Internet City Metro Station

Internet City Metro Station Overview

First and last train from Internet City Station

These times come from the official RTA timetable. For the exact minute on the day you travel, the RTA S'hail app is the live source.

Internet City Station opening hours and facilities

Internet City station keeps the standard RTA opening hours, the same right across the network:

• Monday to Thursday: 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM
• Friday: 5:00 AM to 1:00 AM
• Saturday: 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM
• Sunday: 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM

Internet City has the standard Dubai Metro facilities, confirmed in the official RTA passenger guide. The station is step-free, with lifts to all levels, tactile guidance paths, and dedicated wheelchair spaces on every train. Nol card machines and a ticket counter sit inside the concourse, alongside bilingual signage and information screens. Du Wi-Fi covers the network.

Every regular train carries three cabin types: Gold Class at one end, a Women and Children cabin with pink signage, and Standard cabins. Door pictograms on the platform show where each cabin stops. The station has at least one bus connection, dedicated Metro Police, CCTV throughout, and emergency call points on every platform and train.

The free zone that started the tech cluster

Dubai Internet City opened in October 1999, launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as the city’s first technology free zone. The launch terms offered a hundred per cent foreign ownership, zero income tax, and a simplified visa process for tech employees, which at the time made it the most aggressive technology incentive package in the region. Microsoft and Oracle were among the first tenants. The cluster has grown over the past two decades to host more than two thousand companies, with the regional headquarters of Google, Dell, Cisco, Huawei, IBM and Meta among the anchors.

The plaza, the buildings and the walk

The Internet City complex is organised around a central plaza, with named buildings around the perimeter. The plaza is open public space with cafes and a Saturday afternoon farmers’ market in the cooler season. The Metro link feeds in at the south-east corner of the plaza, and the walk to the most-distant office buildings takes about ten minutes. The covered link is fully air-conditioned and step-free. The cluster has a high foot traffic density at 8:30 to 9:30 AM and 5:30 to 7 PM, with the platform at Internet City station among the busiest west-end commute stops.

The quieter beach across the road

Al Sufouh Beach, on the coastal side of Sheikh Zayed Road, is reached by crossing the station footbridge and walking south through Knowledge Park onto the coastal road. The open-access public strip runs for about a kilometre between the resort hotels of Madinat Jumeirah and the start of the Palm Jumeirah crescent, with shade structures and lifeguards in season as the Khaleej Times beach guide notes. The beach is open at all hours and free of charge, with a noticeable shift to the local crowd over the JBR-and-Marina tourist crowd. The walk from station to sand takes about fifteen minutes.

Fares from Internet City Station

Fares depend on how many zones your trip crosses, not how many stations you pass. A Silver Nol card costs AED 3 within one zone, AED 5 across two zones, and AED 7.50 for three or more zones, per the RTA Nol fares page. A personal Blue Nol card pays the same as Silver. Gold Class costs double: AED 6, 10 or 15 across the same bands.

Without a Nol card, the Red ticket is a separate, higher tariff of AED 4, 6 or 8.50 by zone band, and the blank ticket costs AED 2 to buy. Children aged five and under travel free, and travel is free for People of Determination.

Metro Stations Before and After Internet City Station

• InsuranceMarket (R33): The stop after Internet City on the Red Line going towards Centrepoint
• Al Fardan Exchange (R35): The stop after Internet City on the Red Line going towards Expo 2020