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Dubai’s public transport such as metro trains, buses, taxi services are set to start from Sunday morning (April 26) in addition to the paid parking in the Emirate.
This comes following the decision of Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management to partially reduce controls on movement in the emirate.
Below are all the details you need to know.
From April 26, public parking will be a paid service from 8am to 6pm and from 8pm until 12 midnight.
Dubai Metro and public buses will operate from April 26 at normal fares.
Riders will need to wear face masks and maintain physical distance from others.
The ongoing protective health measures for taxi rides will continue to be in place. These include limiting the number of riders to two at the back seat and maintaining isolators between the driver and passengers.
The timings for the Dubai Metro will be Saturday to Thursday: 7pm to 11pm
Public buses will operate as per their usual schedules from 6am to 10pm.
There will be buses after 10pm:
A total of 13 bus routes (8, 10, 12, A13, 17, 24, C01, C07, F18, F21, F34, F43 and X23) will be offering services at a frequency of 30 minutes from 10pm to 6am. These routes will serve 19 public and private hospitals: Rashid Hospital in Oud Metha, Iranian Hospital in Al Wasl, Zulekha Hospital in Al Qusais; Dubai Hospital on Al Khaleej Road, Deira; Baraha Hospital in Al Baraha, Deira; Latifa Hospital in Al Jadaf NMC Hospital in Al Qusais; American Hospital in Oud Metha; and the Saudi German Hospital in Al Barsha. Additionally, the routes will serve several hospitals in Healthcare City, including Emirates Specialty Hospital, Dubai Dental Hospital, BR Medical Suites, Sapphire Day Surgery Centre, American Heart Center, Dr Riadh Hospital, Emirates Integra Medical & Surgery Centre, Mediclinic City Hospital and Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital.
