Route 2020 will have capacity for 23 000 passengers/h per direction. Initial ridership is expected to be 125 000 passengers per day, rising to 275 000 by 2030. RTA expects that 35 000 passengers will use Expo station each weekday and 47 000 per day at weekends, making up one-fifth of the forecast number of visitors to Expo 2020. The metro extension forms part of RTA’s strategy to increase public transport modal share from 15·3% to 20% by 2020.