Season train tickets

Save money on regular travel with Season Tickets

Season tickets are a great option for frequent travellers if you’re making the same journey at least three or four times a week. Not only are they cheaper per journey than daily tickets, you also get unlimited travel on your route.

Buying the right Season ticket

Season tickets are available in a few different options and it can be hard to decide which one to choose. Our guide below will help you decide which Season ticket you need.

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) Season tickets

If you are looking to buy a Season ticket within the West Midlands rail zones and specified Out of County stations, you'll need a TfWM Network ticket. Network tickets are available in two types for use on our trains:

  • nTrain season tickets gives you unlimited train travel on all participating train operators within the specified rail zones
  • nNetwork season tickets gives you unlimited train, bus and tram travel within the specified rail zones

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How to buy Network tickets

You can use the TfWM ticket finder to find the best ticket for you. You can also buy TfWM tickets from a

  • train station ticket office throughout the West Midlands rail zone areas
  • Travel centre
  • Swift kiosk
  • on-board a tram or bus

Buy Network Season tickets (via the TfWM website)

Station-to-station Season tickets

Station-to-station Season Tickets allow unlimited travel in both directions between two stations. You can buy a Season Ticket for seven days or any period between one month and a year:

  • Weekly - Unlimited travel for 7 consecutive days, pay for just five days. Cheaper than 5 Anytime Day Returns.​
  • Monthly - Cheaper than 4 separate weekly tickets, start on any day and it's available for a whole calendar month. Alternatively, choose your own time frame with a Monthly+.
  • Annual - The best value season ticket, giving you 52 weeks travel for the price of just 40. Eligible for further discounts on leisure rail travel with an Annual Gold Card.

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  • First class Season Tickets are available on selected routes
  • Include Plusbus for getting to/from the station and avoid having two separate tickets to carry about.

How to buy Station-to-station Season tickets

You can buy your Season Ticket online instead of queuing at the train station on the day of travel. You can also buy season tickets via:

  • our app
  • any station ticket office
  • any self-service ticket machines
  • calling us on 0333 311 0039

Buy Station-to-station Season tickets

Flexi-season tickets

The Flexi Season ticket offers 8 days of travel in 28 days – any time between two stations. It’s a flexible solution that’s perfect if you need to travel to work a couple of times a week at peak time Monday to Friday.

Offers great savings against buying Anytime Day tickets and allows you to choose which days to travel. Also available for West Midlands rail zones 1-5 and out of county stations.

Learn more about Flexi-Season tickets

Further details

You will need to be able to produce a National Rail Photocard (as a form of ID) to buy and travel with a Season Ticket with a validity period of 28 days/1 month or longer. Ticket offices offer these for free; all you need to do is provide a recent passport-type photograph of yourself.

If you are unable to access a ticket office or purchasing online, we can also accept a standard form of ID - for example a driver's licence, as proof of identification.

Travelcard season tickets offer unlimited travel anytime within the chosen Travelcard Zones on National Rail, London Underground, DLR, London Bus Network and London Trams services for the period for which the ticket is valid.

To add a Travelcard to a Season Ticket set your destination station to the London zone you require, eg ‘London Underground Zone 1-6’ or ‘London Underground Zones 1-2’.

Travel to school, college or university every day by train? With our termly Student Season Ticket you or your child can get up to 50% discount on the usual season ticket price. Learn more on our Student Season ticket page .

If you buy an Annual Season Ticket for journeys that start and end within the Annual Gold Card area – see map for eligibility, you’ll automatically qualify for the Annual Gold Card. Annual Gold Card gives you 12 months of travel discounts for yourself and other people travelling with you. Eligible routes include:

  • Long Buckby - London Euston (including Marston Vale and Abbey line)
  • London - West Midlands as far west as Shrewsbury and as far north as Stafford

Annual Gold Cards benefits

  • 1/3 off Standard and First Class Anytime and Off-Peak tickets for the cardholder and up to three adults aged 16 or over travelling with them
  • 60% off child fares for up to four children aged between 5 and 15 years (subject to a £1 minimum fare)
  • Up to two children aged under 5 years travel free of charge
  • A one-year Railcard for £10 for you or a friend
  • 1/3 off Off-Peak Day Travelcard Zones 1-6
  • 1/3 off Oyster Off-Peak pay as you go single fares and the pay as you go daily price cap (after 09:30 Monday to Friday) for journeys on National Rail, London Underground and Docklands Light Railway services. The Annual Gold Card discount must be loaded on the Oyster card at London Underground ticket offices and is available to the Annual Gold Card holder only
  • 1/3 off Anytime Day Travelcards when bought as part of your ticket to London from outside London Zones 1-9 (subject to time restrictions and a £19.10 minimum fare)
  • 1/3 off PLUSBUS Day tickets in the Network Railcard area
  • Discounts on journeys to the Isle of Wight using Wightlink, Red Funnel and HoverTravel

Discounts are available for travel at or after 09:30 hours on Mondays to Fridays. Valid at any time on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

For more information on the Gold Card please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk/goldcard