What happens if you forget to tap off on GO Transit?

Missed Tap Off Cost If you don't have a default set on your card and you forget to tap off at the end of your trip, you'll be charged the fare to the last stop on the train line or bus route and with your fare type and any applicable loyalty discounts applied.



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What happens if I forget to tap off? You will be charged the single fare to the end of the route, so always remember to tap off in order to pay the correct fare.

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Tap On, Tap Off is as simple as it sounds, you tap on by placing your contactless bank card or enabled device onto the ticket machine reader when you board the bus and tap off on the designated card reader when you leave.

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Tap On, Tap Off for return journeys In addition, if you decide to make several journeys in that day your fare will be capped at the daily rate. Using Tap On, Tap off means you only pay for the journeys you have made and gives you more flexibility should your travel needs change.

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When customers use the bathroom on our newer coaches, it all goes in a chemical holding tank – or a 'retention tank'. And what about the smell? The toilets are flushed with a blue chemical that has a cherry scent. GO Transit estimates an annual usage of 1.2 million litres of the blue stuff from all fleets.

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If you don't have a default set on your card and you forget to tap off at the end of your trip, you'll be charged the fare to the last stop on the train line or bus route and with your fare type and any applicable loyalty discounts applied.

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Check with the lost and found department at the bus company to see if someone turned it in. Call the phone company and have it disconnected or go there and have the services transferred to a new phone. Some cell phone companies let you log into their website and suspend the phones services right away.

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It's not just our batteries getting a boost: these buses are equipped with USB chargers for passengers to charge their personal devices for convenient power on-the-go.

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You tap in and the machine immediately deducts the flat fare. The driver will see you do this and challenge you if you don't. It's a flat fare for a trip of any length and this makes tapping out unnecessary. Indeed flat fares were introduced to make this work.

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Should you press the stop button on a bus? If the bus has a stop button, use it. Sometimes you have to pull a cord (usually around and above the windows) or press on a rubbery strip to do the same thing. Watch the other passengers and look around the bus.

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Near field communication (NFC) must be turned on to make contactless payments.

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