Contactless ticketing rolling out across Bucks Beds and Herts stations
Many train stations across the three counties will be able to tap in and tap out this year
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced contactless ticketing is being expanded for travel across the South East.
47 more stations will be getting the tap in tap out system as of next month, with more planned throughout 2025, including some in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
The system ensures those buying tickets get the best price for their travel on the day, with dozens rolled out on February 2, hoping to make train travel simpler, more accessible and more flexible.
The DfT say the plans also help to deliver on their Plan for Change, helping to improve living standards and making working people better off through saving time and money on journeys taken.
Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City and Stevenage stations were all announced yesterday to now be included in the plans.
What stations in our counties are included from February 2?
- Berkhamsted
- Bletchley
- Hemel Hempstead
- Leighton Buzzard
- St. Albans Abbey
- Tring
- Watford North
Which stations in our counties will be getting contactless ticketing this year?
- Aylesbury
- Aylesbury Vale Parkway
- Baldock
- Bishop's Stortford
- Great Missenden
- Hatfield Peverel
- Hitchin
- Hockley
- Letchworth Garden City
- Luton
- Princes Risborough
- Roydon
- Stevenage
- Welwyn North
Tap in tap out technology launched at 6 Chiltern stations last summer, as part of the first to benefit, including High Wycombe, Beaconsfield and Denham Gold Club.
The DfT say in the first 6 months of contactless ticketing being available at those 6 stations, more than 268,000 entries and exits were made using contactless cards or mobile devices.
Jacqueline Starr, Chief Executive of Rail Delivery Group, said:
"We want our customers to travel with ease with fares that reflect travellers’ needs post-pandemic. We’re delighted that pay as you go technology is being expanded to 47 stations which will provide convenience, simplicity and flexibility, making it easier than ever for customers to pay and travel seamlessly.
"We are committed to developing a simpler and better-value fare system that not only meets our customers’ expectations but also supports the long-term growth of rail travel and enhances the overall customer experience."