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2 days agoOver 8.6 million journeys made as contactless rail spreads across South East
The expansion of contactless travel tickets in the South East has recorded over 8.6 million journeys by February 2026.
The expansion of contactless payments on trains has caused the price of travelling on some services to soar as they now require more expensive peak time tickets. The change allows people to pay by tapping a bank card or contactless-enabled device on readers at stations, avoiding the need to manually purchase a ticket. But Rebecca Paul, Conservative MP for Reigate, said the new rules - introduced to 30 more stations in the South East on 14 December - risked "pricing passengers out of rail altogether".