Train ticket types

Find the right ticket with the best price for your journey.

We always make sure to show you the cheapest fare possible, but do check each ticket type below to make sure it’s right for you.

Ticket type Journey Monday to Friday Saturday and  bank holidays Sunday
Anytime train tickets All At any time At any time, cheaper fares may be available At any time, cheaper fares may be available
Off-Peak train tickets To London Valid on trains arriving after 10:00
At any time
At any time, cheaper fares may be available
From London 09:00 or later
At any time, cheaper fares may be available
At any time, cheaper fares may be available
Non-London From 09:00
At any time, cheaper fares may be available
At any time, cheaper fares may be available
Evening Out train tickets

(single or outward portion of return ticket)
To London Valid on trains arriving 14:01 or later

Return from London Terminals 19:01, or later
Valid on trains arriving 14:01 or later

Return from London Terminals 19:01, or later
N/A
From London Valid on trains departing between 12:01 & 15:59 and after 19:00 or later

Return at any time
Valid on trains departing between 12:01 & 15:59 and after 19:00 or later

Return at any time
N/A
Non-London Valid on trains departing 12:01, or later

Return at any time
Valid on trains departing 12:01, or later

Return at any time
N/A
Super Off-Peak train tickets To London Valid on trains arriving 14:01 or later

Return from London Terminals 19:01, or later
Valid on trains arriving 14:01 or later

Return from London Terminals 19:01, or later
N/A
From London Valid on trains departing between 12:01 & 15:59 and after 19:00 or later

Return at any time
Valid on trains departing between 12:01 & 15:59 and after 19:00 or later

Return at any time
At any time
Non-London Valid on trains departing 12:01, or later

Return at any time
Valid on trains departing 12:01, or later

Return at any time
At any time
Sunday Out train tickets All N/A N/A At any time
Advance train tickets All
Booked trains only
Booked trains only
Booked trains only
Semi Flex Return train tickets All Booked train on outward journey

Off-Peak Return within one month
Booked train on outward journey

Off-Peak Return within one month
Booked train on outward journey

Off-Peak Return within one month
Season train tickets and Flexi Season All At any time
At any time
At any time

Evening peak restrictions apply when boarding at London Waterloo, Vauxhall train station and Clapham Junction, and travelling to stations outside London Zones 1-6.

For London, this includes travel to, from and through all of our stations in the Oyster pay as you go area, which are highlighted on our network map.

Please use a journey planner to check when Off-Peak and Super Off-Peak tickets are valid for travel.

Advance train tickets

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Anytime train tickets

Our most flexible tickets

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Season train tickets

If you travel on the same route regularly, you could save money and time with a season ticket

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Off-Peak train tickets

Great for late-morning meetings, when you need the evening flexibility of an Anytime tic…

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Super Off-Peak train tickets

Great for afternoons in London, and cheaper than Off-Peak tickets

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