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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Find things to do this summer
Next Stop: Summer
Use our generator to find destinations and days out that you can get to by tram this summer.
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Find out more about your yellow buses
Say yellow to your buses
Your Bee Network is arriving from September. But you'll see yellow buses from April.
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Find out more and apply
Join our Disability Advisory Group
People with disabilities in Greater Manchester can now apply to join the award-winning group.
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Visit the planned improvement works page
Planned engineering works on Metrolink
There are planned improvement works on Metrolink across selected lines and stops in 2023. You can visit our dedicated webpage to find out how the works affect your journeys around Greater Manchester.
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Find out more about Local Link
Book a trip with Local Link
The reliable minibus service that takes you door to door from £1.
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Find out more about InPost Parcel Lockers
InPost Parcel Lockers now available
Dropping your online returns and sending parcels couldn’t be simpler whilst you’re on the move
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Find things to do this summer
Next Stop: Summer
Use our generator to find destinations and days out that you can get to by tram this summer.
-
Find out more and apply
Join our Disability Advisory Group
People with disabilities in Greater Manchester can now apply to join the award-winning group.
-
Find out more about Local Link
Book a trip with Local Link
The reliable minibus service that takes you door to door from £1.
-
Find out more about your yellow buses
Say yellow to your buses
Your Bee Network is arriving from September. But you'll see yellow buses from April.
-
Visit the planned improvement works page
Planned engineering works on Metrolink
There are planned improvement works on Metrolink across selected lines and stops in 2023. You can visit our dedicated webpage to find out how the works affect your journeys around Greater Manchester.
-
Find out more about InPost Parcel Lockers
InPost Parcel Lockers now available
Dropping your online returns and sending parcels couldn’t be simpler whilst you’re on the move