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Cards: Types of fare
There are four types of unified automated fare collection cards called
Nol Silver, Nol Blue, Nol Gold and Nol Red.
Nol Silver Card
Will be the most economical and frequently used card. It will have an e-purse rechargeable up to Dh500. This card can be used immediately upon purchase, rechargeable at any ticket booth.
Nol Blue Card
Is a personalised card (with user photo inserted on the card) and no other user can use it should it be lost or stolen. It will be launched early next year. It will have e-purse and can have credit of up to Dh500. It enables the user to obtain secure online services such as balance recharging, inquiry about transactions, lodging complaints and receiving SMS.
Nol Gold Card
Will be used for the commuters intending to use the Gold Class cabin in the trains. However, the users will be able to use this card for Silver Class as well.
Nol Red Card
Costs Dh2 and can be recharged for up to 10 journeys maximum. It is good for the occasional users of public transport. This ticket doesn't have an e-purse account, and has to be pre-paid with the correct journey type. It will be valid for 90 days from the date of purchase.
What is Nol?
The unified automated fare collection card (UAFC) has been named after an old Farsi word nol. "Nol" means "fare" or "cost of using transport".
The word is not in common use these days.
Nol is similar to another Arabic word karwa - which is commonly used in Kuwaiti, Bahraini and Qatari dialects.
Karwa means "fare" or "cost" of doing any service or certain job. In the past, nol was used to refer to fare or cost of using horse and donkey transportation.
The unified automated fare collection card (UAFC) has been named after an old Farsi word nol. "Nol" means "fare" or "cost of using transport".
The word is not in common use these days.
Nol is similar to another Arabic word karwa - which is commonly used in Kuwaiti, Bahraini and Qatari dialects.
Karwa means "fare" or "cost" of doing any service or certain job. In the past, nol was used to refer to fare or cost of using horse and donkey transportation.
Senior citizens and students would be offered special discounted fares.
Commuters, who are 60 years of age and above, will be able to get special discounted fares for the Dubai Metro and public bus in the senior citizens category.
"Any commuter who is 60-year-old and above falls in the senior citizens category,"
Commuters, who are 60 years of age and above, will be able to get special discounted fares for the Dubai Metro and public bus in the senior citizens category.
"Any commuter who is 60-year-old and above falls in the senior citizens category,"
Single journey fixed fare for seniors and students using the unified cards
will be 90 fils compared to the normal Dh1.8 for a journey not exceeding 3km while it will be Dh1.15 compared to Dh2.5 for a single zone.
The fare will be Dh2.5 compared to normal fare Dh4.5 in two zones and Dh2.90 compared to normal fare of Dh6.5 in three zones or more.
A 30-day pass for senior citizens will cost Dh200 while students pay Dh170 for unlimited travel.
will be 90 fils compared to the normal Dh1.8 for a journey not exceeding 3km while it will be Dh1.15 compared to Dh2.5 for a single zone.
The fare will be Dh2.5 compared to normal fare Dh4.5 in two zones and Dh2.90 compared to normal fare of Dh6.5 in three zones or more.
A 30-day pass for senior citizens will cost Dh200 while students pay Dh170 for unlimited travel.
Ticket vending machines will be installed at the metro stations, bus stations, shopping malls and airports....
BOB: THE Q'S
1: WHO WILL USE IT
2. THE LONG TERM PARKING COSTS NEAR THE METRO
3. THE AVAILABILITY OF BUS AND TAXI
4. EXODUS?
5. WHICH STUDENTS. ACADEMIC CITY = NO METRO?
1: WHO WILL USE IT
2. THE LONG TERM PARKING COSTS NEAR THE METRO
3. THE AVAILABILITY OF BUS AND TAXI
4. EXODUS?
5. WHICH STUDENTS. ACADEMIC CITY = NO METRO?
Ali....Time will tell...Let's hope that Dubai Metro will reduce the traffic in dubai..
How to use the Nol card/ticket
Nol cards are contactless cards n Card reading machine will be installed at the entry and exit points of the metro stations platforms
A passenger has to check in at the start of the journey and check out at the end of the journey by tagging the Nol card on the card reading machines attached to the metro platform entry and exit point gates.
All the public buses will also have the card readers installed
Fares will be deducted automatically according to the fare structure How to get Nol cards/tickets n Nol cards/tickets can be obtained from the ticket vending machines
Nol cards/tickets can be obtained from the ticket offices at the metro stations/bus stations and RTA customer service centres
Authorised sales agents will also be announced soon. Online sales and top up facility will also be launched at a later phase.
Nol cards are contactless cards n Card reading machine will be installed at the entry and exit points of the metro stations platforms
A passenger has to check in at the start of the journey and check out at the end of the journey by tagging the Nol card on the card reading machines attached to the metro platform entry and exit point gates.
All the public buses will also have the card readers installed
Fares will be deducted automatically according to the fare structure How to get Nol cards/tickets n Nol cards/tickets can be obtained from the ticket vending machines
Nol cards/tickets can be obtained from the ticket offices at the metro stations/bus stations and RTA customer service centres
Authorised sales agents will also be announced soon. Online sales and top up facility will also be launched at a later phase.
Fare Collection Cards (UAFC) for Dubai Metro and public buses.
Fare for the Dubai Metro will range from a minimum Dh1.8 to maximum Dh6.5 for a single journey.
A daily unlimited trip pass will cost Dh14 on Metro and the public buses all over the city. Monthly passes will cost Dh100, Dh180 and Dh270.
Fare for the Dubai Metro will range from a minimum Dh1.8 to maximum Dh6.5 for a single journey.
A daily unlimited trip pass will cost Dh14 on Metro and the public buses all over the city. Monthly passes will cost Dh100, Dh180 and Dh270.
Nina...NO..I just love Railway developments...and my name is BOB...Boobs are my friends...:)))))
(RTA) has launched a heat safety campaign for Dubai Metro workers to create awareness among them on how to protect themselves during the extremely hot summer weather.
(RTA) has launched a heat safety campaign for Dubai Metro workers to create awareness among them on how to protect themselves during the extremely hot summer weather.
All the stations and the trains will have Wifi connectivity.
Passengers using trains will be able use the high speed internet connection without any hassle. It will initially be free for the passengers.
Passengers using trains will be able use the high speed internet connection without any hassle. It will initially be free for the passengers.
RTA to introduce 41 bus routes for Dubai Metro...
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Traffic_and_Transport/10326890.html
someone explain this to me, how is the metro helping reducing congestion when it'll be responsible for putting 787 buses in the roads? ... altogether those 787 double decker busses can carry much more people than what you can fit in the trains.
Visitors to Deira City Centre will no longer have to stand in queues snaking up to several hundred metres to wait for taxis as they will be able to take the Metro beginning September 9.
This is definitely a great news but i just hope that the metro can maintain pleasant smell. :)
Waiting for you to his me on the head with your club and drag me to your cave..LOL...Oh me yeah fine :-)
one of thr lines will trmonate at the back end of Rashidiya just by 311 interchange..... but that one won't be ready until next year...
aaaah Bob you are a train spotter geek person !! cool
anyway - the rumour has it that many of the statiions will just not be ready - the building shell for many havent been finished and there is HUGE pressure on the fitout crews to finish but they should have started already. Many of the stations will be boarded up and youll only be able to pass through them but not use them. Thats from a friend of mine working for the interior fitout company and they are under immense pressure
anyway - the rumour has it that many of the statiions will just not be ready - the building shell for many havent been finished and there is HUGE pressure on the fitout crews to finish but they should have started already. Many of the stations will be boarded up and youll only be able to pass through them but not use them. Thats from a friend of mine working for the interior fitout company and they are under immense pressure
It would be hard to gather around an accident up there and watch ppl die like normal road accidents.
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Hey Bob... Thanks for the information, it was really helpfull..!
Car parkings for rail users
Car parking facility will be provided to metro users on the concept of "park and ride".
There will be two major parking lots on Red Line — one at Rashidiya Station for 3,000 cars and at Jumeirah Islands Station for another 3,000 cars.
The biggest parking lot will be built at Al Qusais Station with a capacity of 6,000 cars. It will cater to users coming from Sharjah.
There will be small parking spaces at each station while each station will be linked to other mode of transportation, including taxis, buses and at some stations water transport.
Car parking facility will be provided to metro users on the concept of "park and ride".
There will be two major parking lots on Red Line — one at Rashidiya Station for 3,000 cars and at Jumeirah Islands Station for another 3,000 cars.
The biggest parking lot will be built at Al Qusais Station with a capacity of 6,000 cars. It will cater to users coming from Sharjah.
There will be small parking spaces at each station while each station will be linked to other mode of transportation, including taxis, buses and at some stations water transport.
The daily run time for the Dubai Metro will be from 5am to 12.30am - about 19 hours and 30 minutes every day....
Hi CP...The parking facilities will be free of charge for Metro commuters...Car parking will only be provided at three locations however and commuters will use
buses at the other stations.
Pie ...i hope you find a job soon......because im tired of you rubbish comments
I am sticking to my car, end of. And the timmings are rubbish I mean if wanted to hit a night out in Dubai and get hammered and the last metro was only 12.30pm then that's a rubbish serivce.
I agree with Frankie - whenever there is an intelligent and interesting thread, Cherry Pie comes along with some vacuous and idiotic comments
Franlie, Lee....I will comment when and how I please and if you don't like it then go and play on the SZR...
Lee ..... you seem to be lost !!!
How did you find yourself on a so called 'intelligent and interesting thread' ?
Not only are you vacuous, and idiotic, but also offensive....and if you strat trying to tell other bizzlers when they can and cannot post, you will very soon find this an uncomfortable place to be .......
A55hole.
As for Frankie ?
I shall notb waste my time....
How did you find yourself on a so called 'intelligent and interesting thread' ?
Not only are you vacuous, and idiotic, but also offensive....and if you strat trying to tell other bizzlers when they can and cannot post, you will very soon find this an uncomfortable place to be .......
A55hole.
As for Frankie ?
I shall notb waste my time....
Lee n Frankie!
whats that crap!!!!!! every one has the right to express his/her opinion the way he/she likes unless his/her opinion doesn't offend any one.
CP is our sweetest dubizzler n we all appreciate her comments.
get life guys if u dont like her humour
whats that crap!!!!!! every one has the right to express his/her opinion the way he/she likes unless his/her opinion doesn't offend any one.
CP is our sweetest dubizzler n we all appreciate her comments.
get life guys if u dont like her humour
CP, pay them no attention, I find your comments very whimsical and entertaining...I always enjoy reading your responses...
Keep up the good work...
Keep up the good work...
CP!!!! where r u????????
leave ur posts on every single thread....
dont listen to the morons
we are really missing :)))))))))))))
leave ur posts on every single thread....
dont listen to the morons
we are really missing :)))))))))))))
CP............we ve got 2 new PRATS....yuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... let us unleash the terrible twins upon them................
where is modo in this???
CP you must come back ........................ and Frankie and Lee must be banned
Yes well Hotdogs (Frankie) is noramlly okie I dunno what's up with him today...LOL And who is this Lee? Not Bruce Lee.....I am gunna get Moww to do his Thai Chi on him LOL...
A senior official at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) confirmed that the name of the earlier known BurJuman Station has been changed to Khalid Bin Waleed Station. It is also the name of the road on which the station is located in Bur Dubai.
The Dubal Metro station located between Ibn Battuta Station and the Jebel Ali Industrial Station on Shaikh Zayed Road has also been renamed as 'Energy Station'. The station was earlier named after the Dubai Aluminum Company Ltd (DUBAL).
The minimum price for naming a station starts from Dh6 million per year and Dh60 million for 10-years....
The Dubal Metro station located between Ibn Battuta Station and the Jebel Ali Industrial Station on Shaikh Zayed Road has also been renamed as 'Energy Station'. The station was earlier named after the Dubai Aluminum Company Ltd (DUBAL).
The minimum price for naming a station starts from Dh6 million per year and Dh60 million for 10-years....
none of the retailers will be ready for the opening of the metro. till date they have not awarded any of them.
We are still waiting for our note.Planing skills are poor as usual. Its more important to open on a fancy date than a actual completion of the project
We are still waiting for our note.Planing skills are poor as usual. Its more important to open on a fancy date than a actual completion of the project
plain and simple , its just another date that was announced that contractors cant stick to .
only 11 stations will open , which is silly , coz u never know when the rest are gona be done !
and its worse about the retail, coz the metro is gona open to the public , and then the interior work on the retail shops will start , which is even sillier ..
i wonder who the project manager is .... we need someone to blame !
only 11 stations will open , which is silly , coz u never know when the rest are gona be done !
and its worse about the retail, coz the metro is gona open to the public , and then the interior work on the retail shops will start , which is even sillier ..
i wonder who the project manager is .... we need someone to blame !
anyone know best way to connect to city hospital/dubai healthcare/wafi from the red line while green line is being built?
do they actually have a red and green line? bugger!!! i just want to have a joy ride thats all.. not be bothered about them lines.... lill buggers...
well theres definately no white line....
going through my mind!!!!!
going through my mind!!!!!
""the Gold Class cabin in the trains""
what difference will be there ?
alcohol, belly dancer, sheesha, food, swimming pool, GYM!!!!!.... or they'll just allow me to chew a gum ?!
what difference will be there ?
alcohol, belly dancer, sheesha, food, swimming pool, GYM!!!!!.... or they'll just allow me to chew a gum ?!