Eid Al Adha 2022: Dubai Metro, bus, tram timings, paid parking zones announced

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Wednesday the business hours of all its public transport services during the Eid Al Adha holiday.

The revised timings include the one for customer happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro and Tram, marine transit means, and service provider centres (vehicles technical testing). The authority has also urged community members to strictly follow health precautionary measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Public parking will be free of charge across Dubai, except for the multi-level parking terminals, from Friday, July 8 to Monday, July 11.

Here is a breakdown of the timings:

Customer happiness and service provider centres

Service provider centres (technical testing of vehicles) and customer happiness centres will be closed from Friday, July 8 to Monday, July 11. Services resume duty on Tuesday, July 12.

The smart customer happiness centres at Umm Ramool, Al Manara, Deira, Al Barsha, and RTA’s Head Office will operate as usual around the clock.

Dubai Metro

Dubai Metro Red and Green Line Stations will operate from Friday, July 8 to Monday, July 11.

The timings are as follows:

> Friday and Saturday from 5 am to 1 am (the following day)

> Sunday, from 8 am to 1 am (of the following day)

> Monday, from 5 am to 1 am (the following day)

Dubai Tram

Dubai Tram will operate from Friday, July 8 to Monday, July 11

The timings are as follows:

> Friday and Saturday from 5 am to 1 am (the following day)

> Sunday, from 8 am to 1 am (of the following day)

> Monday, from 5 am to 1 am (the following day)

Public bus services

Bus stations will operate during the holiday from Friday, July 8 to Monday, July 11.

> Monday to Thursday from 4.30 am to 12.30 am (the following day)

> On Friday, from 5 am to 12.30 am (the following day)

> Saturday to Sunday from 6 am to 1 am (the following day).

The timing of Metro Link Bus services is synchronised with the first and the last metro journeys said the RTA.

Intercity Bus Routes in operation are:

> Sabkha-Hatta (E16)

> Ghubaiba-Abu Dhabi (E100)

> Ibn Battuta-Abu Dhabi (E101)

> Ghubaiba-Al Ain (E201)

> Union-Al Jubail (Sharjah) (E303)

> Ghubaiba-Al Jubail (Sharjah) (E306)

> City Centre-Al Jubail (Sharjah) (E307)

> Abu Hail-Al Jubail (Sharjah) (E307A)

> Etisalat-Muwaileh (Sharjah) (E315)

> Union-Ajman (E400)

> Etisalat-Ajman (E411)

> Union-Al Fujairah (E700)

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