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28 March 2024

More daily bus trips to Madinat Zayed

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By WAM

The Bus Office of Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has announced the launch of new bus services linking Madinat Zayed in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi.

As a result of these new services, the number of daily bus trips within the Western Region will increase from 680 to 750. Since its launch in the Western Region, DoT has unveiled a total of 30 bus services, helping over 3 million passengers to commute.

DoT's public bus services in the Western Region covers Liwa Area (3 services), Madinat Zayed (7), Al Ruwais (4), Gayathi Area (3), Tarif (2), Al Selei Area (2) and Delma Island (2) besides the services that links Abu Dhabi City to Liwa, Madinat Zayed and Ruwais.

The average distance between the areas in Western Region is approximately 100km, and the total population is around 130,000, thus posing a major challenge for DoT, given its huge geographical spread and sparse population density.

The new services, which run through the city linking Madinat Zayed Adnoc FOD and Camel Farms, thereby fully connecting Madinat Zayed, is part of DoT's mandate to boost transportation within Abu Dhabi and increasing mobility and comfort to the community.

These include four bus services on Route No 661, 662, 663, 664 in addition to the new Route 665. The services are operational at a frequency of every 30 minutes between 06:45 hours and 23:15 hours every day. During Ramadan, the services operate at a frequency of every 30 minutes between 06:45 hours and 17:45 hours; and between 20:15 hours and 01:15 hours [next day], again every half an hour. A total of 16 buses are operational in the local services.