Plans are underway for new ferry terminals at Al Jadaf and Dubai Festival City, planned for completion in summer 2015.
These new routes are to expand on the current marine transport system for Dubai and provide not only more routes for tourist trips but also more services for Dubai residents.
This will increase the number of ferry terminals to 5 with the current terminals at Dubai Marina, Al Ghubaiba and the new terminal at Al Mamzar.
On 1 October 2014 the RTA launched a new route for the Dubai Ferry which is a round trip from Al Mamzar Marine Port. As with other trips, this route takes an hour and costs 75 dirhams for Gold Class and 50 Dirhams for Silver Class travel.
The route will start off on only Thursdays and Fridays with one trip per day at 4.30pm. No doubt the RTA will keep an eye on how popular this route is before they think about increasing the frequency.
Here is the promotional material advertising the service from the RTA:
New routes were launched on November 1st 2013 for additional Dubai Ferry routes. Further information about these routes can be found here.
Golf News has reported that a third route for Dubai Ferry will be introduced from October 2012. The passenger numbers for the Dubai Ferry service have been steadily increasing since it’s introduction and the new service is aimed at both tourists and residents.
The new route will run from the cruise terminal at Port Rashid to the station at al Ghubaiba in Bur Dubai.
Further information can be found here.