Mowasalat Karwa
🚌 Mowasalat Co. (Karwa) — Qatar’s national public transport company — the buses and taxis that move the whole country.
📅 Operating since October 2004 | 🇶🇦 State of Qatar | 🚌 Public buses + Karwa taxis | 💳 Karwa SmartCard
Mowasalat, known everywhere in Qatar simply as Karwa, is the country’s integrated land-transport company. It began operations in October 2004 providing public bus and taxi services across all Qatari cities, working alongside the Ministry of Transport. If you ride a bus or hail a turquoise taxi anywhere from Doha to Al Wakrah or Lusail, you are using Mowasalat.
📋 Karwa Quick Facts
- Official name: Mowasalat Co. (Karwa)
- Country: State of Qatar (nationwide)
- Started: Operations began October 2004; the company was launched by the Qatari government in 2002 as a 100% government-owned company (Wikipedia)
- Services: Public transport buses and Karwa taxis
- Key bus stations (company material): Al Gharrafa, Al Sudan, Al Wakrah, Education City, Industrial Area, Lusail, Msheireb, West Bay
- Payment: Karwa SmartCard
- Website: mowasalat.com
- HQ: Street 37, Industrial Area, Doha, Qatar (published in Mowasalat company material)
📖 About Karwa
Mowasalat was created to give Qatar a single, integrated public land-transport provider. Its own company material describes buses and taxis travelling inside and across all Qatari cities, with main stations at Al Gharrafa, Al Sudan, Al Wakrah, Education City, the Industrial Area, Lusail, Msheireb and West Bay.
Karwa is also the company behind Qatar’s best-known transport brand — the turquoise Karwa taxi — and it works with the Ministry of Transport on the country’s bus network. BusUpdate’s Qatar route guides cover the Karwa network city by city, starting with Doha.
🚌 Network & Services
- Public buses — city and intercity routes across Qatar, from main stations including Msheireb, Al Gharrafa, Lusail and Al Wakrah
- Karwa taxis — the national taxi service, bookable at ranks, by phone and through the Karwa app ecosystem
- Contract & institutional transport — services operated with government and event partners
💳 Payment & Ticketing
Fares on Karwa buses are paid with the Karwa SmartCard, Mowasalat’s smart card for Qatar public transport (recorded in Wikipedia’s public-transport smart-card list as introduced in 2007). Keep the card topped up before you travel, and check the current fare table on mowasalat.com before long intercity journeys.
🧭 How to Ride
- Find your route in BusUpdate’s Doha and Qatar bus guides, then confirm the day’s timetable on mowasalat.com.
- Buy or top up a Karwa SmartCard before boarding.
- Wait at the marked stop or station and signal the driver.
- Tap your SmartCard when you board and keep it until you get off.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Who operates buses in Qatar?
Mowasalat Co. — known as Karwa — is Qatar’s public bus and taxi operator, a government-owned company that began operations in October 2004.
How do I pay for a Karwa bus?
With the Karwa SmartCard, Mowasalat’s smart card for public transport in Qatar.
Does Karwa only serve Doha?
No. Mowasalat’s own material describes buses and taxis travelling inside and across all Qatari cities, with stations in Lusail, Al Wakrah, Education City and the Industrial Area as well as central Doha.
📞 Official Contact
- Website: mowasalat.com
- HQ: Street 37, Industrial Area, Doha, State of Qatar
Sources: Mowasalat official company material (mowasalat.com) and Wikipedia (Transport in Qatar; public-transport smart-card list) — verified October 2026. Independently compiled by the BusUpdate editorial team; confirm time-sensitive details with the operator before travelling. See also: Doha bus routes & guides on BusUpdate.