Al Sufouh Cycle Track: Map, Route & Facts

The tram corridor

This track exists because of the tram. When the Dubai Tram opened in November 2014, the RTA laid a 9 km cycle track along the tramway on Al Sufouh Road, with a dedicated bikeway between Al Sufouh and Dubai Media City stations and mixed-use sections shared with pedestrians elsewhere; at opening there was a gap in the infrastructure between the Dubai Marina and Mina Seyahi stations. Riding beside a tram line has practical consequences: the crossings are signalised and disciplined, the corridor is fenced and predictable, and a mechanical or a summer bail-out is easy because the tram runs the same line you are riding. Treat the rails themselves with respect at the few points where the track crosses them.

Getting there & connections

The corridor is the middle link of Dubai's coastal chain, so you rarely start here; you pass through. From the south, the Marina and JLT lanes feed straight into it. At the north-eastern end, the RTA's 16 km Jumeirah Beach track, opened in February 2022, was built precisely to connect the Jumeirah Street lanes near the Dubai Water Canal with the existing track at King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Street near Dubai Internet City, which is this corridor. By public transport, the tram itself serves the whole route, and Dubai Internet City Metro station (Red Line) sits at the corridor's inland junction. The third connection is the Hessa Street track, a 13.5 km multi-use track linking Al Sufouh to Dubai Hills with two landmark bridges of 528 m over Sheikh Zayed Road and 501 m over Al Khail Road. It is open: we rode it on 28 August 2026, both bridges included, with about 1.4 km in Al Barsha still under works that night.

What riders should know

Rider knowledge: community consensus (local cycling guides and rider write-ups), not official RTA information.

This is commuter-grade connector riding: useful, flat and quick, with less charm per kilometre than the coastal track it feeds. The RTA's 20 km/h shared-track limit applies on the mixed-use stretches, and the office districts (Media City, Internet City, Knowledge Park) generate real pedestrian traffic at lunch and on weekday evenings, so ride the frontages at civil speed. Junction discipline matters more here than anywhere on the coast: the corridor crosses the access roads of the Palm Jumeirah entrance and a string of hotel and campus entrances, and every one is a conflict point with turning cars. Shade is patchier than in the Marina, so summer riding belongs to the early morning. Helmet and reflective-wear rules apply as on all Dubai tracks, see our rules page.