DUBAI, UAE: The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will offer free bus rides to Expo 2020 Dubai.
The visitors will be offered free rides on the Expo Riders buses from 18 locations across the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Free bus rides are also offered from three locations in Abu Dhabi, two in Sharjah and one location each in Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Al Ain.
As many as 77 buses have been deployed by the RTA to lift visitors from these nine locations.
The RTA has said that it has deployed 203 Expo Riders to transport visitors to the exhibition from nine stations in Dubai. Two of the bus routes will lift visitors directly from hotels near the Expo site.
The three stations in Abu Dhabi city for the service are Abu Dhabi International Airport, Abu Dhabi Main Bus Station, Marina Mall Station, and one station at Al Ain (Al Ain Bus Station). Other stations in Sharjah to be used for such service are Al Jubail bus station and Muwaileh bus station in addition to Ras Al Khaimah bus station, Ajman bus station, and Fujairah bus station (near City Centre Fujairah).
The RTA said that there will be 287 trips per day during weekdays, rising to 358 trips during the weekends between Thursday and Friday.
Watch the Twitter video below for the specified bus stops of Expo Rider buses across the emirates:
The transportation plan to serve visitors of #Expo2020 plan specified 4 stations in Abu Dhabi for transporting Expo 2020 visitors. pic.twitter.com/3f4MADJ6qs
— RTA (@rta_dubai) August 21, 2021
By the numbers:
1,956 daily trips: Expo Rider bus trips every Saturday to Wednesday
2,203 daily trips: Expo Rider bus trips every Thursday and Friday
3-60 minutes: Service frequency of each bus to and from Expo 2020
1,191 daily trips: Bus movement within the Expo site every Saturday to Wednesday
1,377 daily trips: Bus movement within the Expo site every Thursday and Friday
193 trips: Inter-emirate bus rides to and from the Expo 2020 site from Saturdays to Wednesdays
213 trips: Inter-emirate bus rides to and from the Expo 2020 site every Thursday and Friday
