Any hour
Add value at midnight or before dawn — the form does not keep office hours the way a station machine does.
⁂ Hafilat top-up · Abu Dhabi
Top up bus card online
busabutop is an independent bus card recharge service for Abu Dhabi. Add value to a hafilat card in minutes — no counter queue, no app, no account. Open the form, enter the card number, choose an amount, confirm.
English & Arabic
Abu Dhabi bus network
Ready in minutes
no queue
What you'll need
- The 10-digit hafilat card number
- An amount from AED 5 to AED 500
- A Visa or Mastercard from the UAE
4 steps
How does a bus card recharge work here?
No app, no account. The whole thing fits between two buses.
Open the recharge form
Head to the recharge page — the form lives there, not cluttering this page.
Enter the card number
Type the 10-digit number printed on the front of your hafilat card. Nothing is charged at this step.
Pick an amount
Choose a preset or set a custom amount from AED 5 to AED 500 to match your travel plans.
Confirm and ride
Review and confirm. A new balance is normally ready within minutes and syncs the next time the card is tapped.
the card
What is a hafilat card?
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 printed reference number on the front — the number you enter to start a top up bus card transaction. 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 — not the operator of the hafilat network.
why online
Why riders choose online bus card recharge
No cash
Pay with a Visa or Mastercard issued in the UAE. No searching for coins before the bus arrives.
Two languages
The whole flow reads in English or Arabic, so a household can use whichever is comfortable.
safety first
Careful with your card details
Payment data is 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?
Skip the queue — top up bus card online
Open the form, type the card number, pick an amount. Most people are done before the next bus.