to the north of exit 29 on

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Nearby development

Unlike most metro stations, there is no development near Jabal Ali. Its former namesake,

Nakheel Harbour and Tower Nakheel Tower ( ar , بُرْجُ ٱلنَّخِيلِ) was a planned skyscraper on hold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by developer Nakheel. The project was previously called Al Burj ( ar, ٱلْبُرْجُ "The Tower"). In January 2009, it ...

, was a planned large-scale development of around that would have comprised

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, which would have been the tallest skyscraper in the world, as well as the world's largest inner-city marina. Due to the

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and subsequent

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, the project never saw construction.

History

The station opened under the name of "Nakheel Harbour and Tower" as one of the original stations of the Dubai Metro, beginning service on 9 September 2009. At the time, it acted as the western terminus of the Red Line; an extension westward to the

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opened on 30 April 2010, making Nakheel Harbour and Tower a through station. The track layout east of Jabal Ali station was modified to create a new "Route 2020" branch to

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and two additional platforms to the southeast which are used to serve the new route. The branch connects to the Red Line just to the northeast of the station. The extension was partially opened on 1 January 2021, with trains running a shuttle service between Jabal Ali and Al Furjan. The line was extended to

on 1 June 2021. The route is expected to have 275,000 users each day by 2030.

Station layout

As with many stations on the Red Line, Jabal Ali lies on a viaduct paralleling the eastern side of

. It is a type 1 elevated station with two side platforms and two tracks on the Red Line. It also connects to the Route 2020 branch line. Passengers access the station through a concourse at ground level.

Platform layout

References

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