Public Bus in Bahrain

LIVING - Public transportation seemly is not the priority for govenrment of Bahrain, because when you are staying here you can not rely on public bus to go around. There are two public bus in Bahrain, the first one is what we call CARS and the other one is Public Transportation. Both are handling the same trip.

CARS is having nicer bus compare to the public transportation, their bus is big just like ordinary bus with air conditioned in Singapore but for some trip they just provide you with mini bus. The color of their buses is white with blue and red line, sometime the whole body is covered with ad. They have pre-paid ticket system which can save you around 30% from the normal fare, also they will give you receipt ticket after you paid the fare. They have fix trip for each number.

Public Transportation is only use mini bus. The color of their buses is like desert color or brown sand. They don't have pre-paid system or recipt ticket and also you paid for the fare at the end of your trip not when you get in the bus. The trip is the same with CARS but sometime they don't pass some place, so make sure with driver the place you want to stop before you get in. There is no number for this kind of bus.

Bus number and their trip:

2 - Isa Town to Muharraq via Manama
3 - Manama to Port Mina Salman
5 - Salmania to Budaiya via Manama
7 - Riffa to Manama via Isa Town
9 - No Info
15 - Isa Town to Hamad Town

There are only two fares, 150 fils or 200 fils (1 Dinar=1000 fils) but some trip will cost you only 100 fils.

I thing, only number 2 and 5 that servicing by enough number of bus, while others only servicing by 3 or 4 bus. So, you can imagine how long to get the bus you want for buses beside 2 or 5, sometime it need 30 to 1 hour to get in the bus.

So, prepare yourself for having a car here