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Greater Anglia: Tickets

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 12 June 2026UIN 5443

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Greater Anglia has made on (a) expanding its pay-as-you-go ticketing system in 2026 and (b) delivering the extra projected 11 million additional journeys of which three million were designated to be for contactless payment by the end of 2026.

Answered by Keir Mather

On Sunday 8th March 2026, Pay As You Go (PAYG) with contactless went live at 20 stations at Greater Anglia stations including Stansted Airport. In the four weeks ending 30 May 2026, these additional 20 stations generated around 200,000 taps, this is a 15 per cent increase on the prior four-week period. Greater Anglia is currently on track to see over three million contactless journeys annually across the additional 20 stations which now have PAYG with contactless.

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