Top up of Doha Metro Cards Now possible through Qatar Rail App

Top up of Doha Metro Cards Now possible through Qatar Rail App By Qatar Day - June 13, 2019
Top up of Doha Metro Cards Now possible through Qatar Rail App

Top up of Doha Metro Cards Now possible through Qatar Rail App

Now people in Qatar can recharge Doha metro travel card through Qatar Rail App.

Qatar Rail App recently updated the app with the new features like recharge and transaction history. 

Update the app  for these latest additions to be available on your cellphone.

The app allows for recharge of travel cards, using a credit card now.

After sign in the users, can go to TopUp section & insert the Travel card number, and select the top up amount - QR10, QR50 or QR100. 

After that select the payment option - as of now credit card option only available.

Also this app allows for transaction history.

For Doha Metro three different types of travel cards available:

1) Limited Use Travel Cards, 

2) Standard Travel Card,

3) Gold Travel Cards.

A Day Pass price is QR 6 with unlimited journeys for one day and  standard class one journey price is QR 2.  When using travel credit you have to pay QR6 a day  matter how many  journeys you make. Fares for Adult and child are the same. Journey  in the gold club is much expensive. Goldclub  Cost for  single journey is  QR 6 and pass cost is  QR 30.

Limited Use Travel Card - A non-reusable, paper travel card that contains either a single voyage or day pass. The expense of this travel card relies upon the type of product you are buying (a single journey or a day pass) and the class of travel you need to go in (standard class ( including family) or gold club). Limited Use Travel Cards can be bought from self- service Travel Card Vending Machines (TVMs) at all Doha Metro stations. 

Standard Travel Card - A reusable plastic travel card that expenses QR 10. This card must have Travel Credit added to it before you can utilize it to travel. Include Travel Credit by " Topping Up" at a TVM (Travel Card Vending Machine) at all Doha Metro stations, which should be possible in the meantime as purchasing the card. This Travel Card does not allow travel in the Gold section of the Doha Metro trains. This card is at present accessible at licensed retailers like Al Meera, LuLu, Jumbo and Carrefour. 

Gold Travel Card - A reusable plastic card that expenses QR 100 and is just available from Gold club offices at all Doha Metro stations. This Travel Card permits travel in the gold club areas of the Doha Metro trains. This card must have Travel Credit added to it before you can utilize it to travel. Include Travel Credit by " Topping Up" at a TVM (Travel Card Vending Machine) at all Doha Metro and Lusail Tram stations, which should be possible in the meantime as purchasing the card.

If you are utilizing standard and gold club cards there is a day by day cap on the amount charged if you travel multiple times during a day. When you have made 3 travels in day you'll pay no more for the rest of the journeys you make - your fare is "capped" at the equivalent day pass fare, Standard cost is QR 6 for and gold club cost is QR 30. 

Anybody aged 5 and above needs a Travel Card to go on Doha Metro. Kids aged 4 and unde below dn't bother with a Travel Card and should be accompanied by a fare paying adult. A child must be 9 years of age or above to travel alone on the network. kids ought to be joined by somebody at least 16 years of age.

A travel card can be utilized again and again, it is valid for 5 years, so don't discard it. All the Doha Metro stations have self- service machines to Top up the card with travel credit. Authorized Licensed are not ready to Top Up travel cards. A standard and gold club travel card can hold a most extreme amount of travel credit.
 

By Qatar Day - June 13, 2019

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