‘Pay As You Go’ extends to Maesteg railway line
Contactless tap in, tap out ‘Pay As You Go’ rail payment option has now been extended to the Maesteg line (from Mon 30th Sept).
Making it faster, easier and cheaper to travel, Transport for Wales launched the scheme in January on journeys between Cardiff Central, Newport and Pontyclun.
It was then extended to the Ebbw Vale line in March and following its success it will now be expanded to an additional nine stations on the Maesteg line (including Llanharan, Pencoed, and Bridgend).
By the end of 2024 TfW aim to expand the scheme to all 95 stations across the South-East Wales Metro.
Expansion
Alexia Course, Chief Commercial Officer for Trasport for Wales said: “We’re continuing to move forward with our ‘Pay As You Go’ payment option and I’m pleased that we’ve extended it to the Maesteg line adding on an additional 9 stations.
“We’ll continue to expand throughout this year, making it easier for customers, improving their experience and attracting more people to use public transport.”
For more information visit Pay as you go travel | Transport for Wales (tfw.wales)
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While the tap in and tap out is convenient, you don’t always get the cheapest ticket. Even using the self service machines at TfW stations, they don’t always dispense common tickets such as off peak rovers. Amazingly at my local staffed ticket office I wanted to travel into Cardiff twice in one day and asked was there a multiple journey ticket? Told, NO, I would have to buy two returns, at £4.80 each. Checked on the TfW website and found out there was a Cardiff all day off peak rover for £5.10, which the chap behind the desk didn’t even… Read more »
There’s a daily cap of £5.70 in zone 1 which isn’t much more than the rover ticket you mention and definitely better than two returns.
Hopefully more Cardiff stations will be next.