Qatar is facilitated with the best amount of public transportation services from their buses to cars and many more. With the 2022 World Cup happening in less than 500 days to go, Qatar is transforming its transportation system, both public and private, into a wide range of transportations. Below are the current public transportation that you can use at fair prices:

1. Railway – Doha Metro

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The Doha Metro opened earlier in 2020 and is continuously expanding its railway until the Lusail area, Al Aziziyah, Al Wakra, Al Riffa, Ras Abu Aboud, and Hamad International Airport. As shown in the Metro map below, it is divided by the yellow, green and red line.

The fares are also very affordable and provided at reasonable prices for its variety of options.

To know more information on the Qatar Railway Fares policy, click here.

To get to Doha Metro station, Mowasalat also provides a metro-link bus that is systematically built with certain timings and arrivals to take people to different stations. To know more information about the Metro Link bus operating hours, click here.

2. Bus – Karwa, Doha Bus

Karwa Bus

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Throughout Doha and all of Qatar, Mowasalat-Karwa operates a frequent and reliable bus service. Most types of buses are air-conditioned and have low-floor access and space for wheelchairs. There is a new fleet of luxury buses with reclining seats that are used on the longer routes to Al Khor, Dukhan and Messaieed.

  • Operating 50 routes
  • Timings: 4AM-11PM
  • Most start from Doha Bus station situated near Gold Souq
  • Pricing:
    • Minimum – 2.50QAR
    • Maximum – 9QAR to Al Shamal, Abu Samra, and Saudi border

Karwa Bus Services through Hamad International Airport:

Weekday public bus services will now operate at 20% capacity, with the exception of routes no. 20, 21, 32, 33, 33A, 57, 300, 301, 304, and 305, which will also be suspended until further notice.

Please continue referring to the Karwa Bus App for real-time updates of their bus operations.

To see the map of their usual routine, click here.

 

 

Doha Bus

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This privately-owned company’s primary goal is to provide visitors to Doha with an efficient and courteous Hop on Hop Off sightseeing tour. Now we offer a wide range of transportation services to the tourism, hospitality, and sight-seeing markets. During the Doha Bus Hop On Hop Off Tour, a passenger can get off the bus and explore the city, spending time at each stop. In Doha, the passenger can return to the bus with ease.

The rates of the different tours are as the following:

  • City Tours
    • Hop On-Hop Off Bus Tour – 180QAR
    • Half Day City Tour – 187QAR
    • Panoramic City Tour – 154QAR
    • City Tour by Night with Dinner – 275QAR
  • Desert Tours
    • Half-Day Desert Safari – 225QAR
    • Full-Day Desert Safari – 375QAR
    • Al Majles Resort stay with Lunch – 250QAR
    • Monster Bus in the Desert – 299QAR
  • Cultural Tours
    • North of Qatar Tour – 253QAR
    • Sheikh Faisal Museum & Shahaniya Camel Track – 220QAR
    • Doha Museum Tour – 187QAR
  • Sea Tours
    • Dhow Cruising – 297QAR
    • Dhow with Dinner – 418QAR
  • Combo Tours
    • Dhow & Double Decker – 375QAR
    • City & Desert – 688QAR
    • Sunset Tour with Dhow & Double Decker – 600QAR

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3. Taxi – Karwa, Careem, Uber

Karwa

 

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Dial 800-TAXI (8294) to book. Also you may download their free “Karwa Taxi App” for easier ways to reserve.

  • Fare:
    • At Airport – Minimum of 25QAR at a rate of 1.6QAR per kilometer
    • In Doha – Min. of 4QAR at a rate of 1.6QAR per kilometer
    • Outside Doha – at a rate of 1.9QAR per kilometer (applicable for night time fare)
    • Special Taxis with elevator mechanisms to serve customers with special needs can be booked in advance through their Call Center -800-TAXI (8294)
    • Lost & found, complaints & feedback please call 800-TAXI
    • Email: customercare@mowasalat.com.
    • Instagram: @mowasalatqatar
    • Facebook: Mowasalat Qatar

 

Careem

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Careem is a company that provides transportation services like taxis and it has expanded to doing all sorts of deliveries all stored in their mobile application. It was established in July 2012 and was acquired by Uber in 2020. They operate in 14 countries including Qatar today.

You may download the application on Google Play or App Store. Check them out on Facebook or Instagram.

 

Uber

One of the other transportation services that are most famous among communities in Qatar is Uber. You can simply use their service through Google Play or App Store.

 

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4. Tram – Lusail Tram, Msheireb Tram

Lusail Tram

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There are four lines and 25 stations in the Lusail Tram network, which provides convenient transportation within the new city of Lusail. There are two interchange stations on the Lusail Tram that connect to the Doha Metro at Lusail and Legtaifiya.

Trams are more environmentally friendly and better able to handle traffic than buses. They are also much more efficient in terms of road usage, as one train replaces about 40 cars, which occupy a much larger amount of road space.

In the near future, the Lusail tram will serve as a major transportation hub for Lusail City, Qatar’s largest sustainable development project to date.

 

Msheireb Tram

 

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Msheireb’s self-powered trams have 33 seats and operate on a 2.12-kilometer track. Nine stops are served by three trams that run every six minutes.

  • Saturday-Thursday
  • 9 am – 12 noon
  • 4 pm – 9 pm
  • Friday: 4 pm – 9 pm

5. Femi Doha

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We recently found a new application that offers utter safety for female customers with female drivers with the ‘Femi Doha’ transportation service. Available for download on both Android and iOS systems. Click here to download their mobile application.

Check out their Instagram and Facebook accounts!

 

Which of these public transportations have you ever tried? Let us know!