touch out

present singular third person touches out · participle present touching out · participle past touched out · past touched out

1. intransitiveTo conclude an electronic ticketing process at the end of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader

   Commuters have been told not to keep two contactless bank cards in their wallet as the wrong one could be charged when they touch in or out.

   2014 July 25, Miles Brignall, “Contactless bank cards could see tube customers ditch Oyster cards”, in The Guardian, retrieved 03 May 2024

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   If you touch in with a local transit card, then touch out at the same station within the hour, your transit card is not charged, making it possible to visit a store or see someone off on a train cost-free.

   2019 January 8, Feargus O'Sullivan, “How Dutch Transit Agencies Fend Off Fare Evaders”, in Bloomberg, retrieved 03 May 2024

   Tom Page, general manager of the DLR, said at the meeting that differences in data might also come from passengers not touching in or out if they had special ticket types such as Freedom Passes.

   2023 December 19, Joe Coughlan, “Docklands Light Railway fare evaders dodge almost £11m in decade”, in BBC, retrieved 03 May 2024

   Synonyms: tap out, tap off