Railcard
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel | Free | Train Information Services Limited | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
With a Railcard, you’ll enjoy ⅓ off fares when you go by train.
Available Instantly- after buying a Railcard, add it to your phone straight away*
Avoid the queues- simply buy a Railcard online and add it to your mobile to get started
Never forget your Railcard again- Your Railcard will be stored on your mobile, ready for your next train journey.
Suitable for storing newly-purchased 16-25 Railcards, Family & Friends Railcard, Senior Railcards, Two Together Railcards, Disabled Persons Railcard and Network Railcards.
Download the app to find out which card you may be eligible for.
*Most Railcards are available instantly on your mobile. However, if you’re a mature student who wishes to buy a 16-25 Railcard, or have a disability and wish to buy a Disabled Person's Railcard, your application requires you to submit evidence of eligibility. These applications will not be available instantly, as they will require approval before releasing the Railcard (Typically 48 hours).
Reviews
Regret purchase of online card
vincula
Tried to use online senior railcard but was refused at Torquay ticket office as my iphone had no internet in the station. Showed clerk a screenshot of online railcard with my photo but he made me pay full price as it wasn’t ‘live’ This is worse than regular railcard. What is the point of the photo if the ticket office won’t accept?
Confused
jeanchab
I don’t understand why we need a whole app just to display a rail card, but the app is nice.
Covid extension?
elegant B&B London
Why isn’t Railcard extending validity like airlines have? Could not use it for at least 4 months, right?
Fit for Purpose, but Cumbersome Renewal
danierae
For the purpose of showing the Railcard, there isn’t much for the App to actually do, and it serves the function of being a digital card. The renewal process however, was cumbersome. When your card is about to expire, it shows a notification of “expiring soon - renew now” which redirects you to the website via browser. But the browser doesn’t prompt you to login from that redirect until you finished all the steps before payment - then it asks you to log-in and then you repeat all of the previous steps.
Waiting 24 minutes and 58 seconds
Kennicky777
No flippin answer, I got place be. This was ridiculous.
Phenomenal Investment
Cindyloveskorea
I thought people were exaggerating when they said it would give great discounts. It wasn’t until I went to purchase a train ticket to Birmingham did I experience the amazing discount. My ticket originally would of been around 40-50£s but I paid 12 £s for my ticket just wow.
Not user friendly to non-Brits
Plant guy wtr
We have, after workarounds, successfully purchased a Two Together Railcard, but it should not have been so hard. The app is a front end to a web site, and one of the first things one must enter is a UK address and phone number. It will not accept my US data. So the workaround: provide a valid UK address and phone (we used our first hotel destination). The billing page allows for a different address and if you scroll down far enough, you see “country.” Hope dawns! Here I was able to provide my US address and the rest went okay. As part of confirmation, they do repeat validation instructions. It’s a neat result (we find out for sure in a few weeks), but a confusing script.
