The Onpassive metro station, formerly known as Al Safa, will look like this after its rebranding. Photo: RTA
The Onpassive metro station, formerly known as Al Safa, will look like this after its rebranding. Photo: RTA
The Onpassive metro station, formerly known as Al Safa, will look like this after its rebranding. Photo: RTA
The Onpassive metro station, formerly known as Al Safa, will look like this after its rebranding. Photo: RTA

Dubai's Al Safa metro station renamed Onpassive


Patrick Ryan
  • English
  • Arabic

Dubai’s Al Safa metro station has had a name change and will now be called Onpassive metro station, the emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority has announced.

The change is the result of a branding deal under which the station will be named after the Florida-based global IT company for the next 10 years.

The station is on the red line of the metro network, running the length of Sheikh Zayed Road.

“Through its partnership with Onpassive, the authority affirms the prestigious position occupied by the emirate of Dubai as an attractive environment for global investment and keeps pace with the aspirations of investors,” said Abdul Mohsen Ibrahim Kalbat, executive director of the RTA Rail Agency.

“The emirate of Dubai is a global reference in terms of the quality of its infrastructure, of which the RTA is an integral part.”

Onpassive’s founder and chief executive Ashraf Mufarreh said: “Our partnership with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority is the first step of many which aim to spread the use of artificial intelligence in community service, as Dubai is one of the most attractive destinations for multinationals."

Gothia Cup 2025

4,872 matches 

1,942 teams

116 pitches

76 nations

26 UAE teams

15 Lebanese teams

2 Kuwaiti teams

Profile box

Company name: baraka
Started: July 2020
Founders: Feras Jalbout and Kunal Taneja
Based: Dubai and Bahrain
Sector: FinTech
Initial investment: $150,000
Current staff: 12
Stage: Pre-seed capital raising of $1 million
Investors: Class 5 Global, FJ Labs, IMO Ventures, The Community Fund, VentureSouq, Fox Ventures, Dr Abdulla Elyas (private investment)

As You Were

Liam Gallagher

(Warner Bros)

Tearful appearance

Chancellor Rachel Reeves set markets on edge as she appeared visibly distraught in parliament on Wednesday. 

Legislative setbacks for the government have blown a new hole in the budgetary calculations at a time when the deficit is stubbornly large and the economy is struggling to grow. 

She appeared with Keir Starmer on Thursday and the pair embraced, but he had failed to give her his backing as she cried a day earlier.

A spokesman said her upset demeanour was due to a personal matter.

Updated: January 11, 2023, 3:11 PM`