If you don’t have a valid paper or mobile app ticket, or you don’t touch-in successfully with a smart card, contactless card or contactless device you may be charged a standard fare of up to £100.
You must buy your ticket or touch-in before getting on the tram, and your ticket must cover the date, time and zone(s) of your journey.
Details about all the ways to pay are available at each stop and on our website.
Metrolink staff regularly travel across the tram network checking tickets. A standard fare may be issued as a notice during inspection or as a charge directly to a contactless card or device you presented during an inspection.
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Visit the free travel scheme pageFree travel for 48 hours for Ukrainians arriving in Greater Manchester
To help Ukrainian nationals arriving in Greater Manchester, Metrolink tram services, rail services and the majority of bus and coach services in the region are being provided free of charge.
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Visit our contactless travel pageUsing contactless to travel on Metrolink?
Make sure you touch-in and touch-out using the SAME device at the start and end of your journey.
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Visit our Coronavirus pageFace coverings still welcome
Face coverings are no longer compulsory but are encouraged
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Find out which lines will be affectedMetrolink improvement works
In May, planned improvement works will take place on Metrolink. These works will affect various different lines across a number of dates.
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View the proposal documentOur Buses
New dates have been proposed for local service contracts in Bolton and Wigan.
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Visit the free travel scheme page
Free travel for 48 hours for Ukrainians arriving in Greater Manchester
To help Ukrainian nationals arriving in Greater Manchester, Metrolink tram services, rail services and the majority of bus and coach services in the region are being provided free of charge.
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Visit our Coronavirus page
Face coverings still welcome
Face coverings are no longer compulsory but are encouraged
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View the proposal document
Our Buses
New dates have been proposed for local service contracts in Bolton and Wigan.
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Visit our contactless travel page
Using contactless to travel on Metrolink?
Make sure you touch-in and touch-out using the SAME device at the start and end of your journey.
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Find out which lines will be affected
Metrolink improvement works
In May, planned improvement works will take place on Metrolink. These works will affect various different lines across a number of dates.