e& station (G11) is the Green Line’s north-eastern terminus and the metro’s front door for Sharjah: the adjacent Etisalat Bus Station runs the intercity routes across the border, and the park-and-ride fills nightly with commuters splitting the two emirates. Elevated in Al Qusais, fare zone 5. Until February 2023 the station – like the telecom it is named for – was called Etisalat.
The Sharjah commuter machine
Every weekday morning this station performs Dubai’s least glamorous, most important transit ritual: tens of thousands of Sharjah residents step off intercity buses and onto the Green Line’s first trains, dodging the E11’s infamous crawl. The bus bays run high-frequency services to Sharjah’s main terminals (Al Jubail and others) plus routes toward the northern emirates – all Nol-paid. If you are doing Dubai-Sharjah on public transport in either direction, this interchange is the standard route.
Every weekday morning this station performs Dubai’s least glamorous, most important transit ritual: tens of thousands of Sharjah residents step off intercity buses and onto the Green Line’s first trains, dodging the E11 highway’s infamous crawl.
The rebrand that renamed a station
When Etisalat became e& in 2022, the station followed in February 2023 – the rare rename driven by the sponsor changing its own name rather than a new deal. Buses, drivers and half the signage ecosystem still say “Etisalat”; the bus station formally kept the old name. Treat e&, Etisalat and “Qusais terminus” as synonyms.
Around the station
Al Qusais here is workaday residential-industrial: Al Twar Centre’s daily retail, dense apartment blocks, and the giant staff populations of nearby free zones. The park-and-ride and bus bays are the real anchors. For visitors the station is a transfer, not a destination – though the Friday-evening bus-bay bustle is its own honest slice of Gulf life.
Local tips
- Sharjah timing: the buses run constantly, but border-corridor traffic peaks 7-9 AM into Dubai and 5-8 PM out – the metro leg is your predictable half.
- Gold Class and boarding at a terminus do not guarantee a seat or luggage space. Follow the marked cabin rules and allow for crowding.
- Zone 5 spread: the entire Green Line north of the creek plus the airport stations ride for AED 3 from here.
- Park-and-ride works the same as Centrepoint’s: park, tap the same Nol, ride – the intended commuter loop.
Getting here and onward
Gold Class and boarding at a terminus do not guarantee a seat or luggage space. Follow the marked cabin rules and allow for crowding.