Mada Media has held the first official ceremony marking the awarding of naming rights for a Dubai Metro station, celebrating the renaming of Al Khail Station to Al Fardan Exchange Station on the Red Line.
The event, organised in collaboration with the Government of Dubai Media Office, was held at the station premises and signals what officials described as a new phase of strategic public–private partnerships in the emirate. More naming rights ceremonies are expected to follow as part of the initiative.
The ceremony was attended by Abdul Mohsen Ibrahim Kalbat, Chief Executive Officer of the Rail Agency at Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA); Mansoor Al Sabahi, Chief Executive Officer of Mada Media; Hassan Fardan Al Fardan, Chief Executive Officer of Al Fardan Exchange; and Habib Wehbi, Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of W Group Holding, owner of Hypermedia, which is responsible for attracting investors to acquire naming rights for Dubai Metro Red and Green Line stations.
Speaking at the event, Abdul Mohsen Ibrahim Kalbat, Chief Executive Officer of the Rail Agency at the RTA, said: “We are always pleased to establish long-term investment partnerships with the private sector in the context of Dubai Metro station naming rights. The agreement to rename Al Khail Station as Al Fardan Exchange Metro Station represents one of the most prominent of these partnerships, given the distinguished standing of the Al Fardan Group in the financial sector, not only in Dubai but across the United Arab Emirates.”
