Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) on X has outlined the Blue Line as the network’s largest underground metro station, the world’s highest iconic station, and the largest elevated interchange station.
Officials also said the station interiors are inspired by the four elements of nature as Dubai widens its integrated transport grid.
من أكبر محطة مترو تحت الأرض، إلى المحطة الأيقونية الأعلى في العالم، وأكبر محطة علوية انتقالية، يرسّخ مشروع الخط الأزرق لمترو دبي، مرحلة جديدة في مسيرة النقل الجماعي، ويعزّز ترابط المدينة عبر شبكة أكثر اتساعاً وابتكاراً.
محطات نوعية مستوحاة من عناصر الطبيعة الأربعة، تواكب طموحات… pic.twitter.com/acl2TlMOJH
— RTA (@rta_dubai) July 3, 2026
The Blue Line construction carries an investment of $5.58 billion (AED20.5 billion), links the Red Line at Centrepoint with the Green Line at Creek, and adds 14 stations across a 30 km corridor.
RTA has confirmed an opening target date of September 9, 2029. Officials expect the line to serve districts projected to house about one million residents by 2040 and to cut direct journeys to Dubai International Airport to 20 minutes.
Record stations reshape the corridor.
Emaar Properties Station will stand 74 metres high at Dubai Creek Harbour, giving Dubai what officials describe as the world’s tallest metro station.
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill designed the hub across about 11,000 square metres, with capacity for 160,000 passengers a day and forecast daily usage above 70,000 by 2040.
The design is built around open volume, natural light, stone, glass and bronze, with a gateway form that aligns with the surrounding urban district.
RTA says that the interchange is the largest underground station in the metro network, spanning more than 44,000 square metres with a capacity for about 350,000 passengers a day.
The Blue Line also includes Dubai Metro’s first bridge crossing Dubai Creek, stretching 1,300 metres. Those assets shift the scheme beyond a line extension and into a network reconfiguration.
Nature-led interiors move into focus
RTA notes that the remaining station interiors adopt fluid lines shaped by air, water, earth and fire. Air-themed stations lean on open volumes and light.
Water-themed stations draw from Dubai’s maritime lineage through flowing forms and calmer colour palettes. Earth-themed stations use grounded tones and denser textures. Fire-themed stations use stronger gradients and lighting to convey pace and motion.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched tunnelling works from International City 1 on May 3, 2026, using a tunnel boring machine named Al Wugeisha.
The machine has a length of 163 metres, a weight of over 2,000 tonnes and an excavation advance rate of 13 to 17 metres a day. RTA has directed tunnelling in three directions from the station toward Mirdif, the Auto Market and Al Warsan.
Capacity gains sit behind the station narrative
The Blue Line had reached 10 per cent completion within five months of the June 2025 groundbreaking. More than 500 engineers and experts and 3,000 workers were deployed across 12 sites at that stage. More
