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Dubai Metro: Al Jafiliya & Mall of Emirates Stations

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The Al Jafiliya Station is right across Dubai’s Department of Naturalization and Residency, where we went a few days ago to renew Mom’s residence visa.

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The stations are designed to look like sea shells.

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For a moment, I thought I was inside the airport! Then I saw the “To Trains” sign.

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More of the “sea shell” effect.

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We traveled Gold Class on our first trip.  You pay extra for two things:  comfortable seats and front view (since there is no driver, you get to sit right infront)

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The Silver or Standard Class, which I personally think is much more fun than the Gold Class.  (Picture taken by cellphone)

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View on our way to the Mall of Emirates

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Mall of Emirates Station

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Coming down from the train platform

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The interior of the Mall of Emirates Station:  this was around 2 pm on a working day, hence the peace and quiet.

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12 comments

  1. Your posts about places in Dubai never fail to astound me. 🙂 Masha Allah.
    I hope you had a great Eid, Nadia. Take care.

    Thank you, Alisha! I had a tiring yet fabulous Eid, alhumdulillah.

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  3. Looks very … Dubai-ish! Can’t wait to visit iA. It does look like the Metro is going to be a success.

    Two questions.

    1. How do they prevent a silver ticket holder from sitting in the gold class?
    2. Never been inside the Burj al Arab, does it cost to visit?

    Yes, definitely Dubai-ish!

    1. There are a couple of “cabin crews” in the trains, who check tickets of those who are in the Gold Class.
    2. I haven’t been inside either, but it’ll cost you around 200 Dirhams to get in (as a non-staying guest). Or, you can make reservations for High Tea at 350 Dirhams in a restaurant and get in for free.

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  4. Naiiice!

    It looks awesome! Trust Dubai to come up with a lavish metro, LOL.

    Great pictures as always, nads!

    Wait till you see my upcoming post on another station 😉

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  5. ma shaa Allah it is too beautiful for a SUBWAY station yeesh!

    And people here are using the Metro just for the sake of experiencing it … 99.9% (including myself, of course) were taking pictures or making videos throughout the ride. It is truly beautiful.

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  8. We had a new “metro” ourselves here in Vancouver. Actually it is an extension to the current metro (called Skytrain), and was made in preparation for the Winter Olympics in February 2010.

    I just wrote a post on this too 🙂

    I like your Metro better because you have more poles/rails to hold onto during the rush hour. When we took the Silver Class last time, Masood held onto a rail, while I held onto him, and my MIL held onto me. But I like our blue color better than your red one 😀

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  9. WOW! Masha’Allah! That is so impressive! I would ride it every day if I were you 😀
    Is the price diff between gold and silver class big?

    I would love to take the train on a regular basis, but there’s no station close to where I live or work. Gold Class tickets cost twice as much as the Silver Class: for a journey across three stations, you pay 6.50 dirhams for Silver Class, while the same journey will cost you 13 dirhams in Gold Class.

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  10. Wow, that is sure sparkly and not a person in sight! My brother loves trains he would probably just got to Dubai to get on it lol 😀
    Thanks for the wonderful pics

    It literally IS very new and sparkly! Not a person in sight because it was 1 pm on a working day.

    I’m sure your brother will love the metro 🙂

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  11. wow.. what stations yaar…

    Dubai vs Doha… debate tilted in favour of Dubai after this! lol

    And you haven’t even seen my favorite station yet!

    Make it both Dubai and Doha 🙂

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  12. Ooh, what a lovely journey through the metro! Hopefully I’ll be able to experience it for myself soon.

    Welcome to the blog, Joud! Thank you. Looking forward to read your Metro experience; hope it’s a good one 🙂

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