--- title: "Transportation in Dubai" url: https://stacklist.com/card/d5bc0a41-26c5-47c6-accf-0b29efd69786 source_url: "https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/public-transport/Nol-Fares" summary: "Nol Fares is a Dubai RTA public transport pricing system that divides the city into 7 zones and charges passengers based on the number of zones traveled, with options for cards, red tickets, and various discounts for students, seniors, and people of determination. The system enables transfers between metro, tram, and buses within 30 minutes, treating multi-modal journeys as single trips." tags: "nol-card, dubai-transport, public-transit, fare-zones, rta, metro-bus, travel-pricing" key_entities: "RTA (organization), Dubai (organization), nol card (technology), zone-based fares (concept), public transport (concept), transfer rules (concept)" classification: "reference" content_hash: "sha256:87857b1c24d69b420fc9be805693f4f4bfde9795e095806a1aeb324cc39886a6" acp_version: "0.2" token_counts_approximate: 903 visibility: public agent_accessible: true status: "final" --- # Transportation in Dubai 7 Zones to Travel Across With your nol card you can travel on RTA’s different public transport means which have stations located at different zones. Depending on the number of zones you travel, the fare will be calculated and automatically deducted from your e-purse. During your journey you can make transfers across Buses and the Metro. Overview Zone Fares Red Ticket Fares Compare Fares nol Products Prices Zone Fares Dubai’s map is divided into 7 zones. Each zone contains Metro, Tram and Public Buses stations. Your journey can be made using different modes of transport which are located in different zones. At the end of your journey, you will be charged according to the total number of zones you have passed. Enabling complete end-to-end journeys, transfers across different modes of transport have been made possible, however travelling between two different modes of transport must be done within 30 minutes. You can travel on metro then take a bus to reach your final destination. After you check-out from the metro station, you will have 30 minutes to check-in on a bus. Having done this on time, your metro and bus trips will be charged as a single journey (you will be charged based on the total number of zones passed in the 2 trips combined). Download map Transfer Rules   Within 1 zone 2 adjacent zones   more than 2 zones   Max Journey Duration 180 min 180 min 180 min Max Transfer Allowed 3 3 3   Other Fares Your nol Card can also be used to travel on water bus and to pay for RTA's paid parking zones. You can use your nol card on the various marine transport means. For more details regarding the fares for the different means, click here. Click here. If you have a nol silver, gold, or blue card, you can pay for parking using your card by adding value to your balance and simply tapping your card at any RTA parking meter. Traveling with nol red ticket nol red ticket enables you to make single trips and pay only for the exact trip you travel. Prices depend on the number of zones you transfer through. nol Red Tickets Fares Type Nol Red Ticket (Regular) (AED) Nol Red Ticket (Gold) (AED) Within 1 Zone 4 8 2 Adjacent Zones 6 12 More than 2 Zones 8.50 17 Compare Fares Compare Cards by Fares Type Silver Card Gold Card Personal Card Red Ticket Fares (in AED) Within 1 Zone 3 6 3 4 2 Adjacent Zones 5 10 5 6 More than 2 Zones 7.5 15 7.5 8.5 Student, Social Affairs & Senior Emiratis and Citizens  N/A N/A 50% N/A People of determination N/A N/A Free N/A Children (5 years old and below) Free Free Free Free Clarification Note: Gold class passengers are charged a Gold Surcharge on top of their regular fares when using the tram and metro only. For example, if a customer was traveling on the tram on zone 2 and the surcharge was deducted, then he transferred to the Metro, he will not pay the surcharge again for zone 2. However, he will pay a Gold surcharge if he travels through other zones on the Metro. Choose nol Card nol Products Prices Product Type Silver Gold Student Senior Emirati and Citizen 1 Zone 2 Zones All Zones 1 Zone 2 Zones All Zones 1 Zone 2 Zones All Zones 1 Zone 2 Zones All Zones 7 Days 50 80 110 100 160 220 25 40 55 25 40 55 30 Days 140 230 350 280 460 700 70 115 175 70 115 175 90 Days 330 550 830 660 1100 1660 165 275 415 165 275 415 365 Days 1060 1770 2670 2120 3540 5340 530 885 1335 530 885 1335   Note: Anonymous silver and gold cards are eligible to apply for a 7-day travel pass product only. Registered silver and gold nol card are eligible to apply for (7,30, 90 and 365) days travel pass products.