Contactless smartcards are being progressively introduced as an alternative option to paper ticketing on the National Rail system of Great Britain. Tickets for use on National Rail services can be loaded onto any ITSO card.
The ITSO standard has been developed to cover all types of public transport. It has been included as a requirement by the Department for Transport for all new rail franchises in the last few years.{{When|date=June 2021}} It is also the format that the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) concessionary passes and rail staff passes are issued in.[{{Cite web|last=Kitching|first=Neil|title=Rail Staff Travel: News|url=http://www.raildeliverygroup.com/rst/stop-press.html|access-date=2017-02-07|website=Rail Delivery Group}}]
The first large scale adoption of smartcards for transport in Great Britain was by Transport for London (TfL) with the Oyster card.[{{Cite web|url = http://cts.cubic.com/Customers/UnitedKingdom/CaseStudyLondon/tabid/430/language/en-GB/Default.aspx|title = Case Study: London Oyster® Card System|date = 2014|accessdate = 2014-08-21|website = Cubic Transportation Systems|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402152747/http://cts.cubic.com/Customers/UnitedKingdom/CaseStudyLondon/tabid/430/language/en-GB/Default.aspx|archive-date = 2 April 2012|url-status = dead}}] It was initially only available on TfL services, but it has been progressively rolled out to National Rail services in and around Greater London. ITSO cards can also now be used on Oyster card readers.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Support for smartcards and mobile apps {{As of|2025|2|lc=on}} |
| rowspan="3" | Train operating company
! rowspan="3" |Smartcard issued
! colspan="5" | Routes supported by smartcards for: |
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| rowspan="2" |Season tickets
! colspan="2" |Pay-as-you-go
! rowspan="2" |Single, Return and Day Travelcards loaded to the card
! rowspan="2" |Concessionary passes |
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| Smartcards and mobile apps
!EMV credit / debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay |
|---|
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Avanti West Coast
|Avanti West Coast Smartcard[{{Cite web|title=Smartcards {{!}} Train Ticket Types {{!}} Avanti West Coast|url=https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/tickets-and-savings/ticket-types/smartcards|access-date=2021-06-20|website=avantiwestcoast.co.uk|language=en}}]
| London Euston to Watford Junction (Oyster)
London Euston to Boundary Zone 6 (Travelcards on ITSO)
Northampton to Stafford and Shrewsbury via Birmingham
(Swift ITSO)
| None
| None
| None
| No Greater London acceptance
Coventry to Wolverhampton (Network West Midlands ENCTS) |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| c2c
|c2c Smart[{{Cite web|title=c2c Smartcard {{!}} Travel safe and contact-free at the station|url=https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/tickets-and-fares/c2c-smartcard/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=c2c|language=en-GB}}]
| London Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street to Upminster and Rainham
(Oyster)[{{Cite web|url = https://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf|title = London's Rail & Tube services|date = May 2014|accessdate = 2014-08-22|publisher = Transport for London}}]
London Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street to Upminster and Rainham (Travelcards on ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = https://www.southernrailway.com/smart-card/|title = Introducing the revolutionary new smartcard|date = 2014|accessdate = 2014-08-21|website = Southern|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150907204300/https://www.southernrailway.com/smart-card/|archive-date = 7 September 2015|url-status = dead}}]
All stations (c2c smart ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/tickets-and-fares/smart-card/index|title = c2c smart|date = 2014-06-16|accessdate = 2014-07-04|website = c2c Online|publisher = c2c|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140625115554/http://c2c-online.co.uk/tickets-and-fares/smart-card/index|archive-date = 25 June 2014|url-status = dead}}]
| London Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street to Upminster and Grays (Oyster)
| All stations (CPAY) [{{Cite web |title=Simpler train travel for the South East as contactless ticketing rolls out at 47 more stations |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/simpler-train-travel-for-the-south-east-as-contactless-ticketing-rolls-out-at-47-more-stations |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}]
| All stations (c2c smart ITSO)[{{Cite news|url = http://www.itso.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ITSOnews-November-2014.pdf|title = ITSO – Newsletters|accessdate = 2014-11-06|work = ITSO Newsletter|publisher = ITSO Ltd|date = November 2014|page = 3|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141106181432/http://www.itso.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ITSOnews-November-2014.pdf|archive-date = 6 November 2014|url-status = dead}}]
| London Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street to Upminster and Rainham (Freedom Pass)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/freedom-pass/using-pass/freedom-pass-travel-map|title = Freedom Pass Map|date = May 2015|accessdate = 2015-06-27|website = Freedom Pass|publisher = London Councils}}] |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Caledonian Sleeper
|Does not issue its own smartcard
| Glasgow to Fort William and Kingussie to Inverness (ScotRail Smartcard ITSO)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.sleeper.scot/|title=Caledonian Sleeper – London to Scotland by sleeper train|last=Sleeper|first=Serco Caledonian|website=sleeper.scot|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-07-08}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/franchise-agreement-may-2014-caledonian-sleeper/|title=Transport Scotland|website=transport.gov.scot|language=en|access-date=2017-07-08}}]
| None
| None
| None
| None |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Chiltern Railways
|Chiltern Railways Smartcard[{{Cite web|title=Welcome to smarter travel with Chiltern Railways {{!}} Chiltern Railways|url=https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/smart|access-date=2021-06-20|website=chilternrailways.co.uk}}]
| London Marylebone to West Ruislip and Amersham (Oyster)
All stations(Chiltern smartcard ITSO)[{{Cite web|title=Welcome to smarter travel with Chiltern Railways {{!}} Chiltern Railways|url=https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/smart|access-date=2020-01-08|website=chilternrailways.co.uk}}]
Leamington Spa to Kidderminster (Swift ITSO)
London Marylebone to West Ruislip and Harrow-on-the-Hill (Travelcards on ITSO)
| London Marylebone to West Ruislip and Amersham (Oyster)
| London Marylebone to High Wycombe and Amersham
(CPAY)[{{Cite web |date=August 2014 |title=Contactless |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/contactless |accessdate=2014-08-23 |publisher=Transport for London}}]
From 2025: High Wycombe to Aylesbury Vale Parkway (CPAY)
| London Marylebone to West Ruislip and Amersham (Travelcards on ITSO)
| London Marylebone to West Ruislip and Amersham
(Freedom Pass)
Dorridge to Stourbridge Junction (Network West Midlands ENCTS)[{{Cite news|url=https://www.networkwestmidlands.com/tickets-and-passes/older-persons-pass/|title=Older person's pass|work=Network West Midlands|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-GB}}] |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| CrossCountry
|CrossCountry Smartcard[{{Cite web|title=Welcome to CrossCountry|url=https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/tickets/smart|access-date=2021-06-20|website=CrossCountry Trains|language=en}}]
| Some Crosscountry journeys[{{Cite web|url=https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/tickets/smart/smartcard-journeys|title=Welcome to CrossCountry|website=CrossCountry Trains|language=en|access-date=2018-12-24|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224170558/https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/tickets/smart/smartcard-journeys|url-status=dead}}] (ITSO)
Basingstoke to Bournemouth (SWR ITSO Smartcard)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwesternrailway.com/contact-and-help/faqs|title=Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} South Western Railway|website=southwesternrailway.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-11}}]
Nottingham to Sheffield (EMT Stagecoach Smart ITSO)
Leamington Spa to Stafford
(Swift ITSO)
Doncaster to Sheffield (SY smartcard ITSO)[{{Cite web|url=http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/smartcard/|title = Welcome to Smartcard|accessdate = 2014-05-31|publisher = Travel South Yorkshire }}]
Wakefield Westgate to Leeds (MCard ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.m-card.co.uk/faq/|title = FAQ|accessdate = 2014-08-23|website = m-card|publisher = Metro|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140822010127/http://m-card.co.uk/faq/|archive-date = 22 August 2014|url-status = dead}}]
Beeston to Nottingham (Kangaroo ITSO)[{{Cite web|title = How to use & Boundary map {{!}} NCC Kangaroo|url = http://www.kangaroo.co.uk/how-to-use-boundary-map.html|website = Kangaroo|accessdate = 2015-07-15|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150715225003/http://www.kangaroo.co.uk/how-to-use-boundary-map.html|archive-date = 15 July 2015|url-status = dead}}]
Proposed: Winchester to Southampton Central (Solent go ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = http://solentgo.co.uk/faqs|title = Frequently Asked Questions|date = 2014|accessdate = 2014-08-27|website = SolentGo|publisher = Solent Go}}]
|Cheltenham Spa to Weston-super-Mare (GWR PAYG ITSO)[{{Cite web |title=GWR pay-as-you-go |url=https://www.gwr.com/your-tickets/choosing-your-ticket/smart-tickets/touch/payg |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.gwr.com}}]
Par to Penzance (GWR PAYG ITSO)
| Newport to Cardiff Central (TfW EMV)
| Basingstoke to Bournemouth (SWR ITSO Smartcard)
Nottingham to Sheffield (EMT Stagecoach Smart ITSO)
| Coventry to Wolverhampton (Network West Midlands ENCTS) |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
|East Midlands Railway
|EMR Smartcard[{{Cite web|title=Smartcard {{!}} EMR {{!}} East Midlands Railway|url=https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/tickets-discounts/select-a-delivery-option/smartcard|access-date=2021-06-20|website=eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk}}]
| London St Pancras to Boundary Zone 6 (Oyster)[ Only valid in combination with a paper single or return ticket (as provided for at point 19c in the National Rail Conditions of Carriage.)]
London St Pancras to Boundary Zone 6 (Travelcards on ITSO)
London St Pancras to Bedford (The Key ITSO)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/help-and-support/contact-us/faq/the-key-smartcard|title=The key smartcard {{!}} Great Northern|website=greatnorthernrail.com|access-date=2017-07-14}}]
London St Pancras to Sheffield (not at Luton Airport Parkway, Luton, Bedford, Attenborough, Spondon, Langley Mill or Dronfield); Nottingham to Mansfield Woodhouse (not at Newstead) (EMR ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/Documents/smartcard_route_map.pdf|title = Smartcard stations|accessdate = 2014-08-23|publisher = East Midland Trains|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130521201412/http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/Documents/smartcard_route_map.pdf|archive-date = 21 May 2013|url-status = dead}}]
Attenborough to Bulwell and Carlton (Kangaroo ITSO)
Wakefield Westgate to Leeds (MCard ITSO)
Dore & Totley to Doncaster (SY smartcard ITSO)
To be announced: At Luton Airport Parkway, Luton and Bedford (EMRt ITSO)[{{Cite web|url=http://www.itso.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ITSOnews-Sep-2013.pdf|title=ITSO News September 2013|date=September 2013|website=ITSO News|publisher=ITSO Ltd|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115835/http://www.itso.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ITSOnews-Sep-2013.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2014|accessdate=2014-08-23}}]
Proposed: Hazel Grove to Irlam (Get Me There ITSO)
Proposed: Nottingham to Lincoln (not at intermediate stations) (EMT Stagecoach Smart ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/330875/east-midlands-franchise-agreement.pdf|title = East Midlands Franchise Agreement|date = 2011-07-11|accessdate = 2014-08-23|publisher = Department for Transport}}]
Projected: Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway (Walrus ITSO)
|
Proposed: Wellingborough and Kettering to London St Pancras (EMR ITSO)
| St Pancras International to Luton Airport Parkway
(CPAY)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/tickets/oyster-contactless-and-plusbus/contactless-travel|title=Contactless Payment on Trains {{!}} Use Contactless on a Train {{!}} Thameslink|website=thameslinkrailway.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-23}}]
From 2025: Luton Airport Parkway to Luton (CPAY)
| London St Pancras to Sheffield (not at Luton Airport Parkway, Luton, Bedford, Attenborough, Spondon, Langley Mill or Dronfield); Nottingham to Mansfield Woodhouse (not at Newstead) (EMR ITSO)
Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway (Walrus ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/media-centre/news/Pages/Saveaway-goes-%27smart%27.aspx|title = Merseytravel's 'Walrus' smart ticketing scheme to get underway with electronic Saveaway|date = 2014-11-03|accessdate = 2014-11-24|publisher = Merseytravel|archive-date = 7 November 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141107013855/http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/media-centre/news/Pages/Saveaway-goes-%27smart%27.aspx|url-status = dead}}]
| No Greater London acceptance
Hazel Grove to Irlam (TfGM ENCTS)
Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway/Hunts Cross (Merseyside ENCTS) |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Elizabeth line
|Transport for London Oyster card
| Abbey Wood and Shenfield to West Drayton and Heathrow Airport (Oyster)
Abbey Wood and Shenfield to West Drayton and Heathrow Airport
(Travelcards on ITSO)
| Abbey Wood and Shenfield to West Drayton and Heathrow Airport
(Oyster)
| All stations
(CPAY)
| Abbey Wood and Shenfield to West Drayton and Heathrow Airport(Travelcards on ITSO)
| All stations
(Freedom Pass)
|
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Gatwick Express (brand of Govia Thameslink Railway)
|Does not issue its own smartcard
| London Victoria to Boundary Zone 6 (Oyster)
London Victoria to Boundary Zone 6 (Travelcards on ITSO)
Gatwick Airport to London Victoria (The Key (ITSO))[{{Cite web|url = https://www.southernrailway.com/smart-card/faq/|title = FAQs – Southern|accessdate = 2014-08-26|publisher = Southern|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131103073246/https://www.southernrailway.com/smart-card/faq/|archive-date = 3 November 2013|url-status = dead}}]
| London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
(Oyster)[{{Cite web|title = Contactless payments and Oyster to make travel to and from Gatwick Airport seamless – News stories – GOV.UK|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/contactless-payments-and-oyster-to-make-travel-to-and-from-gatwick-airport-seamless|publisher = gov.uk|accessdate = 2015-11-10}}]
All stations
(keyGo on The Key (ITSO))[{{Cite web |title=Where can I travel with keyGo? |url=https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/-/media/goahead/gtr-all-shared-pdfs-and-documents/key-documents/gtr-1805-ret-keygo-area-map-v27.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181846/https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/-/media/goahead/gtr-all-shared-pdfs-and-documents/gtr-1801-ret-keygo-area-map-v15.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2018 |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=en}}]
| All stations
(CPAY)
| Gatwick Airport to London Victoria (The Key (ITSO))
Projected: London Victoria to Gatwick Airport (The Key (ITSO))
| None |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Greater Anglia
|Greater Anglia Smart Card[{{Cite web|title=Smart Season Tickets – Greater Anglia Smart Card {{!}} Greater Anglia|url=https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/smart|access-date=2021-06-20|website=greateranglia.co.uk}}]
| London Liverpool Street to Hertford East and Shenfield (Oyster)
London Liverpool Street to Harold Wood, Edmonton Green and Enfield Lock (Travelcards on ITSO)
All stations (except Shippea Hill, Lakenheath, Haring Road, Eccles Road, Spooner Row, Salhouse, Brundall Gardens, Buckenham, Somerleyton and Berney Arms) (ITSO)[{{Cite web|title=Your Season ticket just got smarter {{!}} Abellio Greater Anglia|url=http://www.abelliogreateranglia.co.uk/smart|access-date=2016-03-02|website=abelliogreateranglia.co.uk}}]
Cambridge to King's Lynn (The Key ITSO)
| London Liverpool Street to Hertford East and Shenfield
(Oyster)[{{Cite web|title = Contactless payments and Oyster extended to Hertford East – Transport for London|url = https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2015/contactless-payments-and-oyster-extended-to-hertford-east|website = tfl.gov.uk|accessdate = 2015-10-20}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
| London Liverpool Street to Hertford East and Shenfield (CPAY)
From 2025: Broxbourne to Stansted Airport; Shenfield to Southend Victoria and Witham (CPAY)
| London Liverpool Street to Edmonton Green, Enfield Lock and Harold Wood (Travelcards on ITSO)
| London Liverpool Street to Edmonton Green, Enfield Lock and Harold Wood (Freedom Pass) |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Grand Central
|Does not issue its own smartcard
| London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 (Oyster)
London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 (Travelcards on ITSO)
Pontefract Monkhill to Bradford Interchange (MCard ITSO)
| None
| None
| None
| None |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Great Western Railway
|GWR Touch[{{Cite web|title=Touch smartcard {{!}} Great Western Railway|url=https://www.gwr.com/your-tickets/choosing-your-ticket/smart-tickets/touch|access-date=2021-06-20|website=gwr.com}}]
| Paddington to West Drayton and Greenford
(Oyster)
Upwey to Weymouth; Ash to Guildford (SWR ITSO Smartcard)
Worcester Foregate Street to Hereford (Swift ITSO)
Dorking (Deepdene) to Gatwick Airport; Brighton to Chichester (The Key (ITSO))
Paddington to West Drayton and Greenford (Travelcards on ITSO)
All GWR stations
(Touch ITSO)[{{Cite web|title=Touch Smartcard {{!}} Season Tickets and Railcards {{!}} Great western Railway|url=https://www.gwr.com/plan-journey/tickets-railcards-and-season-tickets/touch/|access-date=2018-12-19|website=gwr.com|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220033911/https://www.gwr.com/plan-journey/tickets-railcards-and-season-tickets/touch/|url-status=dead}}]
| Paddington to West Drayton and Greenford;
Redhill to Gatwick Airport
(Oyster)
Area bounded by Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, Swindon, Freshford, Weston-Super-Mare, Seven Beach and Patchway (ITSO)
Par to Penzance, Falmouth Docks and St. Ives (ITSO)[{{Cite web |title=Pay-as-you-go Cornwall {{!}} Contactless train travel {{!}} Great Western Railway |url=https://www.gwr.com/your-tickets/smart-tickets/payg/cornwall |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.gwr.com |language=en}}]
Redhill to Dorking Deepdene (keyGo on The Key (ITSO))
| Paddington to Greenford, Windsor & Eton Central, Henley-on-Thames, Marlow and Reading; Redhill to Gatwick Airport (CPAY)
From 2025: Reigate to Redhill (CPAY)
| Upwey to Weymouth; Ash to Guildford (SWR ITSO Smartcard)
Dorking (Deepdene) to Gatwick Airport; Brighton to Chichester
(The Key (ITSO))
Paddington to West Drayton and Greenford (Travelcards on ITSO)
| Paddington to West Drayton and Greenford (Freedom Pass) |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Great Northern (brand of Govia Thameslink Railway)
|The Key[{{Cite web|title=The Key Smartcard {{!}} Great Northern|url=https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/tickets/the-key-smartcard|access-date=2021-06-20|website=greatnorthernrail.com|language=en-GB}}]
| London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Hadley Wood and Crews Hill (Oyster)
London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Hadley Wood and Crews Hill (Travelcards on ITSO)
London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Huntingdon and King's Lynn
Cambridge to Cambridge North (Abellio Greater Anglia ITSO)
Projected: Huntingdon to Peterborough;
| London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Potter Bar and Hertford North
(Oyster)
London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Huntingdon and Foxton (keyGo on The Key (ITSO))
| London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Welwyn Garden City and Hertford North
(CPAY)
From 2025: Welwyn Garden City and Hertford North to Baldock (CPAY)
| London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Hadley Wood and Crews Hill (Travelcards on ITSO)
| London Kings Cross and Moorgate to Hadley Wood and Crews Hill
(Freedom Pass) |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Heathrow Express
|Does not issue its own smartcard
| Heathrow Terminal 5 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
(Oyster)[{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf|title=Tube Map|date=May 2018|website=TfL|access-date=2018-05-23}}]
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
(Travelcards on ITSO)
| All stations
(Oyster)[{{Cite web|url=http://mediacentre.heathrow.com/pressrelease/details/81/Corporate-operational-24/8615|title=Heathrow – New agreement to boost Heathrow rail services|last=Heathrow|website=mediacentre.heathrow.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-04}}]
| All stations
(CPAY)
| Heathrow Terminal 5 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
(Travelcards on ITSO)
| None |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Hull Trains
|Does not issue its own smartcard
| London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 (Oyster)
London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 (Travelcards on ITSO)
| None
| None
| None
| None |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| London North Eastern Railway
|LNER Smartcard[{{Cite web|title=Season tickets|url=https://www.lner.co.uk/buy-tickets/season-tickets/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=lner.co.uk|language=en}}]
| London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 (Oyster)
London Kings Cross to Boundary Zone 6 (Travelcards on ITSO)
Wakefield Westgate to Leeds (MCard ITSO)
London Kings Cross to Stevenage (The Key ITSO)
Somer LNER routes[{{Cite web|title=How do I get a LNER Smartcard?|url=https://www.lner.co.uk/faq/tickets-booking/smartcards-faq/how-do-i-get-a-lner-smartcard2/|access-date=2020-01-08|website=lner.co.uk|language=en}}]
Dunbar to Aberdeen, Glasgow Central and Inverness (ScotRail Smartcard ITSO)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/smartcard/your-questions#collapsefaqs-panel-4|title=ScotRail Smartcard FAQs|website=scotrail.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-01-23}}]
| None
| From 2025: London Kings Cross to Stevenage (CPAY)
| None
| None[{{Cite web|title = National Rail {{!}} London Councils|url = http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/freedom-pass/using-pass/national-rail|website = londoncouncils.gov.uk|accessdate = 2015-06-27}}] |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| London Northwestern Railway (brand of West Midlands Trains)
|London Northwestern Railway Smartcard[{{Cite web|title=Smartcard {{!}} London Northwestern Railway|url=https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/smartcard|access-date=2021-06-20|website=londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk|language=en}}]
| London Euston to Watford Junction (Oyster)
London Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone (Travelcards on ITSO)
London Euston to Long Buckby, St Albans Abbey & Bedford (LNW Smartcard ITSO)[{{Cite web|title=Smartcard {{!}} London Northwestern Railway|url=https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/smartcard|access-date=2019-05-29|website=londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk}}]
Northampton to Stafford via Birmingham (Swift ITSO)
Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway (Walrus ITSO)
| London Euston to Watford Junction
(Oyster)
| London Euston to Bletchley and St Albans Abbey (CPAY)
| London Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone (Travelcards on ITSO)
Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway (Walrus ITSO)
| Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway/Hunts Cross (Merseyside ENCTS)
London Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone (Freedom Pass)
Coventry to Wolverhampton; (Network West Midlands ENCTS) |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| London Overground
|Transport for London Oyster card[{{Cite web|title=Oyster online – Transport for London – Oyster cards|url=https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do|access-date=2021-06-20|website=oyster.tfl.gov.uk}}]
| All stations (Oyster)
All stations (Travelcards on ITSO)
| All stations
(Oyster)
| All stations
(CPAY)
| All stations (Travelcards on ITSO)
| All stations (Freedom Pass) |
| style="vertical-align:top;"
| Merseyrail
|Merseytravel MetroSmart[{{Cite web|title=Welcome : MetroSmart|url=https://www.metro-smart.org.uk/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=metro-smart.org.uk}}]
| None
| By 2025 All stations [{{Cite web |title=Tap-and-go |url=https://www.merseyrail.org/tickets-passes/tap-and-go/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.merseyrail.org |language=en-GB}}]
| By 2025: All stations
| All stations (Merseytravel Saveaways on Walrus ITSO)
| All stations (Merseyside ENCTS) |
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| Northern
|Northern Smart[{{Cite web|title=Smart Season Tickets – Northern Smart Card|url=https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/smart|access-date=2021-06-20|website=northernrailway.co.uk|language=en-gb}}]
| Dore & Totley and Kiveton Park to Denby Dale, Darton, Moorthorpe, South Elmsall, Thorne North and Thorne South (SY smartcard ITSO)
Walsden, Marsden, Denby Dale, Darton, Moorthorpe, South Elmsall and Knottingley to Steeton & Silsden, Horsforth, Micklefield and Pontefract Baghill (MCard ITSO)
Nottingham to Sheffield (not at Langley Mill or Dronfield)(EMR ITSO)
Newcastle to Sunderland (Popcard ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.nexus.org.uk/pop|title = Pop|date = 2013|accessdate = 2014-08-24|publisher = NEXUS}}]
Liverpool Lime Street to Garswood, Hough Green and Newton-le-Willows; Kirkby to Rainford; Southport to Meols Cop (Walrus ITSO)
Proposed: Bromley Cross, Blackrod, Appley Bridge, Orrell, Bryn, Patricroft and Glazebrook to Hale, Manchester Airport, Bramhall, Middlewood, Strines, Glossop, Hadfield, Greenfield and Littleborough (Get Me There ITSO)
|Newcastle to Ashington and Sunderland (Popcard ITSO)[{{Cite web |last=markellis32 |date=2024-03-20 |title=Integrated Fares for Metro & Northumberland Line |url=https://www.northumberlandline.uk/post/integrated-fares-for-metro-northumberland-line |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Northumberland Line |language=en}}]
| Proposed: Manchester Victoria to Stalybridge;
Manchester Piccadilly to Glossop and Hadfield [{{Cite web |title=Better off with the Bee Network: New tickets to make travel 20% cheaper as Greater Manchester moves closer to 'London-style' transport network |url=https://news.tfgm.com/press-releases/9dd7282f-3098-4e35-b4d2-05f9540fc3f0/better-off-with-the-bee-network-new-tickets-to-make-travel-20-cheaper-as-greater-manchester-moves-closer-to-london-style-transport-networkhttps:/news.tfgm.com/press-releases/9dd7282f-3098-4e35-b4d2-05f9540fc3f0/better-off-with-the-bee-network-new-tickets-to-make-travel-20-cheaper-as-greater-manchester-moves-closer-to-london-style-transport-network |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Transport for Greater Manchester}}]
| Nottingham to Sheffield (not at Langley Mill or Dronfield)
(EMR ITSO)
Liverpool Lime Street to Garswood, Hough Green and Newton-le-Willows; Kirkby to Rainford; Southport to Meols Cop (Walrus ITSO)
| Liverpool Lime Street to Garswood, Hough Green and Newton-le-Willows; Kirkby to Rainford; Southport to Meols Cop (Merseyside ENCTS)
Bromley Cross, Blackrod, Appley Bridge, Orrell, Bryn, Patricroft and Glazebrook to Hale, Manchester Airport, Bramhall, Middlewood, Strines, Glossop, Hadfield, Greenfield and Littleborough (TfGM ENCTS) |
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| ScotRail
|ScotRail Smartcard[{{Cite web|title=Smartcard {{!}} ScotRail|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/smartcard|access-date=2021-06-20|website=scotrail.co.uk|language=en}}]
| All ScotRail services except Carlisle to Newcastle
(ITSO)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/tickets/smartcard|title=Smartcard {{!}} ScotRail|website=scotrail.co.uk|access-date=2016-05-10}}]
| Area bounded by Milngavie, Balloch, Helensburgh Central, Gourock, Wemyss Bay, Largs, Ardrossan Harbour, Ayr, New Cumnock, Neilstom, East Kilbride, Larkhall, Lanark, Carstairs, Edinburgh Waverley and Falkirk Grahamston (Scotrail Tap & Pay app)[{{Cite web |title=Scotrail Tap & Pay |url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/tap-pay}}]
| None
| Certain routes
(ITSO)
Planned: All routes ( ITSO)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/tickets/smartcard#collapsefaqs-panel-13|title=Smartcard {{!}} ScotRail|website=scotrail.co.uk|access-date=2016-05-10}}]
| None |
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| South Western Railway
|SWR Touch[{{Cite web|title=Touch Smartcard {{!}} South Western Railway|url=https://www.southwesternrailway.com/train-tickets/smart-ticketing/touch-smartcard|access-date=2021-06-20|website=southwesternrailway.com}}]
|London Waterloo to Feltham, Hampton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Ewell West (Oyster)
All stations except Ewell West to Bookham
(SWR ITSO Smartcard)[{{Cite web|title=Benefits of Switching to Smart {{!}} South Western Railway|url=https://www.southwesternrailway.com/train-tickets/smart-ticketing/touch-smartcard/benefits-of-using-a-smartcard|access-date=2018-12-22|website=southwesternrailway.com}}]
Dorking to London Waterloo (not at intermediate stations between Epsom and Vauxhall) (The Key (ITSO))
London Waterloo to Feltham, Hampton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Ewell West (Travelcards on ITSO)
Proposed: Winchester and Rowland's Castle to Portsmouth Harbour, Romsey and Ashurst (New Forest) (Solent go ITSO)
| London Waterloo to Feltham, Hampton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Epsom
(Oyster)
All SWR served stations except Westbury, Frome, Bruton, Castle Cary, Yeovil Pen Mill, Warminster, Dean and Mottisford & Dunbridge; Dorking to London Victoria and London Bridge.
(Tap2Go) (ITSO))[{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwesternrailway.com/train-tickets/ticket-types/tap2go|title=Tap2Go {{!}} Ticket Types {{!}} South Western Railway|website=southwesternrailway.com|access-date=2019-08-29}}]
| London Waterloo to Virginia Water and Windsor & Eton Riverside Shepperton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Epsom
(CPAY)
|All stations except Ewell West to Bookham
(SWR ITSO Smartcard)
Dorking to Epsom and FROM Epsom TO London Waterloo (The Key (ITSO))
London Waterloo to Feltham, Hampton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Epsom (Travelcards on ITSO)
| London Waterloo to Feltham, Hampton, Surbiton, Hampton Court, Chessington South and Ewell West
(Freedom Pass) |
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| Southern (brand of Govia Thameslink Railway)
|The Key[{{Cite web|title=The Key Smartcard {{!}} Southern Railway|url=https://www.southernrailway.com/tickets/the-key-smartcard|access-date=2021-06-20|website=southernrailway.com|language=en-GB}}]
| London Bridge and London Victoria to Epsom, Coulsdon South and Upper Warlingham; Clapham Junction to Watford Junction (Oyster)
All stations except Harrow & Wealdstone to Milton Keynes Central (The Key (ITSO))[{{Cite web|url=https://www.southernrailway.com/tickets/the-key-smartcard/how-the-key-smartcard-works|title=How The Key Smartcard works {{!}} Thameslink|website=southernrailway.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-13}}]
London Bridge and London Victoria to Epsom, Coulsdon South and Upper Warlingham; Clapham Junction to Harrow & Wealstone (Travelcards on ITSO)
Eastleigh to Southampton Central (SWR ITSO Smartcard)
Proposed: Emsworth to Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central (Solent go ITSO)
| Watford Junction, London Bridge and London Victoria to Epsom, Gatwick Airport and Upper Warlingham
(Oyster)
East Grinstead, Uckfield, Reigate, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Warblington, Seaford and Bexhill to Harrow & Wealdstone, London Bridge & London Victoria (keyGo on The Key (ITSO))
Dorking to London Victoria and London Bridge
(Tap2Go) (ITSO))
|Hemel Hempstead, London Bridge and London Victoria to Epsom, Gatwick Airport and Upper Warlingham (CPAY)
From 2025: Redhill to Reigate; Epsom to Dorking; Upper Warlingham to East Grinstead (CPAY)
| All stations except Harrow & Wealdstone to Milton Keynes Central (The Key (ITSO))
Eastleigh to Southampton Central (SWR ITSO Smartcard)
London Bridge and London Victoria to Epsom, Coulsdon South and Upper Warlingham;
Clapham Junction to Harrow & Wealdstone (Travelcards on ITSO)
| London Bridge and London Victoria to Ewell East, Coulsdon South and Upper Warlingham; Clapham Junction to Harrow & Wealdstone (Freedom Pass) |
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| Southeastern
|The Key[{{Cite web|title=The Key – Smart Tickets|url=https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/tickets/tickets-explained/the-key-smart-tickets|access-date=2021-06-20|website=southeasternrailway.co.uk|language=en-GB}}]
| City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Dartford, Swanley and Knockholt (Oyster)
City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Dartford, Swanley and Knockholt (Travelcards on ITSO)
All stations (The Key (ITSO))[{{Cite web|url=http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/download/24133.2/the-key-map/|title=Smart Card Network Map|date=2016-11-08|website=southeastern.co.uk|publisher=Southeastern|access-date=2016-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133408/http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/download/24133.2/the-key-map/|archive-date=8 November 2016|url-status=dead}}]
| City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Dartford, Swanley and Knockholt; London St Pancras to Stratford International
(Oyster)[{{Cite web|title = Oyster pay as you go : Southeastern|url = http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/your-journey/tickets/regular-tickets/954/|website = southeasternrailway.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-07-27}}]
| City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Dartford and Sevenoaks; London St Pancras to Stratford International
(CPAY)
| From Southern stations outside Greater London TO London Bridge, London Cannon Street, London Waterloo East and London Charing Cross (break of journey only at intermediate stations within Greater London) (The Key (ITSO))
City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Dartford, Swanley and Knockholt (Travelcards on ITSO)
| City Thameslink, London Charing Cross and London Victoria to Dartford, Swanley and Knockholt (Freedom Pass) |
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| Thameslink (brand of Govia Thameslink Railway)
|The Key[{{Cite web|title=Train Smart Card {{!}} Contactless Card for Trains {{!}} Thameslink|url=https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/tickets/the-key-smartcard|access-date=2021-06-20|website=thameslinkrailway.com|language=en-GB}}]
| Sevenoaks to St Pancras International
(The Key (ITSO))
Dartford, Swanley and Coulsdon South to Elstree & Borehamwood and New Barnet (Oyster)
All stations except Peterborough
(The Key (ITSO))[{{Cite web|url = https://www.southernrailway.com/smart-card/graphics/routemap.pdf|title = The Key|accessdate = 2014-08-23|publisher = Southern|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140512224427/https://www.southernrailway.com/smart-card/graphics/routemap.pdf|archive-date = 12 May 2014|url-status = dead}}]
East Croydon, Dartford to Elstree & Borehamwood and New Barnet (Travelcards on ITSO)
| Dartford, Swanley, Sutton and Gatwick Airport to Radlett and Potters Bar
(Oyster)
Sutton, Brighton and St. Mary Cray to Bedford, Huntingdon and Foxton (KeyGo on the Key)[{{Cite web |date=2015-03-30 |title=keyGo conditions of use |url=https://www.southernrailway.com/smart-card/graphics/KeyGoConditionsofUse.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411213746/https://www.southernrailway.com/smart-card/graphics/KeyGoConditionsofUse.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2015 |accessdate=2015-04-05 |publisher=Southern}}]
| Dartford, Sevenoaks, Sutton and Gatwick Airport to Luton Airport Parkway and Welwyn Garden City (CPAY)
From 2025: Luton Airport Parkway to Leagrave; Welwyn Garden City to Baldock (CPAY)
| East Croydon, Dartford and Swanley to Elstree & Borehamwood and New Barnet (Travelcards on ITSO)
| Dartford, Swanley and Coulsdon South to Elstree & Borehamwood and New Barnet
(Freedom Pass) |
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|TransPennine Express
|TransPennine Express Smart[{{Cite web|title=Smart Tickets {{!}} Season Tickets {{!}} TransPennine Express|url=https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/train-tickets/smart-tickets|access-date=2021-06-20|website=tpexpress.co.uk|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614031932/https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/train-tickets/smart-tickets|url-status=dead}}]
| Dore & Totley to Doncaster (SY smartcard ITSO)
Huddersfield to Garforth (MCard ITSO)
Projected: Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway (Walrus ITSO)
TBA: Bolton to Stalybridge and Stockport (Get Me There ITSO)
|None
| Proposed: Manchester Victoria to Stalybridge
| Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway (Walrus ITSO)
| Bolton to Stalybridge and Stockport (TfGM ENCTS)
Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool South Parkway (Merseyside ENCTS) |
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|Transport for Wales Rail
|Transport for Wales Smartcard[{{Cite web|title=Smartcard|url=https://tfwrail.wales/ticket-types/smartcard|access-date=2021-06-20|website=tfwrail.wales|language=en}}]
|Wrexham to Aberystwyth; Cardiff to Radyr, Cardiff Bay, Barry Island, Swansea, Aberdare, Treherbert, Ebbw Vale Parkway, Merthyr Tydfil, and Maesteg, Severn Tunnel Junction (TfW ITSO Smartcard)[{{Cite web|title=Smartcard|url=https://tfwrail.wales/smartcard|access-date=2019-05-29|website=tfwrail.wales|language=en}}]
Stafford and Shrewsbury to Birmingham International (Swift ITSO)[{{Cite web|url=https://westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk/news/transport-minister-andrew-jones-launches-swift-card-on-west-midlands-rail-network/|title=West Midlands Combined Authority – Transport minister Andrew Jones launches Swift card on West Midlands rail network|website=westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk|access-date=2017-03-22|archive-date=23 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053517/https://westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk/news/transport-minister-andrew-jones-launches-swift-card-on-west-midlands-rail-network/|url-status=dead}}]
Bidston to Heswall; Earlestown to Newton-le-Willows (Walrus ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = http://moderngov.merseytravel.uk.net/documents/s11380/Smart%20Ticketing%20Programme.pdf|title = Smart Ticketing Programme|date = 2014-06-03|accessdate = 2014-08-23|publisher = Merseytravel|archive-date = 27 May 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214732/http://moderngov.merseytravel.uk.net/documents/s11380/Smart%20Ticketing%20Programme.pdf|url-status = dead}}]
Proposed: Stockport to Manchester Oxford Road (Get Me There ITSO)[{{Cite web|url = https://www.getmethere.com/web/tfgm_marketing/when-its-arriving|title = When it's arriving|accessdate = 2014-08-21|website = Get Me There|publisher = Transport for Greater Manchester|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150706193635/https://www.getmethere.com/web/tfgm_marketing/when-its-arriving|archive-date = 6 July 2015|url-status = dead}}]
|Gloucester to Cheltenham Spa (ITSO)
| Area bounded by: Pyle, Maesteg, Treherbert, Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Coryton, Rhymney, Ebbw Vale Town, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Cardiff Bay, Penarth and Barry Island (TfW EMV) [{{Cite web |title=Pay as you go {{!}} Transport for Wales |url=https://tfw.wales/pay-as-you-go |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=tfw.wales |language=en}}]
| Bidston to Heswall; Earlestown to Newton-le-Willows
(Walrus ITSO)
| Wolverhampton to Birmingham International (Network West Midlands ENCTS)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/seniors/concessionary_home.aspx|title = Concessionary passes|accessdate = 2014-08-23|publisher = Network West Midlands|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111031012856/http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/seniors/concessionary_home.aspx|archive-date = 31 October 2011|url-status = dead}}]
Bidston to Heswall;
Newton-le-Willows to Earlestown (Merseyside ENCTS)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/Tickets/concessions/Documents/concessionarytravel_2014.pdf|title = Travel Passes|date = February 2014|accessdate = 2014-08-23|publisher = Merseytravel|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120721/http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/Tickets/concessions/Documents/concessionarytravel_2014.pdf|archive-date = 26 August 2014|url-status = dead}}]
Stockport to Manchester Oxford Road (TfGM ENCTS)[{{Cite web|url = http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Tickets/Pages/tickets_low_fares_over60.aspx|title = Low fares & free travel for eligible people over 60|accessdate = 2014-08-23|publisher = Transport for Greater Manchester|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130308134656/http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Tickets/Pages/tickets_low_fares_over60.aspx|archive-date = 8 March 2013|url-status = dead}}] |
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|West Midlands Railway (brand of West Midlands Trains)
|Transport for West Midlands Swift card[{{Cite web|title=Swift and tickets|url=https://www.tfwm.org.uk/swift-and-tickets/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=tfwm.org.uk|language=en-gb}}]
|All stations except Coventry Arena to Nuneaton
(Swift ITSO)
|None
|None
|None
|Coventry to Wolverhampton; Blake Street to Longbridge; Dorridge and Earlswood to Stourbridge Junction; Birmingham New Street to Bloxwich North, and at Hednesford (Network West Midlands ENCTS) |
