New Sharjah bus route starts on Thursday

Sharjah: A new bus route will start operating here from tomorrow that will transport passengers to Al Hamriyah, it was announced on Tuesday.

Abdullah Mohammad Al Zari, director general of Sharjah Transport, told Gulf News that the new bus route, No 114, will transport passengers between the two bus stations of Al Jubail and Al Rolla.

"The new route was created in order to meet the public demand who previously submitted their request to the station manager at Al Jubail, demanding that they wanted a stop at the residential area of Al Hamriyah," said Al Zari.

The fare towards Al Hamriyah remains Dh5, just like the fares on other routes

"The popularity of public transport is very high so far and since the beginning of the year we received an average of 94 per cent of passengers per bus, which equals to a rate of 48,102 passengers per year and 9,621 passengers per month."

Adel Khalil Al Hosni, director of transport for inter-city services at Sharjah Transport Route said several new features were added to the new route, including shortening of the headway time from 75 minutes to 40 minutes.

"Bus No 114 will reach the residential area of Al Hamriyah, with a capacity of 34 passengers and the front seats have been specifically catered for a women's- only section."

He added that the number of buses has been increased, including services during weekends and on public holidays. Buses will be available at an interval of 40 minutes and the service will run from 6am to 10.40pm daily.