To use Tap On, Tap Off, tap your card or device against one of our existing Platform Validators before you board a tram, and tap again when you reach your destination to complete your journey. Journeys within the City Zone will be charged a standard single adult fare. When you make additional journeys throughout the day, we’ll cap your payments at the standard Cap rate of £5. The best part is, the system works in tandem with Lothian Buses, so you can hop from tram to bus and back again, and your fare will automatically cap out at the cost of a City DAY ticket.

Plus, if you travel for additional journeys in the same week (Mon-Sun) using the same card or device, once you’ve reached the weekly cap of £24.50, you won’t pay anything else for the rest of the week.

Good To Know

• Any valid contactless enabled debit or credit card can be used, as well as Google & Apple Pay. Not sure if your card is contactless enabled? Look for the contactless symbol
• You MUST tap off the tram to complete your journey, or the journey will be registered as incomplete, and you’ll be charged the full Airport Zone fare of £7.90. This will not be included in daily or weekly capping.
• The same card or device MUST be used each time you tap on or off a tram, or tap on to a bus, or the daily and weekly fare caps will not apply
• Weekly calculation refreshes every Monday

Incomplete Journeys

When you leave the tram at your destination, you must tap the same card or device against the platform validator to end your journey. If the card is not tapped off, the journey is registered as incomplete, and you’ll be charged a single Airport Zone fare of £7.90.

This is specific to the trams and will not apply to Lothian Buses’ existing tapping system.