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Roads & Transport Authority - Mohammed Al Munji: Dubai metro 06.00 am and continue until 01.00 am (after midnight) during weekdays, and from 02.00 pm to 01.00 am on Fridays, announced H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA). Al Tayer also announced a revision in the working hours of paid parking zones during Ramadan where the morning session will remain as it is (from 08.00 am to 01.00 pm), and the evening session will start from 07.00 pm to 12.00 am (midnight), thus maintaining the same number of hours set for using parking zones in the evening session without any increase.

While a series of fuel price increases recently — two in the past three months — have left people wondering, a senior Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) official has said the action will not have any impact on the fares charged by Dubai’s public transport
facilities. Fuel prices shot up by 20 fils earlier this month, following a similar increase in April, impacting normal life.

"The fares will depend on the length and type of trip. A tourist trip in one water taxi will cost Dh400 per hour. While regular journey will range between Dh50 to the nearest stations namely the Dubai Creek Park (A,B), and up to Dh570for a trip between the two farthest stations namely the stations of Dubai Festival City and the Jebel Ali Hotel and Spa for Boating and Yachting," said Al Tayer.

"The Water Taxi faring depends on the length and type of trip, as the tourist trip fares at AED 400 per hour for one Water Taxi. While the regular journey ranges between the AED 50 to the nearest stations namely the Dubai Creek Park (A, B), the fare will be up to AED570 for the trip between the two farthest stations namely the stations of Dubai Festival City and the Jebel Ali Hotel and Spa for Boating and Yachting," said Al Tayer.

Rail Planning & Development Department, Rail Agency of Roads & Transport Authority recently treated orphan kids of Sharjah Social Empowerment Foundation to a recreational trip to Dubai Aquarium, Dubai Mall as part of the humanitarian activities of the Agency towards this segment of the community in an effort to entertain them and make them happier & cheerful.

Nakheel says the Palm Monorail will continue to run despite the Dubai World-owned property developer cancelling the operations and maintenance contract with the Singaporean rail company SMRT.

The system is expected to cater to about 600,000 passengers per day; 1.8 million per year within its first year of operations. By 2020, the number is expected to rise to about 1.8 million per day; over 650 million per year.

Gulf News visits the people who keep Dubai's Metro trains in good order and running smoothly. A maintenance worker inspects a train at the Al Rashidiya depot. Inspection is done by engineers through a computer system called Train Control Monitoring System.

Abdullah Al Jawi, Director of Internal Audit, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), stated that internal audit was no longer viewed as an inspection and monitoring tool as was the case before, but rather a transparent and smooth process that contributes to improvement and enhancement of performance and business procedures.

"Every train is thoroughly inspected once every three days," said Ali Abdul Qader, Director of Rail Maintenance Department at the Rail Agency of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), who gave Gulf News a guided tour of the various maintenance and repair facilities.