Important information if you use a Visa card with Apple Pay Express Mode https://news.expresstransit.com/apple-express-mode-visa-vulnerability/
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Visiting London? As of 2026, all six airports can be accessed with just a tap of a debit card, credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay:
✈️ London Heathrow
✈️ London City
✈️ London Gatwick
✈️ London Luton
✈️ London Stansted
✈️ London Southend
Check which cards before you go: https://expresstransit.com/london/
Google has rebranded “Tap to ride without opening Wallet” as “Express pay” for faster transit payments https://news.expresstransit.com/googles-express-pay-less-of-a-mouthful-than-tap-to-ride-without-opening-wallet/
🇭🇺🚇 Budapest: All metro lines now support contactless “Pay&GO” payments, with the expansion from M1 to M2, M3 and M4 this week https://bkk.hu/en/news/2026/04/buy-and-validate-your-single-ticket-with-a-single-tap.16407/
Students can leave their wallet at home, with Apple Pay and Google Pay now enabled for discounted concession travel on public transport in Sydney https://news.expresstransit.com/sydney-turns-on-contactless-for-concession/
Train + bus passengers in Wellington can now use contactless bank cards – Visa or Mastercard – as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay.
Drawbacks: no concessions, no passes, no free bus transfers. These will come in 2027 with the national Motu Move upgrade.
https://news.expresstransit.com/wellington-rolls-out-contactless-payments-for-bus-and-train/
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🐦🔥 Atlanta ‘tap to pay’ is here on all MARTA 🚇 rail lines, 🚌 buses, and the 🚃 Atlanta Streetcar in time for the Atlanta Pen Show this weekend and FIFA World Cup in June.
💳 Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover supported. 📱💨 Transit Mode / Express Mode too https://news.expresstransit.com/atlanta-gets-contactless-transit-everywhere-with-marta-upgrade/
💳 Contactless is now an option for nearly all stations in Tokyo, with some notable exceptions. Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and more all supported https://news.expresstransit.com/tourists-visiting-tokyo-get-more-contactless-options-with-full-tokyo-metro-coverage/
Atlanta – Contactless payments come to all MARTA stations next week. Are you ready to leave your wallet at home? 🙋 🚉 💳 📱
Visiting Sydney? Use Apple Pay or Google Pay for public transport from the moment you land. Visa, Mastercard, Amex all supported.
✅ Airport train: 🛬
✅ All train lines and metro: 🚇
✅ Light rail (tram): 🚃
✅ Ferry: ⛴️
✅ Bus: 🚌
Transit Mode enabled; just tap and go.
Updated: Melbourne and Victoria
❌ Free travel until end of April
✅ Free travel until end of May
🇳🇱🚉 Contactless transit payments in the Netherlands are set to improve with Transit Mode (Express Mode / Express pay) to be supported ‘this year - well before Christmas’ confirms Translink https://expresstransit.com/amsterdam/
It’s been two weeks since the most recent contactless zone expansion in England’s South East; making it the largest area supporting contactless travel in the country (by a wide margin)
https://news.expresstransit.com/stansted-airport-southend-airport-added-to-london-contactless-zone/
