Archive for Articles – Travel in Dubai

Dubai bus routes F31, F5, X92, 47, F4, F3, F10, changed

Monday, September 6th, 2010
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Mohammad Masoud Janahi.

On Sept 10th, the Public Transport Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) will modify the path of the Dubai Metro Stations Feeder Route (F31) to start off Dubai Internet City metro station, instead of Mall of the Emirates metro station, to cover TECOM Greens and Meadows Residential districts in addition to other districts in Dubai [...]

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Dubai Taxi Corporation launches new vehicles to serve special needs

Saturday, August 28th, 2010
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Dubai Taxi Corporation launches new vehicles to serve special needs

The Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC), member in the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has launched two brand new vehicles for serving special needs and introduced structural improvements on others currently in service to cope with the modern requirements of serving this category. The launch was made in a ceremony held last Thursday at Heritage Village, [...]

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RTA adjusts evening parking timings in Dubai during Ramadan

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
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Maitha Bin Adea.

The Traffic & Roads Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has opted to modify the timing of using the paid public parking zones in the evening session during the holy month of Ramadan to become from 07:00 pm to 12:00 am (midnight), while maintaining the timing of the morning session unchanged i.e. from 08:00 am [...]

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Palm Jumeirah Monorail to be operated and maintained by Serco

Sunday, August 8th, 2010
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Palm Jumeirah Monorail to be operated and maintained by Serco

Nakheel announced today that Serco, the international service company, has been appointed to operate and maintain the Palm Jumeirah Monorail. The Palm Jumeirah Monorail is a critical component of the Palm Jumeirah and runs along the entire length of the development, some 5.5 kilometres from The Gateway Station on the Dubai Mainland to the Atlantis [...]

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Dubai bus routes to be rescheduled by RTA in Ramadan

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
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Dubai bus routes to be rescheduled by RTA in Ramadan

The Public Transport Agency, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) announced that it will carry out a series of positive changes & rescheduling of its services across Dubai from the beginning up to the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The move aims at providing better services to commuters of public buses during this period [...]

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Rashidya Metro Station Car Park entrance and exit bridges inaugurated by RTA

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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Engineer Maitha bin Adai

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has inaugurated all bridges leading to the entry and exit points of the Park-and-Ride facilities of Rashidya Metro Station, where the second part of the project had been opened, which includes the right inbound from Sharjah towards the Metro Station, the traffic inbound from Abu Dhabi towards the Parking [...]

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Ramadan timings for Dubai Metro and paid parking zones in Dubai, announced by RTA

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
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Mattar Al Tayer

Dubai Metro service hours during the holy month of Ramadan will start from 06.00 am and continue until 01.00 am (after midnight) during weekdays, and from 02.00 pm to 01.00 am on Fridays, announced H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA). Al Tayer also [...]

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New Water Taxi boat service launched by RTA in Dubai

Monday, July 19th, 2010
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The New Water Taxi Boat

HE Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA announced the operation of five “Water Taxis” as of tomorrow Wednesday. The service will be provided on demand from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm by calling toll free number 8009090, and waiting at the station agreed to ride on board the [...]

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Dubai Metro lifts more than 100,000 passengers in a single day

Monday, May 10th, 2010
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Dubai Metro lifts more than 100,000 passengers in a single day

Dubai Metro has lifted 100,368 commuters in a single day (May 2, 2010) according to stats recently released by Rail Agency at the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) about the metro serve across 18 stations on the Red Line. The Director of RTA Rail Operation Dep’t at RTA Rail Agency Ramadan Abdullah stated that he [...]

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Dubai Metro Red Line station on Sheikh Zayed Road, between Sharaf DG and Nakheel Harbour stations, to be named after Dubai Internet City

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
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Dubai Metro Red Line station on Sheikh Zayed Road, between Sharaf DG and Nakheel Harbour stations, to be named after Dubai Internet City

Dubai Internet City (DIC), a member of TECOM Investments, today announced that one of RTA’s stations on Dubai Metro’s Red Line on Sheikh Zayed Road would be named after DIC. The announcement was made in recognition of DIC’s significant contribution to Dubai’s knowledge economy and its phenomenal success as one of the world’s largest technology [...]

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RTA to open 7 Dubai Metro stations on 30 April 2010 and 3 more on 15 May 2010

Sunday, April 18th, 2010
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RTA to open 7 Dubai Metro stations on 30 April 2010 and 3 more on 15 May 2010

H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), announced the opening of 7 stations on the Red Line of Dubai Metro on 30 April 2010 and 3 more on 15 May 2010. “The Consortium undertaking Dubai Metro Project is set to complete all works on [...]

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Armani Hotel Dubai, world’s first hotel developed by Armani Hotel and Resorts, to open in Burj Khalifa on April 21

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
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Armani Hotel Dubai located in Burj Khalifa.

Armani Hotel Dubai, the world’s first hotel developed by Armani Hotels & Resorts, in Burj Khalifa will open on April 21, 2010. An unprecedented luxury hospitality venture, Armani Hotel Dubai is the first hotel to be launched under the collaboration between Emaar Properties PJSC and Giorgio Armani S.p.A. An integral component of Burj Khalifa, every [...]

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Using the mobile phone for paying Dubai parking fees (mParking) service subscribers top 14000 in 2009

Monday, April 12th, 2010
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Using the mobile phone for paying Dubai parking fees (mParking) service subscribers top 14000 in 2009

Engineer Maitha bin Udai, CEO of Traffic & Roads Agency at Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that using the mobile phone for paying parking fees service (mParking) was rising steadily in the Emirate of Dubai as the monthly average of using the service has reached 350k virtual parking permits, and the number of subscribers [...]

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