Accompanied child flat fare - Great Northern & Thameslink

From 8th March 2023

Up to 4 children accompanied by an adult holding a valid ticket or travel pass for the entire journey, can travel for £2 each at Off-Peak or Super Off-Peak times.

On train services operated by Great Northern and Thameslink across most of the Great Northern & Thameslink network.

For journeys between Brighton, Gatwick Airport and London on the Brighton Mainline, so long as the adult ticket is valid for travel on Gatwick Express and Southern train services, they can be used on these trains as well as Thameslink services.

They're available where the adult passenger is holding one of the following tickets, that is valid for the journey being made:

• Season or Travelcard Season ticket

• Single or Return tickets 

• One Day Travelcards

• Advance tickets

These include tickets that are discounted with a Railcard (including those that give a discount on child fares, such as Family & Friends or Network Railcards), GroupSave or other discount card.

A London Freedom Pass holder can also take up to 4 children with them for £2 each, so long as they also have a valid ticket for the part of the journey outside the London Freedom Pass area.

They're not available if the adult is using:

• Pay As You Go (PAYG) with an Oyster Card, contactless bank card or mobile device 

• keyGo 

To pay for their journey.

As well as single and return tickets, a £2 accompanied child One Day Travelcard is available for journeys from stations outside of the London Zones 1-6 area.

But the £2 One Day Travelcard is only valid where the adult passenger also has a valid One Day Travelcard or Travelcard Season Ticket. 

Travel is not permitted on other operators services except with the £2 One Day Travelcard where travel is permitted on the same National Rail and Transport for London services within Zones 1-6 as a normal child rate One Day Travelcard.

Adults

• Minimum: 1

Children

• Minimum: 1