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Contactless smartcards are being progressively introduced to replace paper ticketing on the buses of Great Britain. The ITSO standard has been developed as a national standard to cover all types of public transport. It is also the format that ENCTS concessionary passes are required to be issued in. The contactless payment function of EMV credit and debit cards is also widely supported across the country.

As of 13 July 2020, the acceptance position is:

Region Single smartcard valid across multiple operators EMV credit / debit cards Single operator period passes Other operator smartcards for pay-as-you-go
For period passes For pay-as-you-go For purchasing tickets For pay-as-you-go StagecoachSmart card Go-Ahead (The Key) smartcard First Touch smartcard Arriva Connect smartcard Other operator smartcards
England
Bedfordshire Cygnet (Bedford) Arriva

Stagecoach

Thameslink

Yes Thameslink (The Key) Yes Centrebus (Carbonara & Pecorino) Thameslink (keyGo)
Berkshire First Berkshire

Reading Buses Stagecoach


Carousel Buses

TfL (touch in only) (Slough)

Yes TfL Oyster (Slough)

Courtney

Connect

TfL Oyster (Slough) (touch in with capping)

Courtney Connect

Bristol travelwest travelwest squidcard First Bristol, Bath & the West Yes
Buckinghamshire Arriva


Carousel Buses

TfL (touch in only) (Denham)

Yes TfL Oyster

(Denham)

TfL Oyster (Denham) (touch in with capping)
Cambridgeshire Stagecoach Yes Go-Whippet (Busway)
Cheshire Cheshire Travelcard Arriva

Stagecoach

Yes Yes
Cornwall First Kernow

Go Cornwall

Stagecoach

County Durham Popcard Stagecoach

Arriva

Cumbria NowStar Yes
Derbyshire Arriva

Stagecoach

Yes
Derby Spectrum Arriva Trent Barton Mango (touch in and out with capping)
Devon Skipper (Plymouth) Plymouth Citybus Stagecoach Yes Yes (Plymouth Citybus)
Dorset Getting About First Bus

Morebus

Yellow Bus

Yes (Morebus) Yellow Bus

Glo

Yellow Bus Glo Purse
East Riding of Yorkshire Transdev Coastliner
East Sussex Stagecoach Metrobus Yes Yes (Metrobus)
Essex Arriva

TfL (Debden & Thurrock)

Ensignbus

TfL (touch in only) (Debden & Thurrock) TfL Oyster (Debden & Thurrock) TfL Oyster (Debden & Thurrock) (touch in with capping)
Gloucestershire travelwest Yes Touchcard
Greater London Oyster Oyster (touch in) Carousel Buses

Citymapper

Stagecoach (Oxford Tube)


TfL (touch in only) Yes (Oxford Tube) Yes (Metrobus)
Greater Manchester Get Me There Arriva

Stagecoach

Yes Yes
Hampshire SolentGo Stagecoach

Bluestar

First

Yes Yes (Bluestar) Touchcard
Herefordshire Yes
Hertfordshire Arriva TfL (Potters Bar) Yes Centrebus (Carbonara & Pecorino)
Isle of Wight Southern Vectis Yes (Southern Vectis)
Kent Kent and Medway Connected Smartcard Arriva

Stagecoach

TfL (Dartford & Bluewater) Yes Yes (Metrobus) TfL Oyster (Dartford & Bluewater) TfL Oyster (Dartford & Bluewater) (touch in with capping)
Lancashire NowStar Arriva

Stagecoach

Transdev Blackburn

Yes
Leicestershire Onecard (Leicester) First Bus

Arriva

Kinchbus

Yes Kinchkard

Centrebus (Carbonara & Pecorino)

Trent Barton Mango (touch in and out with capping)
Lincolnshire Delaine Buses Stagecoach Yes Centrebus (Carbonara & Pecorino)
Merseyside MetroCard Arriva

Stagecoach

All other operators

Yes Yes
Norfolk Lynx

Sanders Coaches

Yes
North Yorkshire Arriva

Harrogate Bus Company

Northamptonshire Stagecoach Yes Centrebus (Pecorino)
Northumberland Popcard Arriva Go North East Yes (Go North East)
Nottinghamshire Robin Hood (Nottingham) Robin Hood (Nottingham) Stagecoach Trent Barton Trent Barton Yes Nottingham

City

Transport

Centrebus (Pecorino)

Trent Barton (Mango) (touch in and out with capping)

Nottingham City Transport (e-purse)

Oxfordshire Oxford SmartZone (Oxford) Stagecoach Oxford Bus

Thames Travel

Yes Yes (Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel)
Rutland Centrebus (Pecorino)
Shropshire Arriva
Somerset travelwest First Bus Stagecoach Yes Touchcard
South Yorkshire SYPTE Smartcard Stagecoach Yes

also on Sheffield Supertram

Staffordshire Swift Arriva

First Bus

National Express West Midlands Yes National Express West Midlands Swift(Cannock and Stafford) National Express West Midlands Swift(Cannock and Stafford)

Trent Barton Mango (touch in and out with capping)

Suffolk Endeavour (16-19 year olds only) Ipswich Buses Yes Ipswich Buses
Surrey Safeguard (Guildford)

Stagecoach

Arriva

TfL (Sunbury, Dorking & Reigate);

Metrobus

Yes Yes (Metrobus)
Tyne and Wear Pop card Pop card Arriva

Go North East

Stagecoach

Yes Yes (Go North East) Yes
Warwickshire Stagecoach Yes
West Midlands Swift Swift

Swift Go (account based)

Arriva

Diamond Buses Midland Metro

National Express West Midlands Yes
West Sussex Arriva

Stagecoach

Metrobus

Brighton Buses

Yes Yes (Metrobus)
West Yorkshire MCard MCard Arriva

First Bus

Transdev Harrogate

Transdev Keighley

Yes
Wiltshire Salisburys Reds

Thamesdown

Yes Yes (Salisbury Reds) Swindon (Thamesdown) Swindon (Thamesdown)
Worcestershire Swiftcard Diamond Buses Diamond Buses First Worcestershire Yes
York York by bus First York
Wales
Blaenau Gwent Yes
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) Yes
Caerphilly (Caerffili) Yes
Cardiff (Caerdydd) Cardiff Bus Yes Cardiff Bus iff card Cardiff Bus iff card
Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
Ceredigion
Conwy Arriva Yes
Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) Arriva Yes
Flintshire (Sir y Fflint) Arriva Yes
Gwynedd Arriva Yes
Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) Arriva Yes
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) Yes
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)
Newport (Casnewydd) Yes Newport Bus: Passport

Newport BUS: Freedom
Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf Yes
Swansea (Abertawe)
Torfaen (Tor-faen) Yes
Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg) Yes
Wrexham (Wrecsam) Arriva Yes
Scotland
Aberdeenshire Grasshopper First Yes Touchcard
Angus Yes
Argyll and Bute
City of Edinburgh Lothian Buses (Airlink) Lothian Buses Lothian Buses: Ridacard

Edinburgh Trams: Ridacard

Lothian Buses: CitySmart (journey based)

Edinburgh Trams:CitySmart

(journey based)

Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway Yes
Dundee City ABC
East Ayrshire Yes
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Falkirk Yes
Fife Yes
Glasgow City First Yes
Highland
Inverclyde McGills (GoSmart)
Midlothian Yes
Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar
North Ayrshire Yes
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands Yes
Perth and Kinross Yes
Renfrewshire McGills McGills (GoSmart)
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire Yes
South Lanarkshire
Stirling Yes
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

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