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19 March 2024

Eid Al Adha holidays: Dubai Metro, bus, free parking timings

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By Staff/Wam

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the timing of various services during Eid Al Adha holiday.

Metro timings

Explaining the service timing of the Dubai Metro stations during the Eid holiday, Moaza Al Marri, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communication said: “The Dubai Metro Stations will be open for passengers on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (2nd, 4th and 5th October) from 05:30 am up to 02:00 am (on the following day), and on Friday October 3rd, the metro service will be operational from 10:00 am up to 02:00 am (on the following day).”

On the following days of October 06th and 07th (Monday and Tuesday), the metro service will start at 05:30 am and run up to 01.00 am. On October 15th, 16th and 17th (Tuesday to Thursday) the same opening times are applied.

Bus timings

Regarding the bus services in the period of Saturday 4th October until Monday 6th October, Al Marri explained that in the main stations such as the Gold Souk and Al Ghubaiba, the service will start at 05:10 am and continue up to 12:00 am.

At the subsidiary stations of Satwa, Qusais, Qouz Industrial and Jebel Ali, the service to Jebel Ali Station will start from 06:00 am until 10:00 pm, and for other stations it will be from 05:30 am until 11:45 pm except for Route C01 which will be operational round-the-clock.

At Metro feeder bus stations, such as Rashidiya, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai Mall, Ibn Battuta, Abu Hail, Etisalat, and Burj Khalifa stations, the service timing will be from 05:15 am to 01:10 am (on the following day) as all Metro Feeder Bus Stations will be synchronized with the metro operational hours.

"The timing of commercial buses and inter-city bus service will be as follows: main stations (like Ghubaiba) will remain operational 24 hours a day, while subsidiary stations (such as Sabkha, Union Square, Deira City Center and Karama) will be on duty from  05:30 am up to 12:00 (midnight).

“External stations such as Sharjah (Jubail – Bur Dubai) will be on service round-the-clock, while Abu Dhabi station will be operational from 05:00 am to 11:55 pm. Fujairah station will be running from 06:40 am to 10:00 pm, and Ajman station will be on service from 06:00 am to 10:00 pm while Hatta station will start service from 05:30 am and continue up to 09:30 pm,” elaborated Al Marri.

Free Parking

For motorists there is good news, as all paid parking zones in Dubai Emirate will be free to use during the Eid holiday except for the parking lot at the Fish Market and the multi-level parking terminal as of Friday 03 October. Fees will be activated as of Tuesday 7 October.

Marine transportation

The working hours of the Water Bus (through Al Khor stations) start on Thursday at 07:00 am and continue up to 10:00 pm and on Friday from 10:00 am until 12:00 midnight. As for the Water Bus at Marina station, services start on Thursday from 10:00 am and continue up to 12:00 midnight, while they will start at noon on Friday from 12:00 pm to run till midnight.

The Water Taxi during the Eid holidays will be operative from 10:00 am up to 10:00 pm, Dubai Ferry will provide service at Al Ghubaiba Station on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 am, 03:00 pm, 05:00 pm, 06:30 pm, while at Marina Station, Dubai Ferry will be operational on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 am, 01:00 pm, 03:00 pm, 05:00 pm and 06:30 pm.”

RTA service centers

Al Marri added: “All Customers Service Centers will be closed during the Eid holiday starting from Friday 3 October and resume duty on Tuesday 07 October.

“The vehicles testing and registration service will be closed on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday and the services will resume on Tuesday 07 October.

“Service providers include: Tamam and Wasil vehicles testing centers (Al Arabi Centre and Al Jadaf); ENOC (Qusais, Tawar, Barsha, Warsan & Jebel Ali, Hatta, Head Office);  Shamil Vehicles Testing Center (Head Office, Muhaisna, Al Adhid and Nad Al Hamar);  Mumayyaz Vehicles Testing Center (Aswaq Al Mizhar and Barsha Mall) in addition to Al Sherawi Vehicles, Cars and Quick vehicles testing centres.”

Port services

The Consumer Products Safety Section of Dubai Municipality’s Public Health Department has announced that the section would continue providing its service of the release of consumer products including health supplement, cosmetic, personal care products and perfumes, detergents and disinfectants consignments during the Eid holidays.

Both of its offices at Dubai ports (Cargo Village and Jabal Ali port) will be working from 9am until 2 pm except for first day of Eid.

The DM office in Jebal Ali Port, Gate No. 3 and The office in Cargo village, Emirates Sky building, first floor, office No. 1057 will be open ion the second day of Eid.

Children’s City celebrations for Eid

As part of the arrangements to celebrate Eid Al Adha this year with citizens, residents and tourists, Children's City of Dubai Municipality has prepared various programmes aimed at providing the highest level of entertainment for all city visitors.

Naila Rashid Humaid Al Mansoory, Head of Children's City, said that the celebration programmes would continue for three days from the second day of Eid, from 10am to 7pm. The city is well prepared to provide maximum entertainment, fun and a new space for amusement and recreation in family atmosphere.

"We promise all our visitors that Children’s City will be the best place for families and children during the Eid holidays in terms of the variety of programmes and with assured quality as we partnered with professionals in the field of family entertainment events," Naila said.

The programmes have been designed taking into account all types of tastes and age groups. For more information, visit the official web site, or find out more at Children's City in Creek Park, Gate No. 1.

RTA to strengthen public transport during Eid

As part of its preparations for the reception of Eid Al Adha, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has mapped out a comprehensive plan for traffic movement and mass transit services during the Eid Al Adha holidays.

Maitha bin Udai, CEO of RTA Traffic and Roads Agency cum Head of the Traffic Management Team and Dealing with Operational Plans during Annual Events, said, "The RTA has prepared the necessary operational plans to serve passengers during Eid Al Adha holiday, which usually witnesses traffic jams every year. The plan includes Burj Khalifa, where more than 55 directional signs will be installed to direct traffic to and from the Burj Khalifa area in more than one direction, be it from Oud Metha Road through Asayil Street, which has been opened recently; through Zabeel bridges via Al Saada Street, or by using the internal roads network in the Business Bay area to access Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road in order to ease pressure on the Financial Centre Street. In order to ensure smooth traffic flow during peak hours, the traffic signs in Financial Center Street will be monitored and controlled to ensure the highest possible traffic flow."

Bin Udai expects that the traffic movement in the Financial Centre Street to improve this year thanks to establishing a new alternative entrance and exit in the area represented by the recently opened road that links Asayil Street to Oud Metha Street, thus providing road users heading to and from to Burj Khalifa area with other alternatives. In an anticipation of shortage of parking spaces in the Dubai Mall, Bin Udai said, "The entrances to the Dubai Mall will be closed in coordination with Dubai Police and the Dubai Mall Administration, and directing customers to use the surface parking spaces behind Dubai World Trade Centre, where a dedicated bus route is available to transport customers to Dubai Mall.

Meanwhile, the RTA is launching an extensive campaign to ensure environment safety within the Right of Way, including roads, public squares, parking spaces, bridges, tunnels and around the locations of RTA project. This campaign comes in the context of sharing Eid Al Adha celebrations with community members and out of the RTA’s keenness to spruce up the city on this occasion.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has charted a plan to step up the services of public transit means, particularly taxicabs, as part of its preparations for the onset of Eid Al Adha in a bid to fulfill the needs of the public and road users.

Adel Shakeri, Director of Transportation Systems, Head of Traffic Management and Coping with Operational Plans During Annual Events Team, said: "A team has been set to manage events comprising specialists well aware of events held in the Emirate of Dubai, and who are capable of coordinating with bodies concerned with the staging of events in the Emirate, and stand ready to take appropriate measures and precautions.

"Ten buses are being deployed to provide free rides to the public on the route from Dubai Mall to the Dubai World Trade Centre in order to make for any potential shortage of taxicabs in vital areas of the Emirate. The service will be in operation from 1 pm up to the end of events that spread all over the Eid days. The Dubai Events Management Team along with traffic organisers and controllers team will be at site and venues of major events to cope directly with the turn of events," explained Shakeri.

As regards the taxi sector in Dubai, Shakeri stated that all limo companies have been allowed to transit passengers from the Dubai Mall; which is considered a premier destination and a main attraction to tourists and visitors. Coordination is in hand with Franchise Companies operating taxicabs (Dubai Taxi, Cars Taxi, Arabia Taxi, National Taxi, and Metro Taxi) to ensure that their fleets are fully operational during Eid days, noting that the number of taxicabs in Dubai currently comprises 8997 cabs.