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Passengers using the Dubai Metro on New Year’s Eve will not need to swipe
their Nol cards to enter four of the busiest stations.
At Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall, Financial Centre, Emirates Towers and Business Bay, the gates to metro platforms will stay open and passengers will be able to enter without swiping their cards.
“This is a crowd management procedure,” explains Muhammad Yousuf Al Mudharreb, Director of Unified Automated Fare Collection at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
“The main idea behind this concept is that when passengers leave the event, they will find the gates open. We are hoping this will reduce congestion at these stations.”
However, passengers will need to swipe the Nol card for checking out at their destination stations. “When the passenger checks out he will be charged. The system will automatically recognise that the passenger checked in at one of these four stations and the charge will be deducted while checking out,” explains Al Mudharreb.
“The four stations are in the same zone, so the charge will be the same from these stations
At Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall, Financial Centre, Emirates Towers and Business Bay, the gates to metro platforms will stay open and passengers will be able to enter without swiping their cards.
“This is a crowd management procedure,” explains Muhammad Yousuf Al Mudharreb, Director of Unified Automated Fare Collection at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
“The main idea behind this concept is that when passengers leave the event, they will find the gates open. We are hoping this will reduce congestion at these stations.”
However, passengers will need to swipe the Nol card for checking out at their destination stations. “When the passenger checks out he will be charged. The system will automatically recognise that the passenger checked in at one of these four stations and the charge will be deducted while checking out,” explains Al Mudharreb.
“The four stations are in the same zone, so the charge will be the same from these stations
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