Sharjah Bus Route 22: Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street) to SAIF Zone Gate 3 — Stops, Fares & Timings (2026)
🚌 Sharjah Bus Route 22 — Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street) ↔ SAIF Zone Gate 3
🚌 Route 22: Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street) ↔ SAIF Zone Gate 3 | 🏢 Mowasalat (KGL PTS for SRTA) | 📍 Sharjah City Local
The 22 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 22 Essential Information
- Route: 22 — Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street) ↔ SAIF Zone Gate 3
- Service type: Sharjah City Local
- 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: Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street)
- Via: King Faisal Street
- Via: 1st Industrial Street
- Via: Sharjah Central Mall
- Via: Sharjah Science Museum
- Via: Driving Institute Sharjah
- Via: Sharjah Car Market (Souq Al Haraj)
- Ends: SAIF Zone Gate 3
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 22
The 22 is a Sharjah city local service in the Emirate of Sharjah, running between Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street) and SAIF Zone Gate 3 via King Faisal Street, 1st Industrial Street, Sharjah Central Mall, Sharjah Science Museum, Driving Institute Sharjah, Sharjah Car Market (Souq Al Haraj).
Route 22 does not appear in the Wikipedia route table, but two independent Mowasalat directories (Bayut and Property Finder) publish the same corridor and the main-stop sequence used here — the standard two-source rule for this network. No headway pattern is published in the sources used, so check the Rihlati app for the day’s departures.
🎟️ 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.
⏰ Service Pattern
Frequency: no headway pattern is published in the sources for this service. Live times are in the RTA Sharjah app and Mowasalat’s Rihlati planner (Rihlati also answers by SMS: text your bus stop number to 2272). Sharjah has no public GTFS feed; Google Maps carries SRTA routes for journey planning.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How much is the fare on the 22?
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 22 start and finish?
It runs between Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street) and SAIF Zone Gate 3, via King Faisal Street, 1st Industrial Street, Sharjah Central Mall, Sharjah Science Museum, Driving Institute Sharjah, Sharjah Car Market (Souq Al Haraj).
Does the 22 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: Bayut (full main-stop list); Property Finder, 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 22 in the Sharjah network
Route 22 (Sharjah City Centre (Al Wahda Street) to SAIF Zone Gate 3) 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 77 — Muwailah Terminal to Al Saja’a Terminal
- Route 88 — Rolla 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.