touch in

English

Verb

touch in (third-person singular simple present touches in, present participle touching in, simple past and past participle touched in)

1. (intransitive) to initiate a payment process at the start of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader

   Synonym: tap in

   • 2014 July 25, Miles Brignall, “Contactless bank cards could see tube customers ditch Oyster cards”, in The Guardian‎^[1], retrieved 3 May 2024:

     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.

   • 2019 January 8, Feargus O'Sullivan, “How Dutch Transit Agencies Fend Off Fare Evaders”, in Bloomberg‎^[2], retrieved 3 May 2024:

     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.

   • 2023 December 19, Joe Coughlan, “Docklands Light Railway fare evaders dodge almost £11m in decade”, in BBC‎^[3], retrieved 3 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.