Weekly train ticket

MoneySavingUser

Can you buy on if you are travelling on

wed, thur, fri, mon, tue in that order

or does it have to be 5 days from mon-fri?

Tigsteroonie

No, you can buy a Weekly season ticket on any day of the week and it's valid for the 7 calendar days including that day. Due to a day off I bought mine on Tuesdays for a few weeks.

MoneySavingUser

Thanks Tigsteroonie

Seems I can save about £4 by buying a weekly season ticket - I thought season tickets were only for longer periods so didn't look at that part of the website before

It mentions requiring a passport photo for the accompanying photocard - I'll need to buy it on a weekday morning though so hopefully the queues won't be too long - is there a form that I can download and fill in before hand to try and speed up the procedure?

Livingthedream

If you let us know what Train Company your travelling with, I'm sure somebody on the forum will point you in the correct direction of the application form or if you don't know the Train Company then just post your start and finish station.

Most Train Companies have their own application form this is First Great Western's.

MoneySavingUser

It is Arriva Trains Wales - all I have found so far is that you can buy a season ticket online (but only a renewal not a first time) and this website only allows more than a month anyway: http://www.arriva.trainsfares.co.uk/season/requirements/st_qtt.asp

So I guess they don't have a form for taking to the station or for weekly tickets - but if someone knows of one I would like to know

MoneySavingUser

one question that has come to mind is that: http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/en/s/seasonticket/calculator doesn't mention the word 'return' or a return journey

I'm just assuming it takes account of the fact that you need to make a return journey aswell in order to travel from the same place again the next morning and gives you the price for going and returning on all those days?

Livingthedream

You assume correct a season ticket is unlimited travel between two points, ie A to B or B to A or in fact A to B including any intermediate stations, whether you start/stop or continue your journey from those intermediate stations.

Also sorry, but couldn't find the application form for ATW's season tickets.

TimothyEBaldwin

You are allowed unlimited travel on the permitted routes between the named stations. There is no form to complete, at most you will have to write your name.

As you don't have a photocard yet, you will need buy from a staffed ticket office.

MoneySavingUser

You were right - there was no form

he just wrote my name and stuck my picture on a card!

Livingthedream

Thank you for getting back to us with closure, nice to see that Arriva keep things simple.

tripled

TimothyEBaldwin wrote: »

You are allowed unlimited travel on the permitted routes between the named stations. There is no form to complete, at most you will have to write your name.

Just to make it clear, you should also be allowed to travel short on a season ticket - I have a monthly season ticket with ATW and have done so plenty of times without a problem - unless it says otherwise on the ticket. So if you get on a stop late and/or off a stop early, it's not a problem, however usually you will have to be let through any ticket barriers.

http://www.buytickets.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/nationalcarriage.aspx#section1c