DUBAI, 30 December 2021 – The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Expo 2020 Dubai have updated the timings of public transport services to and from the site on New Year’s Eve, to ensure visitors have an amazing experience ‘Celebrating with the World @ Expo’.

EXPO 2020 Dubai and RTA update timings for public transport services on New Year’s Eve

The Metro service on both the Red and Green lines will operate from 0800 on 31 December 2021 until 0215 on 2 January 2022.

The Expo Rider service to Expo will run until 0630 on 1 January 2022, with the following exceptions: Dubai Mall route will be suspended from 1400 due to the closure of roads around Burj Khalifa; AlBraha, AlGubaibah and DXB T3 routes will follow a diversion to avoid the E11 road closures; All inbound intercity routes will be suspended at 2000 on 31 December 2021.

All inbound Dubai routes will also be suspended at 2200 on 31 December 2021, while all outbound trips will be suspended from 2100 to 0000.

To get ahead of the large demand on Expo Rider services, passengers will be asked to state their preferred return journey time when they arrive, and will then receive a token with this time. Tokens will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.

Meanwhile, the People Mover service will run until 0630 on 1 January, 2022.

Car parks and the Parking Shuttle will run until 0630 on 1 January 2022. In the event that the demand for Parking Shuttle services exceeds supply, visitors may be required to walk back to their vehicles.

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