Board the Green Line towards Etisalat by e& and ride one stop to BurJuman. Change to the Red Line towards Life Pharmacy or Expo 2020, with no need to tap your Nol card again, then stay on for six stops to Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall.
7 stops, 1 change at BurJuman. The line colour shows which train you are on at each point.
For one or two people, the Metro wins on cost and predictability. For a family with luggage, or in a hurry, a taxi is door to door and skips the walk.
| Option | Cost | Time | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro | AED 3 (Silver Nol) | ~25 min | Cheapest, no traffic |
| Taxi | AED 34 to 50 | 16 to 24 min | Door to door, luggage, families |
Sharaf DG to Burj Khalifa stays inside one fare zone, so the whole trip is AED 3 on a Silver Nol card. The Green to Red change at BurJuman is across the platform on the same level with no second tap, but the BurJuman interchange is busy from mid-morning. Boarding at the front of the Green Line train at Sharaf DG puts you closest to the cross-platform on arrival.
A covered, air-conditioned walkway with travelators links the station to The Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa, around 820 metres in all.
For more on the area around Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall, what is close by and worth a stop, see the Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall station guide.
Sharaf DG station drops you at the Al Fahidi heritage quarter, and seven Metro stops later you are at Burj Khalifa. Pre-book the At The Top time slot before you set out from old Dubai.
Yes, once. The Green Line runs one stop from Sharaf DG (G25) south to BurJuman (G26), where you change across the platform to the Red Line. The Red Line then runs six stops south to Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall (R25). The change is on the same level, no second Nol card tap.
The trip stays inside one fare zone (Zone 6). 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.
About 25 minutes from platform to platform, including the cross-platform change at BurJuman and the short waits between stations. The walk from Burj Khalifa station to The Dubai Mall adds another 15 to 20 minutes.
Yes. BurJuman is a Green and Red Line interchange with cross-platform transfer on the same level. The signs in English and Arabic point at both line colours, and the walk between platforms takes under a minute. No second tap, no second fare.
Yes. Sharaf DG has lifts to and from the platform, BurJuman is fully step-free at the interchange, and Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall has lifts to the walkway level. The Red and Green Line trains have wide doors throughout. The walkway from Burj Khalifa station has travelators most of the way.
Late afternoon and early evening, when commuters and Downtown visitors overlap on the southbound platform. From November to March the winter tourist season piles onto the same trains. Off-peak mornings into early afternoon are the comfortable window.
No. A taxi from Sharaf DG to Burj Khalifa is around AED 34 to 50 and 16 to 24 minutes depending on traffic, against AED 3 on the Metro. The taxi is door to door, but the Metro saves around 90 per cent of the fare and beats the road at peak.
The last northbound train from Sharaf DG towards Etisalat by e& runs about 12:34 AM Sunday to Wednesday and 12:36 AM Thursday to Saturday. Once at BurJuman, the last Red Line train towards Centrepoint runs until just after midnight every day.