There are three Robin Hood cards to choose from: Pay As You Go (PAYG) for occasional travellers, Flexible Days for flexible travellers, or Season for regular travellers.

Both cards provide you with the convenience of integrated travel across Greater Nottingham without the need for cash.

Robin Hood PAYG is a multi-operator card that acts as an electronic purse – deducting travel as you use it. There’s no need for cash or tickets, the card does the hard work for you – capping at the best price for the day.

Robin Hood PAYG can be used on:

• Nottingham City Transport
• trentbarton (except skylink express, red arrow and night buses)
• Kinchbus
• NET tram
• Linkbuses / CT4N

PAYG cards are available for adults, students and under 19s. All PAYG cards can be purchased online or at the Nottingham Tourism and Travel Centre. Adult cards can also be purchased at any of our handy on-street ticket machines.

All adult, student and under 19 PAYG cards can be topped up at the on-street machines and via our mobile app. When topping up your card, follow the on-screen instructions and select the amount you would like to add to your card. This can be either £5, £10, £20 or £50. The maximum balance you can have on your card is £100.

Keep your card safe and check on your card balance

Register or login to your Robin Hood account. Registered Robin Hood users can view their card balance on their account and top up their card too. The balance shown is on the latest data received from the operators and can take up to 48 hours to update. For an exact balance you can place your card on any on-street Robin Hood ticket machine or, if you are using the Robin Hood Ticketing app, tap on the ‘check card’ link.

£2 single bus fares

The £2 single bus fare scheme has been extended into 2024, so a single journey on your Robin Hood PAYG card will remain at £2 until further notice, thanks to the Government’s ‘Help for Households’ campaign.

To get the £2 single fare using your Robin Hood PAYG card, just tap your card onto the reader when you board the bus as normal. The system will automatically offer you the correct fare. The £2 single bus fare is offered at the bus operator’s discretion.

When you travel using your PAYG card, you can get two single trips for £2 each – once you travel for a third time, you will be charged the Robin Hood day cap (for Adult PAYG cardholders, this ranges from £5.00 to £6.20 depending on the operator(s) you use).

Please note: From Sunday 31 March, there have been some changes to the Robin Hood PAYG prices, outlined below. Our Robin Hood prices are set in line with local participating operator’s prices, and whilst inflation has fallen and the bus industry continues to receive some government financial support as it recovers post pandemic, costs continue to rise and operators have to set fares which cover the cost of operating their services.

PAYG pricing:

Adult

Student and 19-21s

•  Please note that 19-21 cards require proof of age and you will need to have a photo taken for the card. You will also need proof of a Nottinghamshire address.
• Your 19-21 card will stop working the day before your 22nd birthday.
• This scheme is part of the UK Government’s Bus Strategy Improvement Plan – more on this project here.
• If you wish to buy a Student card, you will need to present an in-date photo student ID issued by your place of study, e.g. your university or college.

Under 19

•  Please note that Under 19 cards require proof of age, and you will need to have a photo taken for the card.
• Your card will stop working the day before your 19th birthday.