(09 Dec 2025, 5:19 pm)Economic505 wrote In London, people use bank cards for one off journeys. I go to London to visit my place of work and use my bank card . I claim the Tube fares on expenses. However, if I lived there, I would probably purchase a monthly ticket , which would be on my Oyster card. 

BTW, isn’t the tech that POP uses, the same as Oyster? It’s just different branding.

Yeah, it's pretty much the same tech, but awfully project managed.

Pop Blue cards are Pay and Go cards though. Season tickets can't/won't be loaded on to them, and they'd instead need to be a different card. It shouldn't be that much of a change for anyone in Tyne and Wear, as there's always been a requirement for ID at 16 and under for the CAT fares.