Smartcards on buses and trams in Great Britain

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)[1]		Arriva[2] Stagecoach[3] Thameslink		Yes[4]	Thameslink (The Key)		Yes[5]	Centrebus (Carbonara & Pecorino)[6]	Thameslink (keyGo)
Berkshire			First Berkshire[7] Reading Buses[8] Stagecoach[3]	Carousel Buses[9] TfL (touch in only) (Slough)[10]	Yes[11]				TfL Oyster (Slough) Courtney Connect[12]	TfL Oyster (Slough) (touch in with capping) Courtney Connect[12]
Bristol	travelwest[13]	travelwest squidcard[14]	First Bristol, Bath & the West[15]		Yes[16]
Buckinghamshire			Arriva [2]	Carousel Buses[9] TfL (touch in only) (Denham)[10]	Yes[4]				TfL Oyster (Denham)	TfL Oyster (Denham) (touch in with capping)
Cambridgeshire			Stagecoach[3]		Yes[4]				Go-Whippet (Busway)[17]
Cheshire		Cheshire Travelcard[18]	Arriva[19] Stagecoach[3]		Yes[20]			Yes[21]
Cornwall			First Kernow[22] Go Cornwall [23] Stagecoach
County Durham		Popcard[24]	Stagecoach[3] Arriva[25]
Cumbria		NowStar[26]			Yes[20]
Derbyshire			Arriva [27] Stagecoach[3]		Yes[28]
Derby	Spectrum[29]		Arriva [27]							Trent Barton Mango (touch in and out with capping)
Devon	Skipper (Plymouth)[30]		Plymouth Citybus[23] Stagecoach[3]		Yes	Yes (Plymouth Citybus)[31]
Dorset	Getting About[32]		First Bus[33] Morebus[34] Yellow Bus[35]			Yes (Morebus)[36]			Yellow Bus Glo[37]	Yellow Bus Glo Purse[38]
East Riding of Yorkshire				Transdev Coastliner[39]
East Sussex			Stagecoach[3]	Metrobus	Yes[40]	Yes (Metrobus)[41]
Essex			Arriva[42] TfL (Debden & Thurrock) Ensignbus[43]	TfL (touch in only) (Debden & Thurrock)					TfL Oyster (Debden & Thurrock)	TfL Oyster (Debden & Thurrock) (touch in with capping)
Gloucestershire	travelwest[13]				Yes[44]		Touchcard[45]
Greater London	Oyster	Oyster (touch in)	Carousel Buses [46] Citymapper [47] Stagecoach (Oxford Tube)[48]	TfL (touch in only) [10]	Yes (Oxford Tube)[49]	Yes (Metrobus)[41]
Greater Manchester	Get Me There[50]		Arriva [19] Stagecoach[3]		Yes[51]			Yes[21]
Hampshire	SolentGo[52]		Stagecoach[3] Bluestar[53] First[54]		Yes[11]	Yes (Bluestar)[55]	Touchcard
Herefordshire					Yes[44]
Hertfordshire			Arriva [42]	TfL (Potters Bar)[10]	Yes[4]				Centrebus (Carbonara & Pecorino)[6]
Isle of Wight			Southern Vectis[56]			Yes (Southern Vectis)[57]
Kent		Kent and Medway Connected Smartcard[58]	Arriva [59] Stagecoach[3]	TfL (Dartford & Bluewater)	Yes[40]	Yes (Metrobus)[41]			TfL Oyster (Dartford & Bluewater)	TfL Oyster (Dartford & Bluewater) (touch in with capping)
Lancashire		NowStar[26]	Arriva [19] Stagecoach[3] Transdev Blackburn[60]		Yes[20]
Leicestershire	Onecard (Leicester)[61]		First Bus [62]	Arriva[63] Kinchbus	Yes[4]				Kinchkard[64] Centrebus (Carbonara & Pecorino)[6]	Trent Barton Mango (touch in and out with capping)[65]
Lincolnshire			Delaine Buses[66] Stagecoach[3]		Yes[28]				Centrebus (Carbonara & Pecorino)[6]
Merseyside	MetroCard[67]		Arriva[19] Stagecoach[3] All other operators[68]		Yes[20]			Yes[21]
Norfolk	[69]	[69]	Lynx[70] Sanders Coaches[71]		Yes[4]
North Yorkshire			Arriva[25] Harrogate Bus Company [72]
Northamptonshire			Stagecoach[3]		Yes[4]				Centrebus (Pecorino)[6]
Northumberland		Popcard[24]	Arriva[25] Go North East[73]			Yes (Go North East)
Nottinghamshire	Robin Hood (Nottingham)[74]	Robin Hood (Nottingham)[75]	Stagecoach[3] Trent Barton[76]	Trent Barton[76]	Yes[28]				Nottingham City Transport[77] Centrebus (Pecorino)[6]	Trent Barton (Mango) (touch in and out with capping)[65] Nottingham City Transport (e-purse)[78]
Oxfordshire	Oxford SmartZone (Oxford)[79]		Stagecoach[80]	Oxford Bus [81] Thames Travel [82]	Yes[4]	Yes (Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel)[83]
Rutland									Centrebus (Pecorino)[6]
Shropshire			Arriva[27]
Somerset	travelwest[13]		First Bus[33] Stagecoach[3]		Yes[16]		Touchcard[45]
South Yorkshire	SYPTE Smartcard[84]		Stagecoach[3]		Yes[28] also on Sheffield Supertram
Staffordshire		Swift	Arriva[27] First Bus	National Express West Midlands	Yes[85]				National Express West Midlands Swift(Cannock and Stafford)[86]	National Express West Midlands Swift(Cannock and Stafford)[86] Trent Barton Mango (touch in and out with capping)[65]
Suffolk	Endeavour (16-19 year olds only)[87]		Ipswich Buses		Yes[4]				Ipswich Buses[88]
Surrey			[10] Safeguard (Guildford)[89] Stagecoach[3] Arriva[59]	TfL (Sunbury, Dorking & Reigate); Metrobus[90]	Yes[11]	Yes (Metrobus)[41]
Tyne and Wear	Pop card[91]	Pop card[24]	Arriva [25] Go North East [73] Stagecoach[3]		Yes[92]	Yes (Go North East)		Yes[93]
Warwickshire			Stagecoach[3]		Yes[4]
West Midlands	Swift[94]	Swift[95] Swift Go (account based)[96]	Arriva[27] Diamond Buses[97] Midland Metro[98]	National Express West Midlands	Yes[85]
West Sussex			Arriva[59] Stagecoach[3]	Metrobus[90] Brighton Buses	Yes[11]	Yes (Metrobus)[41]
West Yorkshire	MCard[99]	MCard[100]	Arriva[101] First Bus[102]	Transdev Harrogate[103] Transdev Keighley[104]	Yes[28]
Wiltshire			Salisburys Reds[105] Thamesdown[106]		Yes[11][44]	Yes (Salisbury Reds)[107]			Swindon (Thamesdown)[108]	Swindon (Thamesdown)[109]
Worcestershire	Swiftcard[110]	Diamond Buses[97]	Diamond Buses[97] First Worcestershire[111]		Yes[85]
York	York by bus[112]		First York[113]
Wales
Blaenau Gwent					Yes[114]
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)					Yes[114]
Caerphilly (Caerffili)					Yes[114]
Cardiff (Caerdydd)			Cardiff Bus[115]		Yes[114]				Cardiff Bus iff card[116]	Cardiff Bus iff card[116]
Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
Ceredigion
Conwy				Arriva[63]				Yes[21]
Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)				Arriva[63]				Yes[21]
Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)				Arriva[63]				Yes[21]
Gwynedd				Arriva[63]				Yes[21]
Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)				Arriva[63]				Yes[21]
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)					Yes[114]
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)
Newport (Casnewydd)					Yes[114]				Newport Bus: Passport [117]	Newport BUS: Freedom[117]
Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf					Yes[114]
Swansea (Abertawe)
Torfaen (Tor-faen)					Yes[114]
Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)					Yes[114]
Wrexham (Wrecsam)			Arriva[118]					Yes[21]
Scotland
Aberdeenshire	Grasshopper[119]		First [120]		Yes[121]		Touchcard[122]
Angus					Yes[123]
Argyll and Bute
City of Edinburgh			Lothian Buses (Airlink)[124]	Lothian Buses[125]					Lothian Buses: Ridacard[126] Edinburgh Trams: Ridacard[127]	Lothian Buses: CitySmart (journey based)[128] Edinburgh Trams:CitySmart (journey based) [129]
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway					Yes[121]
Dundee City	ABC
East Ayrshire					Yes[121]
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Falkirk					Yes[123]
Fife					Yes[123]
Glasgow City			First[130]		Yes[123]
Highland
Inverclyde									McGills (GoSmart)[131]
Midlothian					Yes[123]
Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar
North Ayrshire					Yes[121]
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands					Yes[132]
Perth and Kinross					Yes[123]
Renfrewshire			McGills[133]						McGills (GoSmart)[131]
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire					Yes[121]
South Lanarkshire
Stirling					Yes[123]
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian

See also

• Smartcards on National Rail