metro.me.uk

24 UK networks · one right ticket

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Every other site hands you a fare table and leaves the sums to you. Pick a city, say how many journeys you’ll make, and the board tells you what to buy — worked out from each network’s own fares.

  • Singles, day tickets and weekly passes compared like for like
  • Whether you tap in, tap out, or pay the conductor
  • Fares checked May 2026 or later, network by network
Journeys a day
Days

3 journeys a day · 1 day Transport for London

Pay per journey £8.70

3 × Contactless pay as you go at the peak fare, £2.90 each

20p less than the daily cap

Tap in and out. Fares are automatically capped daily and weekly (Mon–Sun), so you never pay more than the equivalent Travelcard. This is the cheapest option for the vast majority of visitors.

All the fares

Metro, tram and light rail 13

Networks with their own trains or trams, and their own fares.

Integrated city networks 4

Regions that brand and ticket all their transport as one system. Several are called a metro but do not run one — each page says so plainly at the top.

Cable cars, cliff railways and people movers 6

The smaller and stranger things: gondolas, funiculars, airport pods and the Victorian tramways still running on public streets.

Not open yet 1

Schemes under construction or in design, so you can tell what you can actually ride.

Four rules that hold almost everywhere

A day ticket usually wins on the second or third journey

We work this out for every network from its own fares. On 7 of the 16 we can compare, the day ticket is already cheaper on your second journey — a return trip alone is enough. On 8 it is the third. Only in London do you need a fourth.

Contactless is the safe default

Every metro, tram and light rail network here accepts contactless bank cards, and most cap your daily total automatically at the day ticket price. On those you rarely lose money by simply tapping. The exceptions are the cliff railways, cable cars and heritage lines, several of which still want cash.

Know whether you tap out

London, Tyne and Wear and Manchester need a tap in and out. Nottingham and the Croydon trams need only a tap in. Getting this wrong on a touch-out network means paying the maximum fare.

Airports are priced separately

Edinburgh charges more than three times the city fare to reach the airport, and Manchester puts it in the top zone. Check the airport fare specifically rather than assuming the standard single applies.

Comparing two cities?

The comparison table puts every network’s single fare, day ticket and payment method side by side on one page.

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