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Top up a Swift card

You can top up your Swift card:

  • online
  • on the TfWM app
  • at a Payzone store
  • at a Swift ticket machine

Top-up online

To top up your card online, log in to your Swift account and select the card you'd like to add money to. Choose the amount you want to add, and checkout.

You have to activate the top-up by using either:

  • the TfWM app
  • a Swift ticket machine

TfWM (formerly Swift) app

If you have a smartphone you can activate the top-up on your card from home using the app.

For an Android device, get the app from the Google Play Store.

For an iPhone, get the app from the App Store.

When you’ve downloaded it:

  1. Open the app
  2. Select the Swift Collector
  3. Hold your Swift card to the back of your phone
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions

Payzone stores and Swift ticket machines

You top up your card in person at:

There are Swift ticket machines at:

  • Blythe Valley Park, Shirley - Removal of this machine is happening soon. 
  • Coventry bus station
  • Coventry Interchange
  • Dudley bus station
  • Walsall bus station
  • West Bromwich bus station
  • Wolverhampton bus station

New Swift Ticket Machines coming soon:

  • Wolverhampton
  • Bilston
  • Merry Hill
  • Stourbridge
  • Halesowen
  • Walsall
  • Wednesbury
  • West Brom
  • Coventry
  • Bearwood
  • Station road
  • Moor Street

Auto top-up

We can automatically keep your pay-as-you-go Swift card topped up. We will automatically top up your card by charging your bank card if your balance drops below £10.

You can choose the amount your Swift card is topped up with:

  • £10
  • £20
  • £30
  • £40

You need to set up auto top-up in your Swift account.

You can change your auto top-up amount or cancel it at any time in your Swift account.

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