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Dubai Ferry Timings – Ramadan 2023

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Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced changes to the business hours of all its services during the holy month of Ramadan 1444H – 2023. RTA services affected by Ramadan timing include customers’ happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro and Tram, marine transit modes, and service-provider centres (Technical Testing). Continue reading Dubai Ferry Timings – Ramadan 2023

Dubai Ferry Timings for Ramadan 2022

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the business hours of all its services during the holy month of Ramadan 1443 H (2022) including customer happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro and Tram, marine transit means, and service provider centres (technical testing). Continue reading Dubai Ferry Timings for Ramadan 2022

2021 Ramadan Timings

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the timings of its services during the holy month of Ramadan this Hijri Year 1442 (2021). The revised service timings cover customer happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, metro, tram, marine transport, and service provider centres (technical testing of vehicles).

Often timings for public transport in Dubai change over Ramadan.

The timings for the Dubai Ferry have been announced and differ to the normal timings.

The Ferry will run service as follows:

Al Ghubaiba-Dubai Water Canal-Dubai Marina Mall (and vice versa) – on all days at 11.00 am and at and 5:00 pm (The 11:00 am service will not stop at the Dubai Water Canal).

This means that the 1pm and 6.30pm services will not be running during Ramadan.

The tourist service from Marina Mall on all days will be at 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm.

Please call the RTA on 800 9090 if you require any further confirmation on the marine services that are running during Ramadan. You can also see details at the marine transport stations.

Marine Transport Ramadan Timings 2019

The RTA have announced the timings for the marine transport services during Ramadan and they are as follows:

The timing of marine transit services during Ramadan will be as follows: The Water Bus will operate at Marina Stations (Marina Mall, Marina Walk, Marina Terrace, Marina Promenade) from 12:00 (at noon) up to 00:00 (midnight). On Friday from 01:00 pm to 01:00 am (of the following day). At the Dubai Water Canal, the Water Bus will operate from 09:00 am to 5:00 pm and from 9:30 pm to 12:30 am (past midnight).

Dubai Ferry will be calling at Ghubaiba and Marina Stations (interchange journeys) at 11:00 am, and 05:30 pm. At Dubai Marina Station it will operate (round journey) at 05:00 pm and 10:00 pm.

So this means that the trips between the Marina and Al Ghubaiba will change in the evening to run at 5.30pm instead of 6.30pm and the lunchtime sailing at 1pm will not run during Ramadan.

The round trip at 3pm will not run during Ramadan and there will be an extra round trip at 10pm from the Marina.

It appears from the RTA announcement that no round trips will run from Al Ghubaiba during Ramadan.

We have also been advised that the service running between the Marina and Dubai Mall will not run during Ramadan.

If you are in any doubt about whether any trips are running then you should call the RTA on 800 9090 or visit the Marine transport station from which you wish to depart and they should be able to advise you of specifics.

Ramadan 2019 in Dubai is likely to run from Sunday May 5th to Tuesday June 4th, although final dates will be confirmed nearer the time corresponding to the sighting of the moon.

Dubai Ferry Ramadan Timings 2018

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced changes to the business hours of its services during the holy month of Ramadan. RTA services affected by the Ramadan timing include Customers’ Happiness centres, paid parking zones, public buses, Dubai Metro and Tram, marine transit modes, and service-provider centres (Technical Testing).

Dubai Ferry will be operating at Ghubaiba and Marina Stations at 11:00 am, 5:00 pm, and 6:30 pm. The Ferry will operate from Al Jaddaf Station to Dubai Water Canal Station at 5:30 pm and from Dubai Water Canal Station to Al Jaddaf Station at 7:35 pm.

This means that some sailings are being cancelled during Ramadan which are:

  • the 2:05pm sailing from  Dubai Water Canal Station,
  • the midday sailing from Al Jadaf,
  • the circular trips from the Marina and Al Ghubaiba at 3pm
  • the one way trips between the Marina and Al Ghubaiba at 1pm.

Dubai Ferry Ramadan Timings 2017

During the holy month of Ramadan the timings for the Dubai Ferry can change.

The RTA has announced the timings of the Dubai Ferry services for the holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to start on Saturday 27th May 2017.

Dubai Ferry will operate from Al Ghubaiba Station at 11am and 6:30pm and from the Marina station at 11am, 5pm and 6:30pm.

This means that the afternoon services will not take place – i.e. the 1pm one way trips between Al Ghubaiba and Dubai Marina, and the 3pm circular trips, plus the 5pm trip from Al Ghubaiba.

Timings for the Ferry services in the Dubai Water Canal will also be restricted to the morning and evening sailings.

The sailings at 2.05pm from the Water Canal and midday from Al Jadaf stations will not run during Ramadan.

Dubai Ferry Ramadan 2016 Timings

The RTA has announced the timings of the Dubai Ferry services for the holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to start on 6th June 2016.

Dubai Ferry will operate from Al Ghubaiba Station at 11am and 6:30pm and from the Marina station at 11am, 5pm and 6:30pm.

This means that the afternoon services will not take place – i.e. the 1pm one way trips between Al Ghubaiba and Dubai Marina, and the 3pm circular trips.

Dubai Marine Ramadan Services
Dubai Marine Ramadan Services

Dubai Ferry – Ramadan 2015 Timings

The RTA has announced the timings for the Dubai Ferry during the holy month of Ramadan 2015 and there are some changes to the schedule so you should check this out before embarking for a trip:

Most notably there is now only one ‘tourist trip’ running from Dubai Marina and the other trips are from Marina to Al Ghubaiba and vice versa.

Al Ghubaiba to Dubai Marina – 11am and 6.30pm

Dubai Marina to Al Ghubaiba – 11am and 6.30pm

Tourist Trip from Dubai Marina – 5pm

These trips run every day.