Digital pay as you go
Sheffield to Barnsley
We will soon be launching our new Digital Pay As You Go trial between Sheffield and Barnsley, designed to make future journey payments smart, simple and always at your fingertips.
Using GPS technology, the PAYG app tracks journeys in real time and charges you for your train travel at the end of the day. This means you will not need to buy a ticket. Just use your phone to check in and out on your journeys.
If you regularly travel this route and would like to volunteer for the trial, please sign up below and we will be in touch with instructions on how to download the app, as soon as the trial goes live:
Sign up for the trial to get started
Why use Northern Digital PAYG?
The digital pay as you go initiative is designed to give you a simple and flexible way to pay for your travel, whether you go one way, make a return trip or take multiple journeys across the network. For the purpose of the trial, you will only be able to use pay as you go between Sheffield and Barnsley.
The table below makes it easy to see the fare for your journey between Sheffield and Barnsley. Just check your start and end stations to find the cost, with separate prices for peak and off peak travel:
| DPAYG Peak Single | Sheffield | Meadowhall | Chapeltown | Elsecar | Wombwell | Barnsley |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | £2.60 | £3.20 | £4.30 | £4.30 | £4.30 | |
| Meadowhall | £2.60 | £3.00 | £3.50 | £4.20 | £4.20 | |
| Chapeltown | £3.20 | £3.00 | £2.60 | £3.50 | £3.50 | |
| Elsecar | £4.30 | £3.50 | £2.60 | £2.60 | £3.20 | |
| Wombwell | £4.30 | £4.20 | £3.50 | £2.60 | £3.10 | |
| Barnsley | £4.30 | £4.20 | £3.50 | £3.20 | £3.10 |
| DPAYG Off-Peak Single | Sheffield | Meadowhall | Chapeltown | Elsecar | Wombwell | Barnsley |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | £2.20 | £2.70 | £3.60 | £3.60 | £3.60 | |
| Meadowhall | £2.20 | £2.60 | £3.00 | £3.60 | £3.60 | |
| Chapeltown | £2.70 | £2.60 | £2.20 | £3.00 | £3.00 | |
| Elsecar | £3.60 | £3.00 | £2.20 | £2.20 | £2.70 | |
| Wombwell | £3.60 | £3.60 | £3.00 | £2.20 | £2.60 | |
| Barnsley | £3.60 | £3.60 | £3.00 | £2.70 | £2.60 |
Join Northern PAYG to get £15 introductory travel credit
We will be giving £15 introductory travel credit via the Northern PAYG app for anyone taking part in the trial. See below for full terms and conditions.
The promoter of this promotion is Northern Trains Limited (trading as Northern) of George Stephenson House, Toft Green, York YO1 6JT (the “Promoter”).
The “Promotional Route” means any journey made on any service on the route between Sheffield and Barnsley as part of the Digital Pay as you Go trial scheme in partnership with the Department for Transport and ECR Hop On.
You will be given a £15 credit against your account (“Credit”). The Credit will apply only to new users who do not already have a DPAYG account. There is a maximum of one Credit applied to your account. The Credit will be a one off set off against the value of tickets bought for Services on the DPAYG Network until the one Credit is exhausted