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10 Sep 2018

Services timing during New Hijri Year 1440 holiday


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Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) Dubai has announced the timing of its services during the New Hijri Year 1440 holiday for customers’ happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro & Tram, marine transit means, and centres of service providers. However, the Smart Customers Service Center at Umm Al Ramool will remain operational 24/7, as usual. 


All customers’ happiness centres will be closed during the holiday of the New Hijri Year corresponding to Thursday 13 September 2018. All paid parking zones will be free on this day except for multi-level parking terminals. Fees will be reactivated on Saturday 15 September.


On the holiday of the New Hijri Year, Thursday 13 September, the Red Line of Dubai Metro will start operation from 05:00 am to 01:00 am (of the following day), and the Green Line stations will start at 05:30 am and continue open up to 01:00 am (of the following day). The Dubai Tram will operate from 06:00 am up to 01:00 am (of the following day).


The service timings of public buses (Dubai Bus) on Thursday 13 September, will be as following: Main stations, like Gold Souq Station, will open from 04:25 am to 12:29 am (past midnight), and Al Ghubaiba Station from 04:14 am to 12:33 am (past midnight). Subsidiary stations, such as Satwa, will operate from 05:00 am to 11:00 pm except for Route C01, which will be operating around-the-clock. Al Qusais Bus Station will open 05:00 am to 11:45 pm, Al Qouz Industrial Station will operate from 05:00 am to 11:35 pm and Jebel Ali Station will be offering service from 05:00 am to 11:30 pm.  


Stations of Metro Link Buses, such as Al Rashidiya, Mall of the Emirates, Ibn Battuta, Burj Khalifa, 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 holiday as following: Main stations like Al Ghubaiba will operate around-the-clock to Sharjah (Jubail), and from 04:20 am to 01:00 am (of the following day) to Abu Dhabi. Subsidiary stations, like Union Square, will operate from 04:30 am to 01:25 am (of the following day). Al Sabkha Station will open from 06:15 am to 01:30 am (of the following day). Deira City Centre Station will open from 05:35 am to 11:30 pm, Karama Station will open from 06:10 am to 10:10 pm and Al Ahli Club Station will open from 05:55 am to 10:15 pm.  External stations, like Sharjah - Al Taawon, will operate from 05:30 am to 10:00 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 06:30 am to 10:30 pm.


The schedules of marine transit services on Thursday 13 September will be as following: The Water Bus will shuttle at marina stations (Marina Mall, Marina Walk, Marina Terrace, Marina Promenade) from 12:00 at noon up to 00:00 (midnight). 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 service from Al Jaddaf Station to Dubai Water Canal Station at 12:00 at noon and 05:30 pm and from Dubai Water Canal Station to Al Jaddaf at 02:05 pm and 07:30 pm, and Sheikh Zayed Road Station from 04:00 pm to 00:00 midnight (round-the-trip). The Water Taxi will operate as normal from 09:00 am up to 10:00 pm.


During the holiday, the Traditional Abra will operate at the Dubai Creek Stations (Al Ghubaiba, Al Sabkha, Baniyas, Dubai Old Souq), from 10:00 am until 00:00 (midnight). At the Sheikh Zayed Road, the Abra service will be running from 04:00 pm to 11:30 pm. The Electric Abra will be operating at Al Seef, Baniyas stations from 04:00 pm to 00:00 (midnight), at Al Mamzar Station from 02:00 pm to 00:00 (midnight) on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and official holidays. At Burj Khalifa Station, the Abra service will operate from 06:00 pm to 11:00 pm. The Air-conditioned Abra (Al Jaddaf, Dubai Festival City) will operate from 07:00 am until 00:00 (midnight).

 

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