Dubai-Sharjah bus service suspended due to rain: RTA - GulfToday

Dubai-Sharjah bus service suspended due to rain: RTA

  • 09 Mar 2024
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A flooded road in Sharjah's Al Khan area after the rain on Saturday. Photo/ Saleem Akhtar, Gulf Today

The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that due to weather conditions, the Intercity Bus line E315 (Dubai-Sharjah) has been suspended until further notice.

It advises commuters to use the alternative buses lines (Dubai-Sharjah): E303, E306, E307 and E307A.

Also during the day, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecasts Sunday's weather to be generally clear to partly cloudy, occasionally cloudy in some areas with a chance of rainfall eastward and southward during the day.

Temperatures will rise, and it will be humid at night and Monday morning, with the possibility of fog in some coastal and inland areas. Winds will be light to moderate, occasionally becoming active, moving southeast to northeast at speeds ranging from 20 to 40 km/h.

Wave conditions in the Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman are expected to be light to moderate.

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