Contactless - not always the cheapest

Contactless - not always the cheapest

Posted by grahame at 04:32, 20th December 2025

https://www.railfuture.org.uk/display4218 - Railfuture press release

Offering the option for contactless payment for rail travel is a good thing – convenient and simple. But it currently comes with a number of stings in the tail, so if a traveller wants to pay the lowest price for their travel, contactless payment often doesn’t deliver the best price

"Never have a simple system if you can have a complicated one"?? ... finding the lowest cost fare for your journey looks like it's going to be a topic that keeps on running ...

Re: Contactless - not always the cheapest

Posted by Oxonhutch at 10:09, 20th December 2025

Because of my Senior Railcard, I always used Oyster within London - the two are manually linked every year. My bank card can never know about my Railcard and I would always be charged the non-discounted fare.

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