Special Offers Senior Railcard

Summary

If you're 60 or over, you can buy a Senior Railcard for only £26. Save 1/3 on Standard and First Class rail fares.

Offer details

With a Senior Railcard anyone 60 years or over can save 1/3 on Standard and First Class rail fares throughout Great Britain for a whole year.

The card costs just £26, so if you make one journey that normally costs £71 or a couple of shorter trips you've covered the cost. And you can look forward to dramatic savings for 12 whole months.

There are plenty of ways you can use your Railcard, for both long and short trips. Better still you can use it almost anytime during the week, weekends and Public Holidays. The only restriction is morning peak period services, Monday to Friday (not including Public Holidays) when journeys are made wholly within the London and South East area. For more details see time restrictions.

As with anything in life there are some exceptions, so check the different ticket types and whether to see your Senior Railcard discount applies.

Key conditions

1. Tickets for your journey should be purchased before boarding the train and when buying tickets you must show the Railcard. You must have the Railcard with you on your journey and show the valid Railcard and ticket to rail staff at their request. If you do not show both the Railcard and the ticket, you will be required to pay the full price Standard or First Class Single fare, as appropriate for your journey as if no ticket was purchased before starting the journey and in some cases a penalty fare. This does not apply if there was no ticket office at the station at which you began your journey or if the ticket office was closed and there was no ticket machine from which you could buy a discounted ticket. 2. Time restrictions - ask for details. 3. In the case of some low price tickets the actual discount with a Railcard may be slightly lower than that advertised. 3. The right is reserved to revise these Conditions and availability of the tickets detailed here. The Train Companies will endeavour to give three months' notice of any changes before they are due to come into effect. 4. Tickets issued to the holder of the Railcard are issued subject to the National Rail Conditions of Carriage. Copies of the National Rail Conditions of Carriage are available from any staffed station ticket office.

Train Companies and area maps

Train Companies:

ATOC, Arriva Trains Wales, c2c, Chiltern Railways, East Midlands Trains, First Capital Connect, Grand Central, East Coast, First Great Western, Gatwick Express, Heathrow Connect, First Hull Trains, Heathrow Express, Island Line Trains, National Express East Anglia, London Midland, London Overground, Merseyrail, Northern Rail, Southeastern, Southern, ScotRail, South West Trains, Stansted Express, First TransPennine Express, Virgin Trains, Wrexham & Shropshire, CrossCountry, National Rail

Fares

Adult

£26 for a whole year

Validity

Applies

From: 12/11/2007 Until: Until further notice

Times

Not specified

Available for purchase

From: 12/11/2007 Until: Until further notice

How to buy your tickets

To buy online, you will need a valid UK driving licence or passport number to prove that you're eligible. Your Railcard will be dispatched within three working days, and will be sent first class post. Please ensure that you allow enough time before your journey for your Railcard to reach you.

PLEASE NOTE: When planning a journey with our Journey Planner, in the Passengers and Railcards section simply select the number and type of Railcards that you will be travelling with and click 'Add' after each selection. When the fares are displayed, click on one of the prices to see how much money you've saved by using your Railcard!