Marking the holiday of the Prophet’s Birthday 1445 H, corresponding to Friday 29 Sept 2023, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has introduced changes in the time of all its services covering customer happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro & Tram, marine transport means, and service provider centres (technical testing of vehicles).
Service provider centres will be closed during this holiday and resume duty on Saturday 30 September 2023.
All customer happiness centres will be closed during the holiday, whereas the smart customer happiness centres at Umm Ramool, Deira, Al Barsha, Al Kafaf, and RTA Head Office, which will continue service 24/7 as usual.
Dubai Metro service will be running on both the red and green lines from 05:00 am to 01:00 am (of the following day). Dubai Tram will operate from 06:00 am to 01:00 am (of the following day).
The timings of the Dubai Bus network on Friday 29 Sept will be from 05:00 am to 12:30 am (of the following day). All metro link bus services will be synchronised with the metro timetables.
The inter-city bus routes currently operating, are: (E16) from Al Sabkha to Hatta, (E100) from Al Ghubaiba to Abu Dhabi, (E101) from Ibn Battuta to Abu Dhabi, (E102) from Al Jaffiliya to Mussafah Community, (E201) from
Al Ghubaiba To Al Ain, (E303) from the Union Station to Al Jubail in Sharjah, (E306) from Al Ghubaiba to Al Jubail in Sharjah, (E307) from City Centre Deira to Al Jubail in Sharjah, (E307A) from Abu Hail to Al Jubail in Sharjah, (E315) from Etisalat Station to Muwaileh in Sharjah, (E400) from the Union Station to Ajman, (E411) from the Etisalat Station to Ajman and (E700) from the Union Station to Fujairah.
Marine Transport
Water Bus:
Dubai Marina (BM1) Marina Mall – Marina Walk (and vice versa) from 12:00 (midday) to 12:11 am (on the following day), Marina Promenade – Marina Mall from 04:11 pm to 11:45 pm, Marina Terrace – Marina Walk from 04:08 pm to 11:52 pm. Full line from 04:08 pm to 11:28 pm.
Water Taxi
Marina Mall – Bluewaters (BM3) from 04:00 pm to 11:40 pm on demand from 03:00 pm to 11:00 pm. The customers have to make a prior booking.
Abra
Dubai Old Souq – Baniyas (CR3) from 10:00 am – 11:20 pm, Al Fahidi – Sabkha (CR4) from 09:30 am – 11:40 pm, Al Fahidi – Deira Old Souq (CR5) from: 09:30 am – 11:15 pm, Baniyas – Seef (CR6) from: 10:00 am – 11:50 pm, Dubai Festival City – Dubai Creek Harbor (CR9) from: 04:00 pm – 11:20 pm, Al Jaddaf – Dubai Festival City (BM2) from: 08:00 am – 11:50 pm, Al Marfa Souq – Dubai Old Souq (CR12) from: 04:20 pm – 10:50 pm, Al Marfa Souq – Deira Old Souq (CR13) from 04:05 pm to 10:35 pm, and the tourist service from the Sheikh Zayed Road Station (TR6) from 04:00 pm to 10:15 pm.
Dubai Ferry
Al Ghubaiba – Dubai Water Canal (FR1) at 01:00 pm and 06:00 pm, Dubai Water Canal – Al Ghubaiba (FR1) at 02:25 pm and 07:25 pm, Dubai Water Canal – Bluewaters (FR2) at 01:50 pm and 06:50 pm, Bluewaters – Marina Mall (FR2) at 02:55 pm and 07:55 pm, Marina Mall – Bluewaters (FR2) at 01:00 pm and 06:00 pm, Bluewaters – Dubai Water Canal (FR2) at 01:20 pm and 06:20 pm, and Bluewaters – Marina Mall (FR2) at 02:55 pm and 7:55 pm.
Tourist trips from Marina Mall (FR4) at 11:30 am and 4:30 pm, Sharjah Aquarium – Al Ghubaiba (FR5) at 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm, Al Ghubaiba – Sharjah Aquarium (FR5) at 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm, and Al Marfa Souq – Al Ghubaiba (CR10) from 6:15 pm – 9:45 pm.
Except for the multi-level parking terminals, all public parking will be free on Friday 29 September 2023 and the parking fees will be reactivated on 30 September 2023.