How much is an incomplete journey fare Manchester Metrolink?
If you forget to touch-out, you will be charged the incomplete journey fare of £4.60 – so it's worth remembering every time.
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What happens if you get on a tram in Manchester without paying? 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 penalty fare of up to £120.
The charge for a penalty fare notice issued during an inspection is £120 and must be paid within 21 days. If you pay within 14 days of the date you received the standard fare, a 50% discount is applied, and you should pay £60.
Ticket machines at tram stopsPay by credit or debit card (including contactless up to £100) or by cash (change given) for adult, child, concession and family tram tickets: including single tickets and 1-day, weekend, 7-day and 28-day travelcards.
The Bee Network app also allows you to buy new tickets that allow you to use both buses and trams around Manchester. You can pay with either cash or a card, but you can also pay for a week's travel card (which you can upload to an igo card).
Escape Fare - These tickets are non-refundable. However, you can cancel them for a 50% credit off the total price paid and use the credit towards a new ticket purchase.
You can also travel on Metrolink in zone 1 (See tram map) at no extra cost if you have one of the following tickets:The destination on your train ticket is “Manchester Central Zone” (MANCHESTER CTLZ). This is available for train tickets from anywhere in Greater Manchester into Manchester city centre.
One way to buy a ticket is by using the 'touch in, touch out' machine. Here you can find the machine (shown in Figure 1), and simply tap your contactless card or phone with built in contactless payment at the platform that you get on the tram at. You must tap this before getting on the tram.
For your safety, all of our trams are also fitted with CCTV. There are emergency call points on all 99 stops on Metrolink, as well two onboard each tram.
Between April and December 2022 there were 91 car collisions with trams in Greater Manchester - most of them the car driver's fault, according to TFGM.
In Greater Manchester: Children under 5 years old travel for free on trams. Children aged 5-11 can pay child fares on trams. If you are aged 11-16, you must have an igo pass to travel using a child ticket on trams in Greater Manchester.