Title adjustments from July 1, 2025
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has awarded a 10-year naming proper for Jebel Ali Metro Station on the Crimson Line in Dubai Metropolis to Nationwide Paints Factories, a UAE-based paints and coatings producer.
The metro station, which serves the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) industrial space, is being renamed ‘Nationwide Paints Metro Station. For Nationwide Paints, the presence at a metro station in one in every of Dubai’s most dynamic industrial zones creates a visual hyperlink to regional financial development and the development sector.
The deal was endorsed by Dubai’s RTA and finalised between Nationwide Paints and Hypermedia, with Mada Media performing because the authorised concessionaire beneath Dubai RTA’s naming rights framework.
The deal is anticipated to extend income and improve model visibility for all events. It presents Dubai’s RTA a constant revenue stream, whereas Nationwide Paints features strategic publicity at a high traffic transit website. It additionally units a precedent for future agreements as authorities proceed to hunt progressive methods to fund transport infrastructure.
From July to October 2025, Dubai’s RTA will replace all station signage, digital interfaces, mapping platforms, and onboard audio bulletins to mirror the brand new title.
Abdul Mohsen Kalbat, CEO of Dubai RTA’s Rail Company, stated the partnership with Nationwide Paints highlights the success of Dubai RTA’s naming rights programme in attracting personal funding throughout the UAE. The renaming contributes to Dubai’s broader efforts to reinforce city transit choices alongside its deliberate enlargement of the Dubai Metro community, together with the Blue Line. The Blue Line is anticipated to combine additional key residential, industrial, and industrial districts within the emirate.
Metro stations with corporate naming rights are common in Dubai. The transfer aligns with regional traits noticed in different Arabian Gulf cities, the place authorities transport authorities are more and more searching for industrial companions to help infrastructure enlargement and monetary sustainability.
National Paints, based in Amman in 1969 and headquartered in Sharjah since 1977, is among the many prime coatings producers within the Center East and ranks twenty ninth globally. The corporate operates 15 factories and 5 resin vegetation in seven nations, with a facility in Sharjah emirate within the UAE able to producing over 500,000 metric tonnes yearly.
Hero picture: The erstwhile named Jebel Ali Metro Station will get a Nationwide Paints title change from July to October 2025. Credit score: Dubai’s RTA