Press Releases
11 Jun 2018
Service timings during Eid Al-Fitr holidays
The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has announced the timing of its services during Eid Al-Fitr holiday covering customers’ happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro & Tram, marine transit means, and centres of service providers (technical testing).
Customers’ happiness centres will be closed from 29 Ramadan up to 3 Shawaal 1439H. They will resume duty on 4 Shawaal 1439H.
The Dubai Metro Stations on the Red Line will be operating on Thursday 14 June 2018 from 05:00 am to 02:00 am (of the following day) and on Friday 15 June 2018, from 10:00 am to 02:00 am (of the following day). From Saturday to Monday (16 to 18 June 2018), the service will be running from 05:00 am to 02:00 am (of the following day).
The Dubai Metro Stations on the Green Line will be operating on Thursday 14 June 2018 from 05:30 am to 02:00 am (of the following day) and on Friday 15 June 2018, from 10:00 am to 02:00 am (of the following day). From Saturday to Monday (16 to 18 June 2018), the service will be running from 05:30 am to 02:00 am (of the following day).
The Dubai Tram will operate from Saturday to Thursday from 06:00 am to 01:00 am (of the following day), and on Friday from 09:00 am to 01:00 am (of the following day).
The service timing of public buses (Dubai Bus) during Eid Al-Fitr holiday will be as follows: Main stations, like Gold Souq Station, will open from 05:14 am to 00:59 am and Al Ghubaiba Station from 04:46 am to 12:33 am. Subsidiary stations, like Satwa, will operate from 05:00 am to 11:59 pm except for Route C01, which will be operating around-the-clock. Al Qusais Bus Station will open 05:00 am to 00:00 (midnight), Al Qouz Industrial Station will operate from 06:00 am to 11:00 pm and Jebel Ali Station will be offering service from 05:00 am to 11:30 pm.
Stations of Metro Feeder Buses, such as Al Rashidiya, Mall of the Emirate, Ibn Battuta, Burj Khalifa-Dubai Mall, Abu Hail and Etisalat, will open from 05:00 am to 01:10 am (of the following day). The timing of all metro feeder buses is synchronised with the timing of the metro service.
Inter-city bus stations and commercial buses will operate during the Eid holiday as follows: Main stations like Al Ghubaiba will operate around-the-clock to Sharjah (Jubail), and from 04:40 am to 01:05 am (of the following day) to Abu Dhabi. Subsidiary stations, like Union Square, will operate from 05:00 am to 00:35 am (of the following day). Al Sabkha Station will open from 06:30 am to 00:30 am (of the following day). Deira City Centre Station will open from 06:55 am to 10:34 pm, Karama Station will open from 07:00 am to 10:10 pm and Al Ahli Club Station will open from 07:00 am to 11:00 pm. External stations, like Sharjah Al Taawon, will operate from 05:30 am to 10:30 pm, Fujairah Station will open from 05:30 am to 09:30 pm, Ajman Station from 05:00 am to 11:30 pm, and Hatta Station from 06:29 am to 10:35 pm,
The schedules of marine transit services during the holiday will be as follows: The Water Bus will shuttle in marina stations (Marina Mall, Marina Walk, Marina Terrace, Marina Promenade) from 12:00 at noon up to 00:00 (midnight). During the first three Eid days, the Dubai Ferry will be calling at Ghubaiba and Dubai Marina Stations at 11:00 am, 01:00 pm, 03:00 pm, 05:00 pm and 06:30 pm. It will be running serve from Al Jaddaf Station to Dubai Water Canal Station at 12:00 pm and 05:30 pm and from Dubai Water Canal Station to Al Jaddaf at 02:05 pm and 07:35 pm. Round trips will be running from Sheikh Zayed Road Station from 04:00 pm to 00:00 (midnight). The Water Taxi will operate normal service during the first three Eid days from 09:00 am up to 10:00 pm.
During the first three Eid days, the Traditional Abra will operating at Dubai Creek Stations (Ghubaiba, Baniyas, Dubai Old Souq, and Al Seef), from 10:00 am until 00:00 (midnight). At the Sheikh Zayed Road Station, the Abra service will be from 04:00 pm to 11:30 pm. The Electric Abra will be operating at Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall from 06:00 pm to 11:00 pm, at Al Mamzar from 02:00 pm to 00:00 (midnight), and at Al Seef/Baniyas from 04:00 pm to 00:00 (midnight). The Air-conditioned Abra (Al Jaddaf, Dubai Festival City) will operate from 07:00 am until 00:00 (midnight).
All public car parks will be free, except multi-level parking terminals, from 29 Ramadan to 3 Shawaal 1439H. The parking tariff will be re-activated as of 4 Shawaal 1439H.
Service provider centres (Tasjeel, ENOC, Shamil and Emarat) will be closed during Eid Al-Fitr holiday starting from Thursday 29 Ramadan and will be back on duty on Monday 4 Shawaal 1439H. Tamam Al Ghandi, Cars, Wasel Belhasa, Speedfit, Al Mumayaz, Sherawi, Quick and Autopal Centers will be closed from Thursday 29 Ramadan up and will resume normal business on Sunday 3 Shawaal 1439H.