New Year 2025: Dubai announces free public parking on January 1

All public parking spaces in Dubai will be free of charge on Wednesday, 1 January 2025, in celebration of New Year’s holiday, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said Friday. But paid multi-storey parking will remain. 

Paid parking returns Thursday, 2 January 2025. 

This follows the release by the authority on the schedule of its services in the New Year holiday 2025. 

Dubai metro timings  

Dubai Metro and Tram — RTA previously announced that Dubai Metro and Tram will run 24 hours per day for more than 43 hours starting December 31. 

For Dubai Metro, from 5am December 31st until the end of January 1st will be the operating hours. Dubai Tram will in turn be open from 6am December 31 till 1am January 2. 

Public buses  

In case of Dubai public buses, the company added that the E100 bus service from Al Ghubaiba Bus Station would be suspended from 31 December 2024 to 1 January 2025. : Passengers are recommended to travel via Route E101 from Ibn Battuta Bus Station to Abu Dhabi in this time. 

The same goes for the E102 bus service from Al Jafiliya Bus Station from 31 December 2024 to 1 January 2025. Customers are encouraged to take the same route from Ibn Battuta Bus Station to Shabiya Musaffah in this time. 

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