No plans for ‘pay-as-you-go’ at Welshpool Railway Station

Welshpool and Newtown railway stations won’t be having tap in and tap out train travel anytime soon after Transport for Wales (TfW) told us they are focussing on their north and south Wales networks.

Tap in and tap out train travel is now available at 25 stations in North East Wales as TfW extends the ticketing product to 10 new stations on the network

TfW first launched tap in and tap out ticketing in North Wales in May 2026 at 15 stations across the region and following its success has now extended it further.

But the pay-as-you-go option won’t be coming to Mid Wales anytime soon after the railway operator told us: “There are currently no plans to introduce pay-as-you-go on the Cambrian line.

“Our current focus is on widening access to existing tap in and tap out schemes and making them available to more customers across our network. We continue to keep future opportunities under review as we develop our ticketing and customer experience offer.”

Pay-as-you-go gives customers a simpler and more flexible way to travel without needing to buy a ticket before their journey. By tapping in and tapping out, customers are charged the best value equivalent fare for the journeys they make and can also benefit from daily and weekly fare capping to further improve value.