Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has introduced two marine transport lines serving Dubai Creek Harbour.
The first line operates between Dubai Creek Harbour and Dubai Festival City on weekends, while the second connects Dubai Creek Harbour to Al Jaddaf Marine Transport Station and Al Khor Metro Station on weekdays.
The RTA and Emaar Properties have signed a collaboration agreement to develop these lines, which aim to connect tourist attractions in Dubai.
Ahmed Bahrozyan, CEO of RTA’s Public Transport Agency, and Ahmed Al Matrooshi, Executive Board Member of Emaar Properties, signed the agreement.
“The lines have been highly successful in meeting public demand. When the lines were launched in August 2022, they served an average of 3,000 monthly passengers. However, this number has soared to an average of 30,000 passengers per month in the current year, reflecting a remarkable 900 percent increase. Which resulted this collaboration with the developer to enhance the infrastructure by providing berths to accommodate various marine vessels and to provide a ticket selling kiosks to improve customer satisfaction with the services provided,” Bahrozyan said.
The collaboration includes enhancing infrastructure with berths for marine vessels and ticket selling kiosks.
“The step is expected to increase the number of marine transport users in the emirate in line with RTA’s Marine Transport Master Plan 2020–2030, which provided for addressing the developer’s needs.” Bahrozyan added.
Al Matrooshi further emphasised the importance of public-private collaboration.
“The provision of appropriate infrastructure in Emaar Properties’ sea-view developments facilitates public movement to and from these developments, making them more attractive. This is thanks to the use of RTA’s marine transport services,” he said.
The RTA plans to continue enhancing marine transportation services through collaborations with real estate developers to meet residents’ and visitors’ needs.
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