
Eid Al Adha 2025: Dubai's RTA announces service hours during holiday
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Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the operating hours for all its services during the Eid Al Adha holiday for the Hijri year 1446H (2025). The timings apply to Customer Happiness Centres, public transport, paid parking zones, marine services, and technical testing centres.
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Customer Happiness Centres
All Customer Happiness Centres will remain closed during the Eid Al Adha break. However, Smart Customer Happiness Centres at Umm Ramool, Deira, Al Barsha, and the RTA Head Office will continue to operate 24/7.
Technical testing centres
Service provider centres offering technical testing will be closed from June 5 to 7 2025.
Technical testing services will resume at select centres—Tasjeel Al Tawar, AutoPro Al Mankhool, Tasjeel Al Awir, Al Yalayis, and Shamil Muhaisnah—on Sunday, June 8.
All services, including transaction processing, will resume across all centres on Monday, June 9, 2025, as per regular working hours.
Dubai Metro
Metro stations on both the Red and Green Lines will operate from Wednesday, June 4 to Saturday, June 7 2025, between 5:00am and 1:00am the following day.
Dubai Tram
Tram services will run from 6:00am to 1:00am (next day) from June 4 to 7, 2025.
Public Buses (Dubai Bus)
Holiday bus schedules will be available on the S'hail app.
Note:
Route E100 will be suspended from Al Ghubaiba Bus Station between June 4 and 8.
Commuters can use E101 from Ibn Battuta Bus Station to Abu Dhabi.
Route E102 will run directly from Al Jafiliya Bus Station to Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi, bypassing Ibn Battuta and Musaffah.
Marine Transport
Marine transport service schedules can be accessed via the
Public parking
Parking will be free across public zones from June 5 to 8 2025. This excludes multi-level parking terminals, where normal charges will apply.
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