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15 December 2020: Passengers can now travel using Thameslink and Great Northern smartphone e-tickets at eight stations in Herts, Cambs and Beds, helping people socially distance, preventing the spread of Covid-19.
Barcode readers have just been installed on ticket gates at:
Hitchin
Huntingdon
St Neots
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People can now travel using Southern and Thameslink smartphone e-tickets at 11 more railway stations in Sussex and Surrey, helping people socially distance, preventing the spread of Covid-19.
Barcode readers have just been installed on ticket gates at:
Hassocks
Burgess Hill
Haywards Heath
Three Bridge
Railcards giving discounts of between a third and 50% can now be used on Great Northern, Thameslink and Southern’s “keyGo” pay-as-you-go smartcard service.
The innovation completely removes the need to queue or book ahead for most paper or online tickets, which supports social distancing for passengers and station staff during coronavirus restrictions.
This industry-first expansion of smartc
Passengers who need to travel by rail can help socially distance by skipping station queues and buying their weekly, monthly and annual season tickets from the comfort of their own home.
Customers of Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern can now simply buy season tickets through the train firms’ free OnTrack phone app and tap their Key smartcard to their NFC-enabled smartphone (see editor’s n
• Key Smartcard convenience dispensed at self-service station machines on Thameslink, Great Northern and Southern networks Thameslink, Great Northern and Southern passengers can now pick up a free, highly convenient reusable Key Smartcard directly from kiosks at 12 of the operators’ busiest stations outside London.
A Harlington commuter is celebrating after winning back the value of her season ticket through Govia Thameslink Railway’s monthly competition for Key Smartcard season ticket holders.
An East Grinstead commuter is celebrating after winning £3,696 with Govia Thameslink Railway’s competition for Key Smartcard season ticket holders.
A delighted St Albans woman is the first Govia Thameslink Railway commuter to win the value of her season ticket.
Rail commuters in the Southeast can now use time-saving, convenient smartcards in place of paper tickets across the Thameslink, Southern, Great Northern and Southeastern networks
GTR's Key Smartcard network expanding across other operators’ networks Mobile phone tickets also available at over 160 stations
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