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Dubai bus shelters offer phone charging, Wi-Fi via kiosk

Travelers will now be able to check their email or charge their phones while waiting at select Dubai bus shelters.

October 19, 2015

Travelers will now be able to check their email or charge their phones while waiting at select Dubai bus shelters. They will be able to access these services from a small kiosk located within the shelter, according to a report by Emirates 247. The kiosks also will sell electronic ticketing cards called NOL cards.

"The smart kiosk will offer a wide range of services to bus riders including free Wi-Fi, NOL card sale and top-up, mobile phone charging, payment of bills of government departments, interactive screens with real-time information on bus schedules and more," said Mohammad Ali, director of bus at the Roads and Transport Authority.

The kiosk will also enable bill payment for government services and international phone lines. In addition to the kiosk, the bus shelters will also feature digital signage, which will display information on bus lines. This deployment is part of a push to bring additional smart bush shelters to the United Arab Emirates. There will be 50 shelters by the end of the year, with a total of 100 to be built by January 2016.

"These smart shelters will be an upgrade of 100 of the existing one in locations where ridership is high, such as Bur Dubai, Deira, Jafliyah, Satwa, Al Wasl Road, Jumeirah Road and Sheikh Zayed Road," Ali said.