ABU DHABI // Eleven bus routes have been added to improve services for commuters in the Eastern and Western Regions.
The Department of Transport has launched three new services in the east and eight in the west.
“These new services and route modifications have been implemented following a comprehensive study conducted by the department on all existing line services with an aim to address commuters’ needs of world-class, convenient and almost around-the-clock bus-transportation options,” said Mohammed Nasr Al Otaiba, general manager of the bus office at the department.
“With the bus users being the most prioritised segment of this service, the department is committed to fulfilling their various needs.”
He thanked the public for putting forward suggestions on how to improve the service.
The routes aim to increase the geographic area covered by the emirate’s bus service.
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 dot.abudhabi.ae/en/info/Bus_Transportation.
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