Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced new business hours of all related services during Eid Al-Fitr holiday. RTA services affected by the holiday timing include customers’ happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro and Tram, marine transit modes, and service-provider centres (Technical Testing).
Accordingly, customers’ happiness centres will be closed from Sunday 2 June 2019 to Saturday 8 June 2019, and resume duty on Sunday 9 June 2019. The Smart Customers Happiness Centres at Umm Ramool and RTA Head Office will be operating as usual 24/7.
Metro Stations on the Red Line will be operating as follows: From Monday 3 June to Thursday 6 June 2019 from 05:00 am to 02:00 am (of the following day). On Friday 7 June 2019 from 10:00 am to 02:00 am (of the following day) and on Saturday 8 June 2019 from 05:00 am to 02:00 am (of the following day).
Metro Stations on the Green Line will be operating as follows: From Monday 3 June to Thursday 6 June 2019 from 05:30 am to 02:00 am (of the following day). On Friday 7 June 2019 from 10:00 am to 02:00 am (of the following day) and on Saturday 8 June 2019 from 05:30 am to 02:00 am (of the following day).
Dubai Tram will be operating 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 timing of public buses (Dubai Bus) during Eid Al-Fitr will be as follows: Main Bus Stations, such as Gold Souq, will operate from 04:25 am to 00:29 am (past midnight). Al Ghubaiba Station will be in service from 04:14 am to 00:58 am (past midnight). Sub-stations, such as Satwa, will start from 04:57 am to 11:03 pm except for Route C01 operating around-the-clock. Al Qusais Station will run bus service from 04:34 am to 12:08 am (past midnight). Al Quoz Industrial Station will be in operation from 05:05 am to 11:35 pm. Jebel Ali Station will operate from 05:00 am and continue up to 11:22 pm.
Metro feeder bus stations at Al Rashidiya, Mall of the Emirates, Ibn Battuta, Burj Khalifa, Abu Hail, and Etisalat will be in service from 05:00 am to 02:10 am (of the following day). It is noteworthy that the timing of the feeder bus service will be synchronized with the timing of the metro timetables.
Inter-city bus stations and commercial coaches will be operating as follows: Main stations, such as Al Ghubaiba, will be operating around-the-clock to Sharjah (Jubail), and Abu Dhabi service will be running from 04:36 am up to 00:01 am (past midnight).
Substations, such as the Union Square, will be in service from 04:30 am up to 01:25 am (of the following day). Al Sabkha Station will run from 06:13 am until 01:30 am (of the following day), and Deira City Centre Station will be operating from 05:35 am until 11:30 pm. Karama Station will run bus service from 07:00 am until 10:23 pm and Al Ahli Club Station will open from 05:55 am to 10:15 pm.
External Stations, such as Sharjah’s Al Taawon, will run from 05:30 am until 10:00 pm and Fujairah Station will operate from 05:23 am until 09:39 pm. Ajman Station will open from 04:27 am until 11:00 pm and Hatta Station will be in operation from 05:30 am until 09:30 pm.
The timing of marine transit services during the first three days of Eid Al-Fitr holiday will be as follows: The Water Bus will operate at Marina Stations (Marina Mall, Marina Walk, Marina Terrace, Marina Promenade) from 12:00 (at noon) up to 00:00 (midnight).
During the first three days of Eid Al-Fitr holiday, Dubai Ferry will be calling at Ghubaiba and Marina Stations at 11:00 am, 01:00 pm, 03:00 pm, 05:00 pm and 06:30 pm. It will call at Jaddaf Water Canal at 08:00 am, 11:50 am and 03:40 pm. and 05:30 pm. At Dubai Marina Station it will operate (round journey) at 05:00 pm and 10:00 pm. It will operate journeys from Dubai Water Canal to Jaddaf Station at 09:55 am, 01:45 pm and 5.35 pm. At Sheikh Zayed Road Station and Al Seef Station, the Ferry will be calling at 09:55 am, 01:45 pm, and 05:35 pm. Sheikh Zayed Road Station and Al Seef will run roundtrips from 04:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
The Ferry service from Al Wajeha Al Maeyah Station to Marasi Station will be at 08:00 am, 09:15 am, 11:05 pm, 12:35 pm, 02:05 pm, 03:55 pm, 05:20 pm, 06:30 pm and 08:20 pm. From Marasi Station to Al Wajeha Al Maeyah Station, the Ferry service will be at 08:55 am, 10:25 am, 12:15 pm, 01:45 pm, 03:15 pm, 05:05 pm, 06:15 pm, 07:40 pm and 09:30 pm.
The timing of the Ferry service from Marasi Station to Sheikh Zayed Road Station will be at 08:15 am, 09:35 am, 11:25 am, 12:55 pm, 02:25 pm, 04:15 pm, 05:35 pm, 06:50 pm, and 08:40 pm. From Sheikh Zayed Road Station to Marasi Station, the Ferry service will be running at 08:35 am, 10:00 am, 11:50 am, 01:20 pm, 02:50 pm, 04:40 pm, 05:55 pm, 07:15 pm, and at 09:05 pm.
During the first three days of Eid, Abra timing will be as follows: Traditional Abra will operate at Dubai Creek Stations (Dubai Old Souq to Baniyas), (Ghubaiba to Sabkha), (Sabkha to Fahidi), and (Baniyas to Seef) from 10:00 am to 01:00 (of the following day). At the Sheikh Zayed Road, abras will operate from 04:00 pm to 11:30 pm. The air-conditioned abra will be visiting Jaddaf and Dubai Festival City from 09:00 am to 01:00 am (of the following day).
The Electric Abra at Burj Khalifa will operate from 06:00 pm to 11:00 pm and at marina, Seef, Dubai Festivity City, Baniyas, and Al Fahidi 04:00 pm to 11:30 pm.
All paid parking zones, except for multi-level parking terminals, will be free to use from Sunday 2 June 2019 to Friday 7 June 2019. Fees will be reinstated as of Saturday 8 June 2019.
All of service providers centres (Technical Testing) will be closed during Eid Al Fitr holiday from Monday 3 June 2019 to Friday 7 June 2019 and resume duty on Saturday 8 June 2019. Shamil Service Centres (Al Aded, Qusais, Nad Al Hamar and Muhaisina) will be closed from Sunday 2 June 2019 to Friday 7 June 2019 and resume duty on Saturday 8 June 2019.
Source: RTA
