| Soon, a world class metro will be available to ease | | | | National Taxi - 04 3390002 |
| commuting through all Dubai's shopping and business | | | | Bus Services |
| districts. Until then, if you do not have a car, you can | | | | Buses are also very important part of Dubai city |
| move around in Dubai by taxi, bus or by local boats. | | | | transport. The city has a properly managed bus |
| All the information you need here: | | | | service system that proves very helpful for the |
| Taxis | | | | visitors for Getting Around in Dubai. Bus services are |
| Taxi is one of the best ways for Getting Around in | | | | operated on 62 routes linking various residential and |
| Dubai. All taxis are new, comfortable and reliable. In | | | | the industrial areas with the two central business |
| some areas you might find older taxis with no | | | | districts. Over 450 busy bus stops are equipped with |
| meters in them. In the interest of avoiding any | | | | point to point timetables that provide the waiting |
| multilingual arguments, its advisable to only hire taxis | | | | passengers with time schedules of the bus services |
| with the meter which can be visibly seen on the | | | | passing through specific bus stops. Passengers can |
| dashboard. | | | | obtain bus timetables, fares and connecting services |
| Typically, taxis drivers will take you directly to where | | | | either from bus stops or by calling the toll free phone |
| you need to go without problems even though at | | | | 800 48 48. |
| times it will seem that you are getting the scenic | | | | " Public buses service details |
| route. Be advised that the nature of the road designs | | | | " Public transport route map |
| is somewhat U-turn happy, at no fault of the driver. | | | | " Bus timetable |
| Taxi Service charges: | | | | " Bus fares |
| Starting Meter Charge(Flag Fall) | | | | " Dubai international airport bus service |
| Day Time (6:00am to 10:00pm) : Dh. 3.00 | | | | Water Transport |
| Night Time (10:00pm to 6:00am) : Dh. 3.50 | | | | Dubai Municipality is restoring the heritage of Dubai by |
| Dubai Int'l Airport (Station Wagons) : Dh. 20.00 | | | | maintaining the traditional way of water transport and |
| Running Meter Charges: | | | | special attention has been given to the preservation |
| Dh. 1.00 for every 662.25 metres (Dh. 1.51 per | | | | of Abras (small traditional boats used to cross the |
| kilometre) | | | | creek) |
| Taxi Speak: | | | | Motorized Abras |
| Taxi drivers in Dubai may not speak English very well, | | | | An abra is a small motorized dhow, A dhow is a |
| but they do know enough to follow your instructions | | | | traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more lateen |
| if need be. A quick lesson in Taxi language: | | | | sails. It is primarily used along the coasts of the |
| Go straight through the round a bout: | | | | Arabian Peninsula, India, and East Africa. A larger |
| "roundabout-straight" | | | | dhow may have a crew of approximately thirty while |
| Go straight: "seeda" | | | | smaller dhows have crews typically ranging around |
| Go right on the round about then take the first left: | | | | twelve. that can seat around 20 passengers. About |
| "roundabout-right, first left" | | | | 150 Abras ply on two routes to and from four |
| Take a left at the light: "first light left" | | | | stations carrying about 15 million passengers annually. |
| You get the idea. | | | | The fare is cheap at 50 fils and the cruise across the |
| Note: If you call a taxi instead of waiting for one in | | | | creek takes less than 10 minutes. Pleasure trips are |
| the street, there is an extra charge. To reserve or | | | | available at Dh 50 per hour. |
| book a taxi, call any of the following numbers: | | | | For your own personal wheels, you can always visit |
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| Metro Taxi - 04 2673222 | | | | |