Board the Red Line towards Life Pharmacy or Expo 2020 and ride two stops to Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall.
2 stops, 0 changes at the interchange. 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) | ~10 min | Cheapest, no traffic |
| Taxi | AED 15 to 22 | 10 to 15 min | Door to door, luggage, families |
Emirates Towers is the Metro stop for the Museum of the Future, so this two-stop hop is the most-walked museum-to-mall connection in the city. Stay seated through Financial Centre, get off at Burj Khalifa, and you are at the walkway. The whole trip is AED 3 on a Silver Nol card for one zone.
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.
Museum of the Future at Emirates Towers plus Burj Khalifa at the next-but-one stop makes the easiest one-day modern Dubai loop. Pre-book the At The Top time slot to fit it around the museum entry.
No. The Red Line runs straight from Emirates Towers (R23) two stops south to Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall (R25). One train, two stops, no platform change.
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 10 minutes from platform to platform, including the wait at Financial Centre. The walkway from the station to The Dubai Mall adds another 15 to 20 minutes.
Yes, easily. The museum is at Emirates Towers (a seven minute covered footbridge from the station) and Burj Khalifa is two stops south at Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall. The full one-day loop is the most-recommended single-day modern Dubai pattern.
Yes. Emirates Towers has lifts to and from the platform, and Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall has lifts to the walkway level. The Red Line trains have wide doors. The walkway has travelators most of the way.
Late afternoon and early evening, when museum visitors finish and head to Downtown for dinner or the Burj Khalifa Fountain Show. The southbound platform at Emirates Towers fills up between 5 PM and 7 PM.
Yes, by a wide margin on the Metro. A taxi from Emirates Towers to Burj Khalifa is around AED 15 to 22 and 10 to 15 minutes depending on traffic, against AED 3 on the Metro. The Metro also avoids the Sheikh Zayed Road service-road traffic at peak.
The last northbound train from Emirates Towers towards Centrepoint runs about 12:38 AM most nights, 12:34 AM on Saturday. The last southbound train to Expo 2020 runs about 11:38 PM, and to Life Pharmacy 11:34 PM.