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Fixed Family Single (1st Class)

The following terms and conditions apply to this type of ticket. Please note that some tickets have restrictions on the days or times you can travel. Please check before you travel.

Terms and Conditions

Description

Fixed Family Advance tickets are single (one-way) tickets for many longer and some shorter distance journeys, are available in First Class and Standard Class and can offer the best available price for each journey. These tickets are for groups of up to six consisting of a minimum of one adult and one child and up to two adults and up to four children.

Tickets must be booked in advance of travel and are subject to availability.

Advance tickets are valid only on the specific booked train, but can be changed before departure of the first reserved service.

Single or Return

Single

Operator

  • Avanti West Coast
  • c2c
  • Chiltern Railways
  • CrossCountry
  • East Midlands Railway
  • Gatwick Express
  • Grand Central
  • Great Northern
  • Great Western Railway
  • Greater Anglia
  • Heathrow Express
  • Hull Trains
  • Island Line
  • LNER
  • London Northwestern Railway
  • London Overground
  • Merseyrail
  • Northern
  • ScotRail
  • South Western Railway
  • Southeastern
  • Southern
  • Stansted Express
  • Elizabeth line
  • Thameslink
  • TransPennine Express
  • Transport for Wales
  • West Midlands Railway

Standard Class Ticket Code

WF1

Availability

Purchase Location

Any National Rail staffed ticket office, train company telesales office, online at most train company website and selected rail appointed travel agents.

Some Advance fares (particularly the very cheapest) or additional availability on low quota fares are only available to purchase direct from the train company that the ticket is valid to travel with - usually only via own website GWR.com.

Purchase Availability

The 'Family ticket' fares are available for purchase all year round (inclusive). Tickets are valid only on the date and train service(s) shown on the ticket(s). Where applicable, valid only for travel in the class and reserved seat(s) shown on the ticket(s).

Pre-booking Requirement

Tickets must be purchased in advance of travel, subject to availability. Generally, the earlier the ticket is booked the better the deal. Tickets are available up to 12 weeks before travel. Tickets must be purchased in advance and is not available for purchase once the service has departed. This ticket is not guaranteed on any train and availability may be limited.

Reservations Compulsory

Yes

Yes, Seat reservations are compulsory and free of charge. Customers must travel on the trains and seats that they reserve. If customers travel on different dates or trains to those reserved, they will have to purchase a new ticket at the full fare.

Discounts

Children

No

Railcards

No

General Conditions

Change of Journey/Excess Fare paid

Where an excess fare has been paid up to the price of a walk-up ticket, the excess fare paid varies the terms under which the passenger can travel, but it does not alter the refund terms of the original Advance ticket.

If the passenger subsequently asks for a refund on the combination of Advance ticket, Excess Fare paid and any administration fees paid, the Advance ticket and change of journey fee remain non-refundable and a refund is only payable on the difference in fare paid. This may be subject to a refund fee of no more than £10 per group ticket.

If your journey is cancelled or disrupted

If the train you purchased a ticket for is cancelled or delayed by more than 60 minutes, special arrangements will be made to accommodate them on another train (although a seat cannot be guaranteed).

If the train you purchased a ticket for is cancelled or delayed, and as a result you decide not to travel, a refund will be offered on completely unused tickets and you will not be charged an administration fee.

There may be rare occasions where a cheaper Advance fare becomes available closer to the time of travel, for example if a group booking is cancelled and extra seats become available. Please note that in these circumstances Advance tickets that have already been bought cannot be refunded in part or in full.

Outward Journey

Day Of Travel

Valid only on the date shown on the ticket.

Time Of Travel

Valid only at the specified time and train printed on the ticket.

Break Of Journey

Customers may not start, break and resume, or end their journey at any intermediate station except to change to/from connecting trains as shown on the ticket(s) or other valid travel itinerary.

Return Journey

Day Of Travel

Not applicable.

Time Of Travel

Not applicable.

Break Of Journey

Not applicable. Advance are single tickets only.

Refunds

Advance tickets are non-refundable.

Changes To Travel Plans

Changes to time or date of travel must be arranged before departure of the first reserved train printed on the ticket, after which the ticket has no value and a new one must be purchased. Customers will need to present the ticket(s) and reservation(s) when they request a change.

Changes to tickets cannot be made on-board the train. If customers board a train without a ticket and reservation for that service, a new ticket must be purchased.

The origin, destination and Train Company or route shown on the ticket(s) must remain the same.

The difference between the price paid and cost of the next suitable fare for the journey is payable.

An administration fee of no more than £10 may be charged per ticket (per group) for each change to a journey. If customers change to a train on which a cheaper fare is available, the difference will not be refunded.

Please note: Where an Advance ticket has been purchased online and the ticket has either been self-printed at home or downloaded to a mobile device this may alter the rules for changing the ticket. The relevant conditions will be made clear when the ticket is bought. These terms and conditions (“terms”) apply to the discounted fares offered by GWR for Families travelling with this ticket.

These terms apply in addition to GWR's full ticket terms and conditions, and in the event of any conflict between any of these terms and the full ticket terms and conditions these terms will prevail.