The Longest and Most Expensive 2 Kilometer Bus Route.

What is the longest and most expensive 2-kilometer bus route in Dubai? Well, it’s when you take the C2 bus from the Salahudin-Horalanz up to the Dubai Airport Freezone. Imagine!, this two kilometer stretch of paved and congestion free road could cost you 4 dirhams and that is through a BUS! If you invite three more of your friends and take a taxi from the same station up to the Freezone, you will paid only 2 dirhams each. The problem is, in Dubai, taxi comes in rarity especially in times when you are already minutes late for work and your boss number is already making your mobile busy. Buses, on the other hand, have their scheduled departure and arrival times, but which more often than not , are screwed and never followed religiously.

So what is left as a choice for us carless commuters? To put our patience to the highways and endure the sun and the sweat. When the C2 bus arrives (you can tell if it is even from afar, the C2 bus is the latest fleet of the Dubai Public Transport, , it’s the longest, the capacity of two regular buses merged into one), the wish for luck doesn’t stop there. The C2 bus route begins and ends and vice versa from the Zabeel Park in Burdubai up to the Dubai Airport Terminal 2. Dubai Airport Freezone, is after the terminal, approximately less than a kilometer away.

The C2 Bus Route, from Zabeel Park to Dubai Airport Terminal 2

When I take the C2 bus from Salahudin-Horalanz, I will pay 2 dirhams up to the Airport Terminal. There all the passengers will be asked to go down as it is the end of the route though almost all the passengers are actually bound to the Freezone. We will be sundried for several minutes, thanks to luck if there will be any cab that will take us to the Freezone. Otherwise we will just have to wait for the same bus which drop us there to pick us up one more time and pay another 2 dirhams. From Dubai Airport to Dubai Freezone, the distance is so short yet we have to 2 dirhams, it’s just not fair.

So bottom line is, everyday that I go to office, from Salahudin-Horalanz to Dubai Airport Freezone , I pay 4 dirhams and an extended waiting time. Why can’t they just make the C2 bus route ends at the Freezone instead of having it as its first stop once it departs from the Dubai Airport Terminal 2. Hundreds of commuters will probably be thankful if they do that, not only because we will saving 2 dirhams on one way but also save some precious time which is so important in these days