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The Nol Card is an electronic ticketing card that was released in for all mode of public transport in Dubai services, on August 2009. The word Nol is an Arabic word نول for fare. A Nol Card is a credit-card-sized stored-value contactless smartcard that can hold prepaid funds to pay for fares on buses and trains within one or more of four "zones". The credit must be added to the card before travel. Passengers "tag on" and "tag off" their card on electronic gates at the metro station or electronic terminals in buses when entering and leaving the transport system in order to validate it or deduct funds. Initially the Cards can be purchased only from Metro Stations and Bus Terminus only. These prepaid Cards can "topped-up" online, at ticket machines or at ticketing offices by credit, debit card or cash. The card is designed to reduce the number of transactions at ticket offices and the number of paper tickets. Usage is encouraged by offering cheaper fares than the paper ticketed option, although there is a fee to purchase the card. Unlimited one day trip and monthly passes for the metro is only available with the Nol Red Ticket. The Blue Nol Card offers concessions for students, UAE national senior citizen and the disabled. The number of daily transactions of Nol cards currently tops 1.5 million transactions; which includes passengers’ entry/exit from Metro and bus stations, payment of parking fees, and recharging of cards. In 2012, RTA produces more than 5 million Nol Cards since the day it was launched (August 2009).〔http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/traffic-transport/rta-produces-five-million-nol-cards-in-three-years-1.1042478〕 On June 2013, The Nol card was awarded the Best Prepaid Card in the Middle East in the Smart Card Awards Middle East 2013.〔http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/nol-card-is-best-smart-card-in-middle-east-2013-06-23-1.511603〕 == Timeline == *In 2013, The Nol card was awarded the Best Prepaid Card in the Middle East in the Smart Card Awards Middle East 2013 *On 26 September 2013, RTA announced the Smart Nol. *On 21 August 2014, RTA increased the minimum balance from AED 1.80 (US $0.49) to AED 5.80 (US $1.58) to avoid journey interruptions.〔http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/rta-hikes-minimum-nol-card-balance-1.1374918〕 *On 21 August 2014, RTA saw 52% increase on Nol Card sales since January 2014.〔http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/nol-cards-sales-soar-52-per-cent-1.1375020〕 *On 21 October 2014, RTA announced new subscription package for the Nol Card. 〔http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/transport/2014/October/transport_October17.xml§ion=transport〕 *On 6 November 2014, RTA revised the public transport tariff, to take effect on 11 November 2014. 〔http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/rta-revises-public-transport-tariff-1.1408539〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nol Card」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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