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Abu Dhabi · Public transport

Top-up the bus smart-card without leaving your seat.

Checkbuscard accepts the 10-digit serial printed on every Abu Dhabi public-transport card and posts credit to the linked account. No app, no queue, no counter visit.

Cards accepted
Visa · Mastercard
Card serial
10 digits
Language
English · العربية
Service

A focused tool for one moment in your day.

Four pages do the actual work — every other page on this site is documentation. We do not run an account system, we do not store balances, and we never see your card details.

1

Recharge

Type the 10-digit serial, pick an amount, pay by Visa or Mastercard.

2

Balance preview

Quick lookup using the serial — returns the current credit attached to your card.

3

How it works

A walkthrough of the three confirmation steps and what each of them does on our side.

4

Refund

If the credit has not posted within 24 hours we initiate the chargeback at our cost.

3 confirmation steps

From card serial to posted credit.

The flow follows the same three confirmation points every public-transport card top-up uses, in the same order.

  1. 1
    Recharge amount.
    Type the 10-digit card serial, mobile number, and pick an amount in dirhams.
  2. 2
    Payment.
    A bank card form opens on the secure checkout subdomain. Our infrastructure does not see the card.
  3. 3
    Confirmation.
    You receive an order id; the credit posts to the card account within seconds.
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Start a top-up

No card is sold here

We post credit to a smart card you already own. Buying a new card goes through the issuing transport authority directly.

14-day refund window

If the credit does not post within 24 hours and we cannot trace it, the chargeback is initiated at our cost.

No card data lives here

Bank-card details are entered on the secure checkout subdomain and stay with the acquirer. Our database keeps only order id and amount.

FAQ

The five questions we get most.

What is the 10-digit number you ask for?

The serial printed on the front of the Abu Dhabi public-transport smart card. It is the identifier the issuing transport authority uses to link credit to the card account.

How quickly does credit reach the card?

Usually within seconds of payment approval. The maximum we tolerate before treating a top-up as undelivered is 24 hours.

What are the minimum and maximum amounts?

Minimum AED 5 per top-up, maximum AED 5,000 per top-up. You can submit a second top-up right after the first one is confirmed.

What if the card serial is wrong?

If the bank charge succeeds but the credit lands on a different card, re-issue requests go through the issuing transport authority. Type the serial slowly.

Are bank-card details stored on this site?

No. The bank-card form lives on the dedicated checkout subdomain and is handled by a PCI-compliant acquirer. Our side stores only order id, amount and masked last-4.

Ready to top-up?

Open the form, type the 10-digit serial, pay.

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