Buy your ticket quickly and easily with contactless payment

Contactless payment is a fast and secure way to purchase tickets. You can use contactless payment to buy adult single tickets. Select the zones and tap your debit or credit card or the payment app on your phone to the card reader. The ticket is stored on the card or device you used to buy it, and you can board.

If you buy several tickets within 24 hours using the same card or device, the total amount you pay is automatically capped at the price of the day ticket that covers your journeys.

Buying a ticket using contactless payment.

Buying tickets with contactless payment

Fares

Zones AB, BC, CD, DE
€3.50 (fare cap for contactless payment: €10.60)

Zones ABC, BCD, CDE
€4.80 (fare cap for contactless payment: €12.80)

Zones ABCD, BCDE
€5.30 (fare cap for contactless payment: €13.80)

Zones ABCDE
€6.50 (fare cap for contactless payment: €17.20)

You can use contactless payment to buy adult single tickets. However, tickets purchased with contactless payment can also be used by other passengers, not just adults. The prices are valid until further notice from 2 June 2026.

Payment methods

You can buy tickets with contactless payment using the following payment methods:

Debit/Credit (Visa, Mastercard)
Apple Pay
Google Pay
MobilePay (Danske Bank)

Your payment method can be a physical debit or credit card, or a device such as a smartwatch or phone with your card added to it.

To ensure that your purchases count towards the same fare cap, use the same payment method throughout the 24-hour period. Please note that your physical payment card and the same card added to a mobile device are treated as different payment methods.

How to buy a ticket for someone traveling with you

You can use contactless payment to buy adult single tickets for one or more people traveling with you. You can buy up to 10 tickets at a time.

Buy all the tickets in a single transaction by selecting the number of tickets using the + button. You cannot buy multiple tickets in separate transactions one after another. Watch the video on buying multiple tickets (YouTube).

Please note that the contactless payment fare cap is personal. If you buy several tickets in one transaction, only one of them counts towards the fare cap. The other tickets purchased in the same transaction are charged as usual.

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1 Select travel zone.
2 Press the + button.
3 Select the number of tickets and press OK.
4 Pay with your debit/credit card.

Contactless payment on different modes of transport

Tickets purchased with contactless payment are valid on all HSL public transport: on trams, commuter trains, buses, ferries, and the Metro. You can also use the ticket to transfer between modes of transport.

On buses, trams, and trains, simply tap your debit or credit card at the reader when you board.

If you're taking the Metro or ferry, you must buy your ticket at a card reader before entering the payment area. At most Metro stations, the payment area begins at the card readers located at the top of the escalators to the platforms. At the ferry pier, it begins at the card readers just before boarding.

Please note that contactless payment is not yet available on U line buses.

A fare cap applies to contactless payment

You can use contactless payment to buy adult single tickets. From 2 November 2026, if you make several journeys within 24 hours, the total amount you pay is automatically capped at the price of the day ticket that covers your journeys. You don’t need to decide in advance whether to buy several single tickets or a day ticket.

How the fare cap works:

No need to choose between single tickets and a day ticket

The 24-hour period starts when you buy your first ticket using contactless payment. The card reader automatically recognizes your payment method and the zones you select, and you’ll pay no more than the price of the day ticket that covers your journeys.

Same payment method

Buy all the tickets you need during the 24-hour period using the same payment method so that all your purchases count towards the same fare cap.

The fare cap is based on the zones you travel in

The fare cap is based on all the zones you travel in during the 24-hour period. For example, if you make all but one of your journeys in zones AB but make one journey to zone C, your fare cap will be the price of an ABC day ticket.

Fare caps correspond to the current prices of adult day tickets.

The fare cap is personal

If you buy several single tickets in one contactless transaction, only one of them counts towards the fare cap.

Buy a ticket for every journey

Buy a ticket at the card reader before every journey, even after you have reached the fare cap.

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HSL fare zones

The HSL area is divided into five zones, identified by letters A, B, C, D and E. When buying a ticket, select all the zones you travel through. In zones A, B and C, you must always buy a ticket for at least two zones (an AB or BC ticket), as there are no one-zone tickets for zones A, B and C.

Need help using contactless payment?

If you’re having trouble, our instructions page covers the most common issues and how to solve them.

See the instructions

Other ways to buy tickets

HSL app

Top up your HSL card

Sales and service points