Eid Al Fitr 2024: Sharjah Plans 6330 Trips Between Cities During Holiday
The Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (SRTA) has drawn up plans to operate as many as 6,330 trips on all transportation lines between cities as part of its efforts to ensure ease and safety during the festival holiday period.
The planned additional trips will be operated from April 9 till 12.
The authority said it would intensify daily passenger trips during daily trips between cities over the Eid Al Fitr holidays.
Yousef Khamis Al Othmani, Chairman of the Sharjah RTA, said the Authority is working to keep pace with the increasing number of users of transportation services, specifically buses, by developing plans and adopting strategies that enhance transportation services.
“These strategies include transportation operations on various lines in the emirate, with a focus on achieving high levels of smoothness and comfort through safer means of transportation,” he said.
The Authority has allocated 789 buses to work on transport lines between cities during that period.
The time gap between buses operated by the Authority daily and on 15 main lines between cities will be reduced to just five minutes at peak time during the Eid holiday, from 45 minutes on regular days to avoid crowding of passengers at the stations.
The Authority will also increase the number of employees and work crew on duty during the Eid holiday to the appropriate extent to regulate the movement of passengers within Jubail Station and other stations.
Abdulaziz Al Jarwan, Director of the Authority for Transportation Affairs, also revealed that the Maritime Transport Department of the Roads and Transport Authority has completed its preparations for sea trips during the days of Eid Al Fitr.
The maritime transport service between the Emirates of Sharjah and Dubai will be implemented during the holiday at a rate of four trips per day.
The trips will depart from Aquarium Marine Transport Station in Sharjah to Al Ghubaiba station in Dubai. This will be done within the framework of joint coordination and cooperation with the RTA in Dubai.
