eTickets
Got a question about buying eTickets? Find the answers here.
- Angmering
- Ashtead
- Barnham
- Bedford
- Bexhill
- Bognor Regis
- Brighton
- Burgess Hill
- Chichester
- City Thameslink
- Crawley
- Dorking
- East Croydon
- East Grinstead
- Eastbourne
- Epsom
- Falmer
- Flitwick
- Gatwick Airport
- Harpenden
- Hassocks
- Hatfield
- Haywards Heath
- Hertford North
- Hitchin
- Horley
- Horsham
- Hove
- Huntingdon
- Kings Cross
- Kings Lynn
- Lancing
- Leagrave
- Leatherhead
- Letchworth
- Lewes
- Littlehampton
- London Blackfriars
- London Bridge
- London Victoria (Gatwick Express gates – existing readers)
- London Victoria (platforms 15-19)
- Luton
- Luton Airport Parkway
- Merstham
- Oxted
- Polegate
- Portslade
- Potters Bar
- Radlett
- Redhill
- Reigate
- Royston
- Sandy
- Shoreham-by-sea
- St Albans City
- St Neots
- St Pancras
- Stevenage
- Three Bridges
- Welwyn Garden City
- Worthing
Where barcode readers are not available, please present the ticket on your mobile device to a member of staff at the ticket barrier.
In most cases, you can. You will be issued with multiple barcodes for each person travelling. Like paper tickets, one eTicket per person travelling, per direction of travel (if a return ticket).
Tickets bought via an app cannot be bought for more than one person as the ticket is delivered to your specific mobile device and is non-transferable.
When you buy an eTicket online you will receive it attached to one or more emails separate to the initial booking confirmation email, which acts as a receipt. The time taken to deliver the tickets by email is usually a few minutes. There will be one email for each journey booked, and within each email, one barcode per passenger, per direction of travel. The barcodes can either be kept on the phone or printed.
When you get to the station, scan your etickets on either a ticket reader at the gate, or with one of our colleagues at the station who will scan your ticket. Please have your ticket either printed out, or on your phone ready for inspection. Please also make sure that you can access your ticket throughout your journey, to allow our on-board colleagues to inspect your ticket.
Once you have bought your ticket, you can find it in the ‘my tickets’ section (or similar) of the app purchased through. Your ticket must be activated before travel. You do not need internet access to activate a ticket. Please have your ticket ready for inspection. You can either scan your ticket at the gate, or with one of our colleagues at the station.
Please also make sure that you can access your ticket throughout your journey, to allow our on-board colleagues to inspect your ticket.
If you want a Season ticket:
For journeys starting/finishing outside London
Ticket types |
Key Smartcard | Oyster card | Contactless |
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For journeys starting and finishing in London
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Key Smartcard | Oyster card | Contactless |
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* Full priced undiscounted season tickets only
If you want a Single or Return ticket:
For journeys starting/finishing outside London
Ticket types |
Key Smartcard | Oyster card | Contactless |
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Buy before you get to the station |
(Only Peak and Off-Peak tickets) |
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Pay as you go |
Sign up to keyGo** |
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For journeys starting/finishing inside London
Ticket types | Key Smartcard | Oyster card | Contactless |
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Buy before you get to the station |
Sign up to keyGo** |
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Pay as you go |
Sign up to keyGo** |
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** keyGo is only valid on Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink services
Are Railcard discounts and Child tickets available?
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Railcard discounts |
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Child tickets |
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As with paper tickets, it is your responsibility to ensure you can present your ticket for inspection, in whichever form it is in. eTickets can be downloaded and printed before travel as a back-up to their smartphone. Customers who cannot show a valid barcode ticket will be treated the same as any other customer unable to provide a ticket.
Tickets bought through an app must be activated before travel and you will be treated as not having a valid ticket if the ticket presented is either not activated or has been activated only when the revenue inspector is in sight.
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