SOUTH Western Railway(SWR) has launched a new account-based ticketing system called Tap2Go which means, once registered on the system, customers will no longer need to buy a ticket before their journey.
Instead SWR will work out the best daily fare when a customer touches in and out with their Tap2Go enabled smartcard.
Linked to the customer’s credit or debit card, payment is taken from the Tap2Go account the day after they travel. Tap2Go customers can choose to have credit in their account by topping up their account or have their credit or debit card charged directly.
The Tap2Go smartcard can also let customers store other tickets such as season tickets, which means that journeys between the origin and destination of the season tickets will not be charged.
To sign up for Tap2Go customers will need to set-up an account at southwesternrailway.com and then email the Tap2Go team at smartcards@swrailway.com and Tap2Go will be added to their account. Once customers have signed up a new smartcard will be sent out within five working days of the order.
New features will be added later this year, which will include being able to add Tap2Go to an existing Touch smartcard.
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