Al Rashidiya Dubai: homes, Centrepoint and moving costs (2026)
Al Rashidiya, Dubai, is a villa-led district near Dubai International Airport, distinct from Al Rashidiya in Ajman. Its strongest fit is a household comparing whole-home living with a confirmed school and station route (Bayut, checked 22 October 2026). DEWA's refundable residential-villa deposit is AED 4,000 (DEWA, as of 22 October 2026).
Source: withlida.com, 22 October 2026. Original home-comparison worksheet, not a specification or statement of legal responsibility for any property. Campus and rail identities are supported by the official records below.
Last verified: 22 October 2026.
Where is Al Rashidiya?
Al Rashidiya in this guide is the Dubai district close to Dubai International Airport. Bayut's Dubai area guide, checked 22 October 2026, describes its predominantly villa housing and local parks, libraries, schools and shops. A separate Bayut guide covers Al Rashidiya in Ajman, also checked 22 October 2026. The shared name makes the emirate an essential part of an address search.
For the Dubai location, RTA, Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority, explicitly places Centrepoint on the Red Line in Al Rashidiya in its Metro description, checked 22 October 2026. That anchors the district's rail connection; it does not establish the distance between an individual gate and the station.
Households comparing nearby residential areas can use the Mirdif guide and Al Warqa guide for those separate area questions. The useful comparison is between identified homes and the same daily destinations, with each home's entrance recorded consistently.
What homes are found here?
Al Rashidiya's housing character is villa-led, according to Bayut's qualitative description, checked 22 October 2026. The guide describes houses with separate household spaces and private gardens. Those are area characteristics, while the spaces included with a particular home remain matters for its floor plan and lease.
A whole-home comparison asks whether the agreement covers the entire villa and which outdoor or ancillary spaces are exclusive. An apartment comparison starts with the identified self-contained dwelling and its access, parking and any shared facilities. The word “villa” in a search result alone does not answer whether the proposed lease covers the whole house.
For a household prioritising a garden and separate household spaces, a confirmed whole-villa arrangement is the closer match to that brief. For a household prioritising an apartment layout, the useful comparison is the actual dwelling's entrance, utility accounts and shared-space arrangements. Neither label establishes what is included in the rent.
The table above keeps those questions attached to each home. The Dubai tenancy-contract guide covers the adjacent contract question. Parking, cooling and maintenance allocation need to be explicit in the proposed agreement rather than inferred from the district's general housing character.
What is Rashidiya Metro called now?
Rashidiya Metro is now called Centrepoint, shown on the operating Red Line in RTA's station map, as of 22 October 2026. The former and current names are linked by the Dubai Media Office's naming-rights announcement of 4 August 2021, checked this run.
For a household commute, the route has distinct parts: leaving the home's actual gate, reaching the chosen station entrance, making the rail journey and continuing from the destination station to the final entrance. A district-level Metro connection does not supply a walking time for every home.
For an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), RTA's current map names Financial Centre; for a Downtown Dubai comparison, it names Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall (RTA, as of 22 October 2026). The specific office or destination entrance still determines the final part of the journey. No district-wide journey time follows from the station names.
RTA's Journey Planner, accessed 22 October 2026, provides starting-point, destination and departure or arrival choices, alongside routes and timetables. A route comparison needs the intended weekday and time in both directions. Card purchase, credit and passes belong in the nol card guide, where nol is Dubai's public-transport payment card.
Which school campus is actually in the district?
Bright Learners Private School L.L.C is the campus KHDA identifies in Al Rashidiya, at 56A Street, Al Rashidiya, Dubai. KHDA, Dubai's private-school regulator, lists an American curriculum and a published span from pre-primary to Grade 8 in the campus directory record, checked 22 October 2026.
That record answers campus identity, curriculum and published grade coverage. It does not establish a place for a particular child. A household's comparison still needs the intended entry grade, academic year, admissions response and pupil entrance. For a child requiring a later grade, the school search needs a separately verified campus covering that grade.
School transport is another home-specific question. The relevant endpoints are the home's pickup point and the confirmed campus entrance, with the school's transport arrangement attached. Tuition and transport belong in a dated quote for the child's grade and academic year, alongside any other school costs, rather than an undated area-wide school allowance.
What needs budgeting before moving?
For an ordinary residential-villa activation using small meters, DEWA's published components add to AED 4,155 in initial cash, comprising a refundable AED 4,000 deposit and AED 155 in activation charges. This is a DEWA-only worked example using the official move-in schedule, as of 22 October 2026.
DEWA is the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority. Its refundable utility deposit is separate from a landlord's tenancy deposit. “Small meter” is DEWA's technical meter category; the actual home's meter category needs confirming before applying the example.
Source: withlida.com, 22 October 2026, recomputed from DEWA's move-in fee components, as of October 2026. The charge subtotal also matches DEWA's published FAQ. Confirm the meter category and current amount in DEWA's service payment request.
DEWA lists a valid Ejari number, the reference for Dubai's registered tenancy record, among tenant service requirements (DEWA, as of October 2026). Account setup therefore needs to match the identified home and its tenancy record.
The wider budget keeps separate dated quotes for rent and payment schedule, the landlord deposit, any agency and registration charges, cooling setup and running costs, movers, and school expenses. The cooling entry needs to state whether it is part of the home's electricity consumption or separately billed. The maintenance entry needs to match the written responsibilities in the lease. None of those amounts can be derived from the DEWA activation subtotal.
Al Rashidiya questions, checked 22 October 2026
What is the new name of Al Rashidiya Metro station?
The current name is Centrepoint. RTA's operating station map shows it on the Red Line as of 22 October 2026. Use that name when comparing journeys from an Al Rashidiya home.
Where is Al Rashidiya Metro station?
RTA's Metro description places Centrepoint on the Red Line in Al Rashidiya, checked 22 October 2026. The route from a particular home still depends on its gate and the station entrance used.
Is Rashidiya in International City?
RTA identifies Al Rashidiya as Centrepoint's district and describes International City separately in its Metro network plans, checked 22 October 2026. An address search needs the exact Dubai district, rather than treating those names as interchangeable.
How do I go to Rashidiya Metro station by bus?
Search for Centrepoint in RTA's Journey Planner using the actual starting location and intended time. Its route and timetable tools, accessed 22 October 2026, are the appropriate place to confirm the service and stop for that journey.
What time does Rashidiya Metro station close?
The household's travel check needs the current Centrepoint timetable for its intended day, direction and connecting service. RTA's Journey Planner provides timing choices and timetable tools, accessed 22 October 2026; this guide does not assign one closing time to every journey.
Checked by the publication's independent check, 22 October 2026.
CHANGE LOG: 2026-10-22 · first published · Dubai and Ajman identity, RTA station records, KHDA campus details and DEWA villa activation components verified.
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