Starting March 8, 2026, 20 Essex stations will offer contactless pay-as-you-go ticketing with fare caps on key London routes.

Starting March 8, 2026, 20 additional Essex stations on Greater Anglia’s network, including Southend Airport, Chelmsford, and Beaulieu Park, will offer pay-as-you-go contactless ticketing. The expansion covers key routes to London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport, enabling automatic fare calculation with daily and weekly caps. The rollout, part of a UK-wide modernization effort with the Department for Transport and Transport for London, requires passengers to tap in and out correctly to ensure accurate charges.