In plain English
This means marking the beginning of travel by briefly touching a contactless fare medium to a reader. It records that a journey has started or that someone has entered the public transport system.
In context
Here, "tap in" tells passengers to touch their contactless ticket, card, or phone on the reader to register their entry at the start of the journey.
- Situation
- Using rail, bus, metro, ride, and local-transit tickets and service updates
- What it communicates
- instructs passengers to present a fare medium at entry.
Meaning limits
The term only covers recording the start of entry or travel, not whether travel is authorised or how the trip will be charged.
Examples
“She tapped in with her phone at the station gate before boarding the train.”
“Tap in with your card at the reader by the bus door.”