Merseyrail Tap & Go

[Bletchleyite]

It allows you to enter and exit a station (as in the name lol), and I've done it a few times now to see people off on platforms or to even simply use the water dispensers in Liverpool Central on a hot day. Kind of useless for most people but it's quite cool if you want to try!

A very useful use case for that would be to use the toilets, though I suppose Central is so close to Lime St that you can just go to the latter where they are "landside" anyway.

 

[gray1404]

I don't think this is documented anywhere and people may/may not have noticed so I'd like to share...

Tap & Go with Merseyrail has a £0.00 "Same Station Entry and Exit" fare. I spoke with customer support and I've tested it myself, and if you tap in and out of the same station between 2-30 minutes (2 minutes to avoid an accidental tap and 30 minutes to avoid an incomplete journey), you can get this fare.

It allows you to enter and exit a station (as in the name lol), and I've done it a few times now to see people off on platforms or to even simply use the water dispensers in Liverpool Central on a hot day. Kind of useless for most people but it's quite cool if you want to try!

I've only tried this on my Metrocard so keep that in mind, I'm unsure if it works on cEMV but I don't see why not.

I've done this at Liverpool Central within 30 seconds and received a £0.00 charge. Accidentally tapped in with a bank card when I had a ticket already. Of course there is an entry barrier and an exit barrier so there was no need to wait two minutes.