The readers accept debit and credit cards, including pre-paid debit cards. You can also use Google or Apple Pay on your mobile phone or smart device – but remember to use the same device every time or you might get charged extra.
How do you pay for buses in Bristol?
You can buy tickets in the app, or directly on the bus from the driver on all buses. Many buses will also accept contactless payment.
Can you pay for a bus ticket with a credit card?
Contactless cards
If your bank card shows the contactless payment symbol, you can use it to pay as you go straight away. You’ll pay an adult rate fare. Many contactless cards issued outside the UK can be used to pay as you go for travel (overseas transaction fees may apply):
Can I use credit card on UK bus?
Contactless payments can be made for any tickets up to the transaction value of £45 by placing your contactless card or device on the ticket machine’s reader. Simply tap and go! How do I know if I have a contactless enabled card or device? Look for the contactless symbol on your credit, debit or pre-paid cards.
Do Bristol buses take cash?
Tap On, Tap Off with Contactless – everything you need to know. You can pay for travel on board our buses with cash.
What is tapping tap off on a bus?
TOTO is for you. TOTO (Tap on Tap Off) allows you to get the best value single fare by tapping your contactless card or mobile payment device on the card reader when you get on the bus, and by tapping off at the second card reader by the luggage rack as you leave the bus.
What happens if you forget to tap off on bus?
What happens if I forget to tap off? You will be charged the single fare to the end of the route, so always remember to tap off in order to pay the correct fare.
Can I pay contactless on bus?
No problem. Secure contactless payments are now available on all of our buses. Paying with contactless is a simple and secure way to pay for tickets without cash. One tap of your contactless card, Apple Pay or Google Pay and you’re aboard and ready to go, no need to worry about having the right change.
How do you pay for the bus UK?
You can travel using pay as you go with contactless (card or device) or your Oyster card. You can also travel using your Oyster card with a 7 Day, Monthly and Annual Bus & Tram Pass.
Can you use contactless to buy a bus ticket?
There are four easy ways for you to buy your tickets on the bus, using Tap & cap, Contactless payments, paying with cash or paying with a Swift Pay As You Go card.
Can Visa card be used for bus?
Mastercard, NETS and Visa bank cards with the EMVCo Contactless Indicator, including foreign-issued cards*, are accepted in public transit. There are bank cards under these card schemes that are not accepted, as listed in Question 3.
What cards can be used for bus?
All contactless-enabled credit cards can be used at MRT and bus gantries, with no need to register the card beforehand.
How do you use a card on a bus UK?
Tap your contactless debit/credit card on the yellow card reader when you get on the bus. You don’t need to tap your card when you get off.
Can I use Oyster card in Bristol?
Oyster cards are for travel in London. If you want to travel in London buy an Oyster card when in London. They are useless in Bristol.
Can you still pay with cash on a bus in the UK?
You can pay on the bus with cash, contactless or a debit or credit card.
How late do buses run in Bristol?
Bristol has an extensive network of bus services which run after midnight, with several services running 24/7. So whether you’re using the bus to travel for work or for a night out, catch our late night services for a cheap and reliable journey home.
What happens if you tap in but dont tap out?
Remember, you need a different card or device for each person travelling. If you touch-in but don’t touch-out at your destination stop, with the same card or device, we won’t know what journey you made. If this happens, you’ll automatically pay the incomplete journey fare.
What happens when you don’t tap off?
If you do not tap on, you may be fined for travelling without a valid ticket. If you do not tap on but do tap off at the end, you will be charged the default fare. If you tap on at the beginning and then forget to tap off at the end of your trip, you will be charged the default fare for an incomplete trip.
What happens if you tap in twice?
If you tap in at a station, you can’t pass your oyster card back to your mate behind, the system won’t accept two consecutive tap ins. However, it WILL accept them if the two are broken up by a tap out. So to discourage that, there’s a hefty fee involved with doing so.
Should I tap when I get on and off a bus?
There’s no need to ask the driver for a ticket; just tap when you get on and off the bus and make sure you tap the same contactless card or device each time.
What to do if you leave your phone on the bus?
Call or email the Transportation Office as soon as possible. Driver’s are instructed to check buses at the end of their run, but they may do multiple trips in-between. Give date and time that phone was left on bus. Also give specific description of cell phone, such as: make, model, color, case, etc.