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Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi. From €16.84, fastest 1h 46m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 14:21. One passenger pays between €16.84 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 46m over 143 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€16.84 to €31.41

  • 115%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Sharjah city

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:08First departure
  • 14:21Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Etihad Rail runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €32.24Tue15
  2. about €32.59Wed16
  3. about €32.59Thu17
  4. about €32.24Fri18
  5. about €36.64Sat19
  6. about €30.04Sun20
  7. about €23.99Mon21
  8. about €27.84Tue22
  9. about €23.99Wed23
  10. about €31.41Thu24
  11. about €27.29Fri25
  12. about €25.64Sat26
  13. about €29.49Sun27
  14. about €17.94Mon28
  15. about €19.04Tue29
  16. about €22.34Wed30
  17. about €21.24Thu1
  18. about €23.99Fri2
  19. about €19.59Sat3
  20. about €22.34Sun4
  21. about €16.84Mon5

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Abu Dhabi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Abu Dhabi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €21.2490 days
  2. €15.1960 days
  3. €17.3945 days
  4. €15.1930 days
  5. €16.8421 days
  6. €17.9414 days
  7. €23.997 days
  8. €32.593 days
  9. €32.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 115 percent. The most expensive point is €32.59, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€32.59€15.191371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

143 km

142 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

1,800,0001,807,000

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

2/4

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

SharjahSharjahAbu DhabiAbu Dhabi
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 143 km against 142 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Jebel Ali, Dubai Investments Park, Al Ain City, Fujairah. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Abu Dhabi is large, and the road in from AUH can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Abu Dhabi

Settled in advance, so the ride into Abu Dhabi costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal

Most of the points near Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

The fastest journey from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi takes 1h 46m door to door, of which 1h 4m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 30m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

The cheapest fare from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi is €16.84, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.41. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

The cheapest way from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi is by train, at €17.94 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 1h 48m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

The fastest way from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi is by train, at 1h 48m door to door. Only 1h 4m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €17.94.

When should I book Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

Fares from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €15.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 115 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi, at €17.94. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi, at €16.29 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

2 operators sell services from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi across 2 modes: Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Etihad Rail. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

43 percent of the services we sell from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi are direct. The rest connect at Jebel Ali, Dubai Investments Park, Al Ain City, Fujairah, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi produce?

Traveling from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi by train produces about 4.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 35.9 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi use?

Services from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi by train leave from Sharjah station and arrive at Abu Dhabi station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi on September 14, 2026: 143 km of route against 142 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 1h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Sharjah city reaches 126 places in 50 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 5,940 km. Abu Dhabi reaches 161 places in 71 countries, from 94 to 13,464 km.

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Leaving Sharjah city

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  • 50Countries
  • 33Operators

Arriving in Abu Dhabi

Leaving Abu Dhabi

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  • 71Countries
  • 40Operators

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