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Late-night top-up
Add value at midnight or before dawn — the form does not keep office hours.
hafilat recharge · Abu Dhabi
Nol card recharge & nolcard topup for UAE bus cards
- Add value to a hafilat card without a station machine — a focused bus card recharge from any browser.
- Enter the 10-digit card number, pick an amount, confirm — a hafilat recharge is usually ready in minutes.
- English & Arabic, mobile-first, no account required.
Encrypted payment
English & Arabic
Abu Dhabi bus network
Usually ready in minutes
Visa & Mastercard
Encrypted payment
English & Arabic
Abu Dhabi bus network
Usually ready in minutes
Visa & Mastercard
what it is
A hafilat card — how does a bus card recharge fit in?
A hafilat card is the contactless smart card used to pay fares on public buses across the Abu Dhabi Emirate. You tap it on the reader when you board and the fare comes off the stored balance.
The card is a thin plastic smart card with a 10-digit reference number printed on the front — that is the number you enter to start a bus card recharge here. Categories differ in price and eligibility: Standard (Silver) for everyday riders, Personal issued in the holder's name, plus Senior and Student cards with a reduced fare once the status is registered.
At a glance
- Used for
- Public bus fares — Abu Dhabi
- Card type
- Contactless smart card
- Card number
- 10 digits — printed on the front
- Top-up range
- AED 5 – AED 500
- Categories
- Standard · Personal · Senior · Student
Independent service — we are not the operator of the hafilat network.
who it is for
When online bus card recharge saves a trip
A few everyday moments where topping up online beats the queue at a station machine.
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Before the morning bus
A quick nolcard topup while the kettle boils — no detour to the machine.
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Guest in town
A visitor with a card from a household member can still ride while you handle payment.
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Weekly commute
Top up a chosen amount that covers a full week of riding, all in one go.
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Cash-free household
Pay by Visa or Mastercard — no searching for coins between the buses.
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Two-language home
The whole flow reads in English or Arabic, whichever is comfortable at home.
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Senior & student cards
Discounted categories work the same way — the form handles them explicitly.
UAE transit cards
Nol card recharge, nolcard topup & hafilat
Our focus is Abu Dhabi's hafilat card. If you also carry another UAE transit card, our help team can point you in the right direction for a nol card recharge — the answer is short and honest either way.
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Hafilat — primary supported card. Full self-service bus card recharge.
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Nol — another UAE transit card. Assisted nol card recharge on request via support.
Service facts
10
digits on a hafilat card
2
interface languages (EN & AR)
AED 5
minimum bus card recharge
AED 500
maximum per top-up
how
A bus card recharge in four short steps
Open the recharge form
Head to the recharge page — the form lives there, not cluttering the homepage.
Enter the 10-digit card number
Type the reference printed on the front of your hafilat card. Nothing is charged at this step.
Pick an amount
Tap a preset chip from AED 5 to AED 500 that matches your travel plans.
Confirm on the payment page
You continue to a secure payment page, enter card details, and confirm. The new balance is usually ready in minutes on your next tap.
Careful with your card data
Payment details are entered over an encrypted connection and handled by the payment processor. We do not store full card numbers on our own systems.
Read the security notes →
ready when you are
Skip the queue — top up bus card online
Open the recharge form, type the card number, pick an amount. Most people are done before the next bus arrives.