Last verified July 2026 ·
Source: RTA (rta.ae) ·
Unofficial guide — for live updates use the RTA S’hail app
Fact-checked updates on the things that actually change: Gold Line tender milestones, Blue Line construction progress, station renames, and fare or timing announcements. No press-release padding - if nothing happened, we do not publish.
No metro system on earth renames its stations like Dubai’s. Naming rights are a revenue model here, which means the map you memorised in 2019 – or the directions in a five-year-old…
Halfway through 2026, Dubai Metro’s Blue Line has passed the ~30% construction mark, with tunnel boring underway on the underground half of the route and viaduct segments rising along the elevated half.…
The Gold Line’s contractor race now has a hard date: companies hoping to build Dubai’s AED 34 billion metro expansion must submit their qualification bids by August 17, 2026. The request for…