RTA announces service timing during holiday of New Hijri Year 1442

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the timings of its services covering customer happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, metro, tram, marine transport, and service provider centres (technical testing of vehicles) during the holiday of the New Hijri Year 1442H.

Meanwhile, RTA stresses to all community members the importance of complying with the preventive health measures in place.

The Service Provider Centres and Customer Happiness Centres will close on Sunday, August 23 and resume duty on Monday, August 24, 2020. The Smart Customer Happiness Centres at Umm Ramool, Deira, Al Barsha, Al Manara, Al Kafaf, Al Tawar, and RTA Head Office will continue operation 24/7 hours as usual.

During the holiday, Sunday, August 23, the Red Line of Dubai Metro will operate from 05:00 am to 00:00 (midnight), the Green Line of Dubai Metro will operate from 05:30 am to 00:00 (midnight), and the Dubai Tram will operate from 06:00 am to 01:00 am (of the following day).

The Public Buses (Dubai Bus) will operate as follows: Main Stations (including Gold Souq Station) will operate from 04:25 am to 00:29 am (past midnight). Al-Ghubaiba Station from 04:14 am to 00:58 am (past midnight). Sub-stations (including Satwa Station) will start from 04:45 am to 11:00 pm except for Route C01 which will be operating around-the-clock from Satwa. Al Qusais Station from 04:31 am to 00:08 am (past midnight). Al Quoz Industrial Station from 05:05 am to 11:35 pm, and Jebel Ali Station from 04:58 am to 11:30 pm.

The Metro Link Bus Service at Rashidiya, Mall of the Emirates, Ibn Battuta, Dubai Mall/Burj Khalifa, Abu Hail, and Etisalat will be in service from 05:00 am to 00:10 am (past midnight). (Note: The timing of all Metro Link service is synchronised with the metro timetables.

The Inter-city Bus and Commercial Coaches will be operating as follows: Subsidiary stations, such as the Union Square, from 04:25 am to 11:00 pm, and Etisalat Metro Station from 05:00 am to 11:00 pm. At External Stations, Ajman Station only will be in service from 05:15 am to 11:00 pm.

The Marine Transport will operate as follows: The Water Bus will operate at Marina Stations (Marina Mall, Marina Walk, Marina Terrace, Marina Promenade) from 12:00 (midday) up to 11:00 pm.

The Traditional Abra will operate at Dubai Creek Stations, (Dubai Old Souq - Baniyas) from 10:00 am to 1:00 am (of the following day), Deira Old Souq-Sabkha-Al Fahidi from 10:00 am to 00:30 am (past midnight), and Al Seef-Baniyas Stations from 10:00 am to 1:00 am (of the following day). The Air-Conditioned Abras (Al Jadaf-Dubai Festival City stations) from 08:00 am to 00:00 (midnight). The Electric Abras will ferry riders at Al Seef-Baniyas-Al Fahidi Stations from 03:00 pm to 11:00 pm. The Ferry will run service at the Dubai Marina Station at 11:00 am 01:00 pm, 05:00 pm and 06:30 pm.

All public parking areas in Dubai, except for multi-level parking terminals, will be for free during the holiday of the New Hijri Year (Sunday, August 23), and the parking tariff will be reactivated on Monday, August 24, 2020.