Thursday 24 May 2018

RTA reveals Ramadhan timings

Source: RTA, via Dubai Media Office. A tram station.
Source: RTA, via Dubai Media Office. A tram station.
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced changes to the business hours of its services during the month of Ramadhan. Services affected by the retiming include Customers’ Happiness Centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro and Tram, marine transit modes, and service-provider centres (technical testing).

Yousef Al-Reda, CEO of Corporate Administrative Support Services Sector, RTA said, “The service timing of Customers’ Happiness Centres during Ramadhan will be as follows: Umm Al Ramool Center: From 9 am to 2 pm, from Sunday to Thursday. At Al Tawar, Al Awir, Al Manara, Deira, Al Barsha and Al Kafaf Centers: From 9 am to 5 pm, from Sunday to Thursday."

The Metro Stations on the Red Line and Green Line will be operating from Saturday to Wednesday from 5 am to midnight. On Thursday from 5 am to 1 am, and on Friday from 10 am to 1 am.

Dubai Tram will be operating from Saturday to Thursday from 6 am to 1 am, and on Friday from 9 am to 1 am.

“The service timings of public buses (Dubai Bus) during Ramadhan will be as follows: Main bus stations, such as Gold Souq, will operate from 4:25 am to 12:02 am. Al Ghubaiba Station will be in service from 4:16 am to 12:31 am. Substations, such as Satwa, will start from 5 am to 11:59 pm except for Route C01, operating around-the-clock. Al Qusais Station will run bus services from 4:20 am to 11:31 pm, and Al Quoz Industrial Station will be in operation from 6 am to 11:35 pm. Jebel Ali Station will operate from 5:40 am and continue up to 11:30 pm,” said Al-Reda.

Metro Link Bus stations at Rashidiya, Mall of the Emirates, Ibn Battuta, Burj Khalifa, Abu Hail, and Etisalat will be in service from 5 am to 12:20 am. Feeder bus service timings will be synchronised with metro journeys.

For intercity bus stations and commercial coaches, main stations, such as Al Ghubaiba, will operate around-the-clock to Sharjah (Jubail). The Abu Dhabi service will run from 4:40 am up to 12:05 am.

“Substations, such as the Union Square, will be in service from 4:30 am up to 12:35 am. Al Sabkha Station will run from 6 am until midnight, and Deira City Centre Station will be operating from 5:35 am until 11:30 pm. Karama Station will run bus services from 6:06 am until 10:19 pm and Al Ahli Club Station will open from 5:55 am to 10:15 pm.

External Stations, such as Sharjah’s Al Taawun, will run from 5:30 am to 9:58 pm and Fujairah Station will operate from 5:23 am to 9:30 pm. Ajman Station will open from 4:27 am until 11 pm and Hatta Station will be in operation from 5:30 am until 9:30 pm.

Marine transit

The Water Bus will operate at Marina Stations (Marina Mall, Marina Walk, Marina Terrace, and Marina Promenade) from noon to midnight. Dubai Ferry will arrive at Ghubaiba and Marina Stations at 11 am, 5 pm, and 6:30 pm. The ferry will depart from Al Jaddaf Station to Dubai Water Canal Station at 5:30 pm and from Dubai Water Canal Station to Al Jaddaf Station at 7:35 pm.

Water taxis (عبرة, abras) will operate daily, from 9 am to 10 pm.

“Abra timing during Ramadhan will be as follows: Traditional abra will operate in Dubai Creek Stations (Ghubaiba, Baniyas, Dubai Old Souq and Al Seef) from 10 am until midnight. At the Sheikh Zayed Road abras will operate from 8 pm to 2 am. The Electric abra at Burj Khalifa will operate from 8 pm to 11:30 pm, and the air-conditioned abra will operate (at Al Jaddaf, Dubai Festival City) from 7 am to midnight,” he added.

As for public parking, Al Reda said, “The parking fees will apply as follows from Saturday to Thursday: From 8 am to 6 pm, and from 8 pm to 00:00 (midnight). At Tecom, the tariff will apply from 8 am up to 6 pm." In multilevel parking lots, the fees are applicable 24x7.

Service-provider centres

Tasjeel Enoc (Al Qusais, Al Awir, Al Barsha, Al Tawar, and Warsan) are open Saturday to Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm, and from 8 pm to 2 am. In Hatta and Discovery Gardens the centres are open from 9 am to 3 pm, and at Jebel Ali from 8 am to 5 pm.

Emarat Shamil (Al Adid, Al Muhaisina, Nad Al Hamar, Al Qusais) are open from 9 am to 3 pm, and from 9 pm to midnight. Wasel (Belhasa, Al Arabi Center, and Nad Al Hamar) open from 9 am to 3 pm, and from 9 pm to 2 am (of the following day).

Quick Registration - vehicle testing and registration - will be open from 9 am to 5 pm, and from 9 pm to 3 am. Cars: From 9 am to 03:00 pm, and from 08:00 pm to 1 am (of the following day). Al Shirawi Enterprises - heavy vehicle testing - is open from 9 am to 5 pm.

Al Mumayaz vehicle testing (Aswaaq Al Mizhar, Al Barsha Mall) is open from 9 am to 3 pm, and from 8 pm to 1 am. Tamam Al Ghandi is open from 9 am to 3 pm, and from 9 pm to 2 am.