New standardised bus fare in Abu Dhabi

New standardised bus fare in Abu Dhabi

Dubai: Do you often use the public buses in Abu Dhabi to commute from the suburbs to the city? Your trips are about to get cheaper after Abu Dhabi implemented a unified bus fare system this week.

According to an announcement made on Tuesday, December 12 by the Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), the emirate’s public transportation authority, Abu Dhabi has has introduced standardised tariffs for all its public buses, to facilitate and promote the use of public buses and enhance the integration between the suburbs and cities.

Here are how the new changes will affect you.

How has the bus fare changed?

Public bus fares have been standardised at Dh2 for basic fares, with an additional fee of 5 fils per kilometre.

The cost of a single trip is capped at Dh5.

Earlier, passengers would have to pay a basic fare of Dh2 for each new bus ride when they changed buses on their route.

Previous bus fare:

Local trips (within the city): Dh2Regional trips (from suburbs): Dh2 plus Dh0.05 per kilometre.



Now, with the bus fare being paid using the Hafilat card, which the emirate’s official public bus card, the cost of the trip will be calculated from the first