Board the Red Line towards Life Pharmacy or Expo 2020 and ride to National Paints. Change at National Paints onto the Life Pharmacy shuttle for the final hop to Ibn Battuta, with no need to tap your Nol card again.
7 stops, 0 changes at the interchange. The line colour shows which train you are on at each point.
Trains from Mall of the Emirates towards Expo 2020 will not stop at Ibn Battuta, because the Life Pharmacy branch (which Ibn Battuta sits on) runs as a separate shuttle. You change at National Paints (R38) onto the shuttle for the last stop. Check the front of the train at Mall of the Emirates and, if you board a through service to Expo 2020, get off at National Paints and cross the platform.
Ibn Battuta Mall is about 150 metres from the platform, reached on a covered footbridge that takes five to seven minutes on foot.
For more on the area around Ibn Battuta, what is close by and worth a stop, see the Ibn Battuta station guide.
Most likely yes. Most Red Line trains from Mall of the Emirates run to Expo 2020 on the Route 2020 branch, while Ibn Battuta sits on the separate Life Pharmacy spur. You change at National Paints (R38), the fork point, onto the shuttle that serves Ibn Battuta and the three stops beyond it. It is the same line, same paid area, no second tap, just a different train.
The trip stays inside one zone. On a Silver Nol card it is AED 3, on a Gold Nol card AED 6, on a Blue personal card AED 3, and on a single-use Red ticket AED 4 plus AED 2 to buy the ticket itself. One of the cheapest mall-hopping trips on the network.
About 25 minutes platform to platform, including the short wait for the Life Pharmacy shuttle at National Paints. The walk from Ibn Battuta station to the mall adds another five to seven minutes on the covered footbridge.
Seven stops on the Red Line, all on the southbound trunk and the start of the Life Pharmacy branch. In order, they are Mall of the Emirates, InsuranceMarket, Dubai Internet City, Al Fardan Exchange, Sobha Realty, DMCC, National Paints, Ibn Battuta.
No, but the mall is about 150 metres from the platform on a covered, air-conditioned footbridge. The walk takes five to seven minutes. The mall has six themed courts (China, India, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia and Andalusia) laid out in a single long line, so allow extra time to reach the far end.
Because the Life Pharmacy branch (where Ibn Battuta is) and the Route 2020 branch (where Expo 2020 is) split at National Paints (R38). The main service is the Route 2020 train, signed for Expo 2020. If you stay on it, you miss Ibn Battuta. Change at National Paints onto the shuttle marked for Life Pharmacy.
Yes. Ibn Battuta is the main intercity bus stop on this side of Dubai, with regular services to Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. The bus station is next to the Metro exit. Most RTA intercity buses take a Nol card.
A Silver Nol card. The Silver fare is AED 3 against AED 4 for the Red ticket trip itself, and the Red ticket also needs AED 2 to buy the paper card the first time. Unless you are riding once and only once, the Silver card pays back inside a single trip.