Season Train Tickets
If you make the same journey more than three or four times a week you may find that, on the majority of routes, Season Tickets offer better value for money compared to buying daily tickets.
Season Tickets are available for seven days or any period between one month and a year.
An Annual Season Ticket will give you the greatest saving - valid for a full calendar year, you effectively get 12 weeks' free travel.
Benefits
Find out how owning a season train ticket benefits you:
- Annual Season Ticket price saving is equivalent to 12 weeks FREE travel.
- Can be used anytime, including weekends, between your two chosen stations.
- No queuing for tickets at the station, each time you travel.
- Can be used on most train operator's service between your chosen two stations.
How to Buy Your Season Ticket
- You can purchase your Season Ticket from any staffed ticket office with a valid photocard.
- Photocards are issued free of charge at the office, you will need a recent passport size photograph.
- You can quickly calculate the amount a Season Ticket would cost for any number of routes by visiting the National Rail Season Ticket Calculator, which will also display the average cost per journey when using a Season Ticket.
How to Renew Your Season Ticket
Online
You can renew your Season Ticket online up to two weeks before your current ticket expires.
Ticket Office
You can renew your Season Ticket from any staffed ticket office with a valid photocard.
When You Can Buy Your Season Train Ticket
Weekly Season Tickets
Weekly Season Tickets can be issued on the first required day of travel, if the first day is a Monday (or a Tuesday after a bank holiday) the weekly Season Ticket can be issued from 06:00 on the previous Sunday.
Season Ticket for one month or more
If your Season Ticket start date is a Sunday, Monday (or Tuesday after a bank holiday), the Season Ticket may be issued from noon on the previous Friday.
Should you require your Season Ticket to start on another day, the ticket may be issued from the afternoon of the previous day.