Equiti station (R31) is the Gold & Diamond Park’s stop and the quiet workhorse between Garmin (formerly ONPASSIVE) and Mall of the Emirates – serving Umm Al Sheif’s low-rise blocks, Al Quoz 3’s studio fringe and the beach-bound taxi trade toward Kite Beach. Elevated, fare zone 2, with a four-name history that tracks the naming-rights era perfectly.
Gold & Diamond Park: the calm alternative
Directly in the station’s orbit sits the Gold & Diamond Park – the air-conditioned, fixed-address counterpart to Deira’s Gold Souq: dozens of manufacturers and custom workshops where engagement rings get designed rather than haggled. It suits buyers who want VAT receipts, resizing service and quiet. Souq romance lives on the Green Line; commissioning a bespoke piece lives here.
The Al Quoz creative district’s newer studios also spread toward this station, though Alserkal Avenue itself stays anchored one stop north at Garmin.
Kite Beach logistics
No metro touches the Jumeirah coast, and this station is one of the standard jump-off points: a 10-minute taxi from the rank reaches Kite Beach’s kilometre of volleyball, burger trucks and the Burj Al Arab backdrop. (MOE station one stop south runs the same play at similar cost.) Budget the return cab too – beach pickups surge at sunset.
The station’s name has cycled through the whole naming-rights era: First Gulf Bank at opening, FAB after the 2017 bank merger, the district name Umm Al Sheif in the November 2020 reset, and Equiti since August 2024 – drivers answer to “FGB” and “Umm Al Sheif” interchangeably, and all of them stop here.
Four names in fifteen years
First Gulf Bank at opening → FAB after the 2017 bank merger → district name Umm Al Sheif in the November 2020 reset → Equiti (the fintech) since August 2024. Drivers answer to “FGB” and “Umm Al Sheif” interchangeably; all of them stop here.
Local tips
- Custom jewellery timelines: workshops typically want days, not hours – commission early in your trip, collect before the flight.
- Al Quoz gallery spillover: the district’s newer studios spread toward this station – Alserkal remains anchored one stop north at Garmin.
- Zone 2 hops: MOE, Internet City and the Marina cluster are all AED 3 rides.
- Quietest boarding point on this stretch at peak – one stop’s walk from MOE’s crowds buys breathing room.
Getting here and onward
Equiti is elevated on the Red Line in zone 2, one stop from Mall of the Emirates and within AED 3 of Internet City and the Marina cluster. There is no tram or marine link; the Jumeirah coast and Kite Beach are taxi-from-the-rank territory, and custom-jewellery buyers should factor the workshop timelines rather than expecting same-day pieces.