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Dubai Tram, Metro to run until midnight on New Year

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the schedules of the Dubai Metro and Dubai Tram for December 31 to January 1.

According to Moaza Al Marri, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communication at the RTA, the Red Line of the Dubai Metro service on Saturday Dec 31st 2016 will start from 05:30 am and continue up to 12:00 midnight. On Sunday 01 January 2017, stations will start from 12:01 just past midnight to 12:00 midnight.

Meanwhile, the service of the Green Line on Dec 31st 2016 will start from 05:50 am and continue up to 12:00 midnight, and on Sunday 01 January 2017, it will operate from 12:01 just past midnight to up to 12:00 midnight. The Express Metro service will be off duty on Sunday 01 January 2017.”

The Dubai Tram services on Dec 31st 2016 will start from 06:30 and continue up to 12:00 midnight, and on Sunday 01 January 2017, it will operate from 12:01 just past midnight up to 01:00 am of Monday 2nd Jan 2017.

The operational timing of inter-city bus service on 01 January 2017 will be as follows: Main Stations (such as Ghubaiba) will provide 24-hour service to Sharjah (Jubail), and from 05:00 am to 12:25 pm (past midnight) to Abu Dhabi. Subsidiary stations, such as the Union Square, will operate from 04:30 am up to 01:25 am (of the following day). Sabkha Station will be on service from 06:15 am up to 01:30 am (of the following day). Deira Station will open from 05:35 am up to 11:30 pm and Karama Station will open from 06:10 am up to 10:20 pm, while Al Ahli Club station service will start from 06:05 am and continue 10:25 pm.

“All vehicles testing and registration centers will be off duty on Sunday (01 Jan 2017), and will resume duty on Monday Jan 2nd 2017,” concluded the Director of RTA’s Marketing and Corporate Communication.

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