Nol card sales soar by 52% in first half of 2014

Nol card sales has soared since its launch in August 2009, and during the first six months of this year NOL card sales proceeds increased 52 per cent compared to the previous period last year, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has said.

Khalid Al Awadi, Director of RTA Automated Fare Collection, said: “The total number of Nol cards sold in the first half of this year amounted to 1.226 million whereas the number recorded during the same period last year was 806,00; which translates into a 52 per cent increase.”

“The rising trend of purchasing Nol cards underscores our success in augmenting our partnership with the public through this service; which was crowned by winning the Best Partnership with the Public in the inaugural edition of the Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart Government Awards, besides being an indicator of the growing use of public transport means comprising the metro, Water Bus, Public Transport and taxis, and the use of RTA’s prepaid parking service,” continued Al Awadi.

“The RTA is always keen on uplifting its service offering to meet customer needs. Recently, it embarked on broadening the use of Nol cards to include the payment of fare of the inter-city bus service. The RTA is mulling the implementation of a plan to widen the use of Nol cards to include other fields over and above paying for public transport such as prepaid purchases, thanks to the value stored in the card balance,” added the Director of Automated Fare Collection.

Public transport riders can access Nol cards portal (www.nol.ae) and review the information provided featuring the types of cards, renewal, top-ups and other useful information.
 

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