Basing on the foundation of development and traffic improvement, the Department of Transport (DoT) has broken the seal for eleven bus routes, three new services in the east and eight ones in the west in order to upgrade services for commuters in the Eastern and Western Regions.
Mohammed Nasr Al Otaiba, General Manager of the Bus Office at the Department of Transport (Dot), said that these new services and route modifications have been carried out after a comprehensive study conducted by the Department on all existing line services in order to address commuters’ needs of world class, convenient and almost around the clock bus transportation options. With the bus users being the most important segment of this service, the department is committed to make their various needs come on the ground.
Mr Al Otaiba thanked and praised the public for sending out suggestions and comments on how to improve the service.
The routes’ ultimate goal is to increase the geographic area covered by the emirate’s bus service.
For example, In the Eastern Region, service number 375 now links Sweihan camel race track with Al Hayer Mosque and runs every two hours.
Service number 436 runs between Al Saad South and Al Ain Mall every hour.
Number 960 links Tawam Hospital with Al Khrair East, also hourly.
In the Western Region, the 655 links Mezaira’a bus station with Hameem Shabiya Mosque via Shah Plant, while service number 666 runs from Tilal Liwa Hotel to Madinat Zayed Stadium.
Bus number 667 is a Saturday-to-Thursday service connecting Madinat Zayed industrial area, Bin Kanish and Tamm Centre via Madinat Zayed bus station.
The department has more than 575 buses in its fleet, operating 18 hours a day and carrying more than 170,000 passengers. More than 18 million passengers used the buses last year.
For more details on all the new bus routes, visit
www.dot.abudhabi.ae/en/info/Bus_Transportation.
Quick Information about Bus Services:
You can get into Abu Dhabi from the other Emirates of Dubai, Sharjah, etc, by bus. The Emirates Express between Abu Dhabi and Dubai is operated jointly by the Abu Dhabi and Dubai municipalities. The 130 km route takes around two hours. The buses operated by Dubai’s RTA are luxury buses that charge 25 Dirhams for the onward journey to Abu Dhabi and 15 Dirhams for the return journey. The Abu Dhabi transport buses charge 15 Dirhams each way. The first bus departs from the Abu Dhabi main bus terminal on the corner of Hazza bin Zayed the First (11th) St and East (4th) Rd at 5:30AM and the last leaves at 11:30PM; they leave at 30 minute intervals, or if the bus gets full sooner. From Dubai, the buses leave from 5:30AM, and run until 11:30PM, from the Al Ghubaiba station in Bur Dubai (opposite Carrefour Shopping).
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