Sharjah Bus Route 88: Rolla Terminal To Al Saja'a Terminal

🚌 Sharjah Bus Route 88 — Rolla Terminal ↔ Al Saja’a Terminal

🚌 Route 88: Rolla Terminal ↔ Al Saja’a Terminal | 🏢 Mowasalat (KGL PTS for SRTA) | 📍 Sharjah City Local (via Airport)

The 88 is a Sharjah city local service run by Mowasalat (KGL PTS for SRTA). This page gives the published termini and main points, the fare, how the service pattern works, and the questions riders ask most — without invented timetables or stop lists.

📋 Route 88 Essential Information

Route: 88 — Rolla Terminal ↔ Al Saja’a Terminal
Service type: Sharjah City Local (via Airport)
Operator: Mowasalat (KGL PTS for SRTA)
Payment: Cash, or Sayer card (cheaper)
Fare: AED 8 cash / AED 6 Sayer (flat, all city routes)

🚏 Main Stops & Termini

Starts: Rolla Terminal
Via: Al Arouba Street
Via: Abu Tina
Via: Al Qassimi Street
Via: Al Dhaid Road
Via: Sharjah International Airport
Ends: Al Saja’a Terminal

These are the published termini and the named main points on the route, from the sources listed below. Directories publish main stops (street/landmark level) for Sharjah — not full stop-by-stop sequences — so we do not invent one. The complete stop sequence is in the RTA Sharjah app / Rihlati planner.

📖 About Route 88

The 88 is a Sharjah city local service in the Emirate of Sharjah, running between Rolla Terminal and Al Saja’a Terminal via Al Arouba Street, Abu Tina, Al Qassimi Street, Al Dhaid Road, Sharjah International Airport.

The 88 passes Sharjah International Airport on the Al Dhaid Road leg, so it doubles as an airport bus from Rolla — and continues to the Al Saja’a industrial area.

🎟️ Fares & Payment

AED 8 cash, or AED 6 with a Sayer card — the flat fare on Sharjah’s city network, the same on every Mowasalat city route. Sayer is SRTA’s smart card: prepaid packs of AED 50 and AED 95 are sold at terminals; the Blue discount card takes 25% off the Sayer fare (so AED 6 rides), and the Grey subscription card gives unlimited city travel for AED 225/month. People of Determination, seniors and social-support beneficiaries get a free SRTA travel card (directory-reported). Buy and top up Sayer at Rolla, Al Jubail, Al Sharq, Muwailah and Al Saja’a terminals.

Sharjah Airport’s official site lists route 88 at AED 9 (and routes 14, 15 and 99 at AED 7), while the Mowasalat directories give the standard AED 8 cash / AED 6 Sayer. The airport premium is unresolved in the sources — carry the standard fare and expect at most a small difference.

⏰ Service Pattern

Frequency: Weekdays: every 14–15 minutes through most of the day (06:20–19:52) and every 25 minutes in the evening; first bus 06:20, last about 21:50. Weekends: 20–25 minutes off-peak, 14 minutes in the evening peak. (Published headway pattern, via edarabia.) One of the most frequent cross-city services in Sharjah. Sharjah has no public GTFS feed; Google Maps carries SRTA routes for journey planning.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

How much is the fare on the 88?
AED 8 cash, or AED 6 with a Sayer card — the flat fare on Sharjah’s city network, the same on every Mowasalat city route. Sayer is SRTA’s smart card: prepaid packs of AED 50 and AED 95 are sold at terminals; the Blue discount card takes 25% off the Sayer fare (so AED 6 rides), and the Grey subscription card gives unlimited city travel for AED 225/month. People of Determination, seniors and social-support beneficiaries get a free SRTA travel card (directory-reported). Buy and top up Sayer at Rolla, Al Jubail, Al Sharq, Muwailah and Al Saja’a terminals.

Where does the 88 start and finish?
It runs between Rolla Terminal and Al Saja’a Terminal, via Al Arouba Street, Abu Tina, Al Qassimi Street, Al Dhaid Road, Sharjah International Airport.

Does the 88 run to a fixed timetable?
Sharjah buses run on published headway patterns (every so many minutes by time of day) rather than per-stop timetables. The pattern for this service is in the Service Pattern section above; for the next bus today, use the RTA Sharjah app or the Rihlati planner, or text your stop number to 2272.

Route data: SRTA / Mowasalat network as published in the sources for this route: Wikipedia SRTA route table; Bayut; dubizzle; Property Finder; edarabia (headway pattern); Sharjah Airport official site, verified October 2026. SRTA publishes no route tables on its own website; where directories conflicted, SRTA’s May 2023 fare matrix (reported by Khaleej Times) was followed. Independently compiled by the BusUpdate editorial team; confirm time-sensitive details in the RTA Sharjah app before travelling. See also: Sharjah bus routes & guides on BusUpdate and the SRTA operator page.

🌐 Route 88 in the Sharjah network

Route 88 (Rolla Terminal to Al Saja’a Terminal) is part of the Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (SRTA) network operated by Mowasalat (KGL PTS) — the 43-route system documented route by route on this site, from the Rolla and Al Jubail terminals out to the intercity runs to Dubai, Ajman and the east coast. Sharjah is the commuter hinge of the northern Emirates: its city routes feed the terminals, and its intercity routes carry one of the heaviest Dubai-bound bus flows in the country.

💳 Fares & planning the ride

City fares are AED 6 with the Sayer card, AED 8 in cash — the card pays for itself in a few rides, and the Sayer guide on this site covers how it works. Planning: SRTA services run to published patterns rather than the minute-grids some aggregator sites invent — this page sticks to the route, its stops and its verified service pattern, and the network’s terminals (Rolla, Al Jubail, and the Sahara Centre and Muwaileh sides) are the natural starting points the route list below is organised around.

🗺️ The rest of the Sharjah City group

Route 1 — Rolla Terminal to Sahara Centre
Route 3 — Rolla Terminal to Safari Mall
Route 7 — Rolla Terminal to Sahara Centre
Route 8 — Rolla Terminal to Sahara Centre
Route 9 — Rolla Terminal to Sahara Centre
Route 14 — Al Sharq Terminal to Sharjah International Airport
Route 15 — Rolla Terminal to Sharjah International Airport
Route 22 — Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street) to SAIF Zone Gate 3
Route 77 — Muwailah Terminal to Al Saja’a Terminal
Route 99 — Al Jubail Terminal to Sharjah International Airport
Route 14X — Rolla Terminal to Muwailah Terminal
Route 88X — Rolla Terminal to Al Saja’a Terminal
Route E1 — Al Jubail Terminal to Sharjah Aquarium
Route F1 — Al Saja’a Big Bazaar to Noor Al Saja’a Supermarket
Route F2 — Al Saja’a Big Bazaar to Al Saja’a Tasheel Centre
Route F7 — Rolla Terminal to Al Jubail Terminal

Appendix compiled October 2026 from this page’s build sources — see our data page for sourcing.

🧭 Using this route well

Sharjah’s city network hangs off its terminals — Rolla in the old city and Al Jubail by the corniche — and most cross-city journeys are a city route into a terminal and another out. Pay the Sayer way (AED 6 by card against AED 8 cash) and keep the card habit for the intercity runs too; the same payment logic runs across the SRTA system. In the morning peak the flow points at Dubai, in the evening it reverses — a city route crossing that tide runs fuller and slower, which the regulars on this corridor plan around.