'Mode': TO,AROUND
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: All buses heading to Omdurman from other parts of the tri-city usually go through Shuhada Square, so this has become the city's transport hub. Going from Omdurman to Khartoum, listen out for cries of "ArabiArabiArabiArabi", and if you hear "BahriBahriBahri", then that bus is heading to North Khartoum. Buses are extremely crowded heading out of Omdurman in the mornings until midday...you really have to fight and push to get on a bus. The same is true coming from the other direction in the afternoon when businesses close around 2pm.
Omdurman Souq has its own little transport depot, although buses up the main street are incredibly slow, so you might as well get off at Shuhada and walk.
Omdurman also has its own Souq ash-Sha'abi, where buses leave for destinations to the north (Dongola, Marawi)...there are no more bridges over the Nile, so if you're destination is on the west bank, then your bus will leave from Omdurman. However, you can book your tickets from any bus office in the tri-city, and staff there will tell you which bus station to go to.
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on Nov 5, 2003
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