{"id":95269,"date":"2025-03-18T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=95269"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:25:56","slug":"i-spent-a-day-travelling-round-cardiff-by-train-and-using-this-one-tip-saved-me-nearly-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/03\/18\/i-spent-a-day-travelling-round-cardiff-by-train-and-using-this-one-tip-saved-me-nearly-8\/","title":{"rendered":"I spent a day travelling round Cardiff by train and using this one tip saved me nearly \u00a38"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Using the new Pay-As-You-Go system, I even made it to Newport on a single fare for the entire day<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SPENDING a day travelling Cardiff by train may seem like a waste of time and money, but after testing out a new way to pay, it was cheaper than I expected it to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was because I travelled using the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) system offered by Transport for Wales (TfW), letting me pay for travel by tapping my card or phone in and out at ticket barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking seven train journeys around the city – including one to Newport – set me back only \u00a35.90 using PAYG. The total cost of the journeys with standard tickets was \u00a313.80, which meant a saving of almost \u00a37.90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone who uses the city\u2019s buses may be used to paying for journeys by tapping their card or phone when entering and exiting buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, you may not be aware that this new way to pay, which has already been used for over 150,000 journeys<\/a> since launching in November last year, can also be used on Cardiff trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about how it worked, I spent a day travelling on trains to test out the system for myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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