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Smartcards, Oyster card and PlusBus

No need for a paper ticket – you can use smartcards, Oyster and payment cards on Thameslink.

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Our Key Smartcard is a great option to minimise social contact. Buy or renew season tickets online with the Key Smartcard, and quickly load your tickets to your Smartcard with our app

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Discover where you can use Oyster and contactless payment when travelling by train with Thameslink

Oyster

Oyster is a smartcard scheme from Transport for London. Your Oyster card can hold pay as you go credit, Travelcard and season tickets.

You can also use your Oyster card on Thameslink trains in the London Travelcard area.

Contactless in the capital: payment cards in London

Contactless payments

If you have a contactless debit or credit card you can pay for buses, Tubes, trams and most trains in London.
Bus pass with your train ticket: PlusBus

PlusBus

Add PlusBus to your train ticket for unlimited bus and tram travel around your starting or destination station.

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