I arrive in Scotland at Glasgow Central this Tuesday. I plan on using the underground system. Do I want to register for a Subway Smart Card online now? How do I put money on it if I do want to buy one? I’ll be in Glasgow for a total of six days with a Rabbies Tour in the middle of that time. Thank you.
Posted by
Delaware
1376 posts
Hi, Lauri,
It appears that you can only obtain a Smart Card if you live in the UK. Perhaps someone from Glasgow can chime in here to help out. It looks as though you can purchase an all day ticket for 4 pounds 20 pence. That gives you unlimited trips. If you use it three times or more in one day, you come out ahead of three single journeys at 1 pound 75 pence each. All day tickets can be purchased at any of the stations.
There is something called an Anonymous Smart Card, which can be purchased for 3 pounds at any of the stations. If you were to order a regular Smart Card on line, it would be free, but you'd have to download a photograph. The Anonymous Smart Card may be a viable alternative for you.
If you need any more information, you could ring enquiries at 011 44 141 3326811 on Monday, or e-mail them at enquiry@spt.co.uk
Good luck, and enjoy Glasgow!
Mike (Auchterless)
Posted by
London
81 posts
I think the only way they do this is by registering and then having it posted out - so unless you can find a UK address to hold it for you, I don't think you can get one. Maybe ask accommodation if you could order one a couple of weeks before your arrival?
Posted by
Lake District, England
5755 posts
This is after the event for Lauri, but is for wider use.
This is a very interesting question as, reading the website it appears that Scotland is ahead of the rest of the United Kingdom, in that any ITSO compliant (that's just a standard mark) smart card can be used on any operator.
So it would appear (and this needs to be proven by someone in actuality) that the subway tickets can be loaded, at a station ticket machine, onto any Scottish smartcard (for instance one issued by Scotrail or by Stagecoach).
So if Lauri had a weekly Stagecoach ticket the previous week in the Lake District, which could only be issued on a Stagecoach smartcard, that 'should' have worked in Glasgow. I have an English Stagecoach smartcard but have used it on Stagecoach in Scotland several times.
In the rest of the UK you need a fistful of smartcards for every different operator, so if true, this is a breakthrough.
As I say the "proof will be in the pudding".