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Season tickets

Travel with us often? You may save a lot of money and hassle with a weekly, monthly, flexi, or annual season ticket.

Season tickets – More travel, more savings

For the rail regulars out there, make life easier with a rail Season ticket from Great Northern – the cheaper and more convenient alternative to buying tickets every day. Ideal for commuters, take your pick from train ticket options weekly, monthly, flexi, and any period up to an annual.

What type of Season ticket do I need?

There are a few different types of rail season tickets for you to choose from. No matter which you choose, every train season ticket gives you unlimited travel between the stations on your route, so you can hop on and off at your leisure.

There are a variety of ways you can hold a season ticket including:  

  • sTickets – These are digital Season Tickets issued as a barcode held on a mobile device.  
    These can be purchased via our app/website and are available for point-to-point journeys i.e. Brighton – Gatwick Airport or Luton – St Albans. 
    They are not available for Travelcards or Cross London Journeys.  
    Where available sTickets will be clearly shown during the purchase process. 
  • Key Smartcard Season Tickets – These can be purchased via our app/website and Ticket offices. 
    Key smartcard seasons are available as point-to-point, Cross London and Travelcard seasons.  
  • Paper Season Tickets - These can be purchased via our website and Ticket offices. 
    Paper Season Tickets are available as point-to-point, Cross London and Travelcard seasons.

Want to find out what season ticket is right for you? Check out our season ticket calculator.

7-day Season Ticket

A 7-day Season Ticket gives you complete flexibility to plan your working week.

As it allows you unlimited travel for 7 consecutive days either between any two stations or if your commute includes using Transport for London services, you can buy a 7-day Zones 1-6 Travelcard Season Ticket.

This also includes travel on bus, Tube, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth Line as well as National Rail services within London.

The more you use your 7-day Season Ticket the greater the savings.

If you are a keyGo customer you can save money with keyGo weekly capping. Make as many journeys as you like between two stations on our network across the week (04:30 Monday – 04:29 Monday) and only pay the equivalent weekly season price.

How do I buy a 7-day Season Ticket?

The easiest way to buy your 7-day Season Ticket is to choose one of our digital ticket offerings which include: 

  • sTicket – Digital Season Ticket issued as a barcode and held on a mobile device
  • Key Smartcard Seasons – Season Tickets held on our key Smartcard

Once you have your Key Smartcard, you can buy your 7-day Season Ticket online, or at one of our stations using the self-service ticket machines or Ticket Office.

These can be bought up to 28 days in advance of travel.

You can also choose to buy a paper 7-day Season Ticket, which you can also buy via or website, or at one of our stations using the self-service ticket machines or Ticket Office.

But unlike a Digital 7-day Season Ticket that is bought as an sTicket or Key Smartcard Season, a paper Season Ticket can only be issued on the start date. Unless the start date is a Monday (or Tuesday after a Bank Holiday), where you can buy it on the Sunday.

Monthly Season Ticket

A Monthly Season Ticket offers you bigger savings over a 7-Day Season Ticket.

It gives you unlimited travel for a month either between any two stations or if your commute includes using Transport for London services, you can buy a Monthly Zones 1-6 Travelcard Season Ticket.

This also includes travel on bus, Tube, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth Line as well as National Rail services within London.

The more you use your Monthly Season Ticket the greater the savings.

How do I buy a Monthly Season Ticket

The easiest way to buy your Monthly Season Ticket is to choose one of our digital ticket offerings which include: 

  • sTicket – Digital Season Ticket issued as a barcode and held on a mobile device
  • Key Smartcard Seasons – Season Tickets held on our key Smartcard

These can be bought up to 28 days in advance of travel.

You can also choose to buy a paper Monthly Season Ticket, which you can also buy via our website, or at one of our stations using the self-service ticket machines or Ticket Office.

But unlike a digital Monthly Season Ticket that is boght as an sTicket or Key Smartcard Season, a paper Monthly Season Ticket can only be sold after midday the day before you want the ticket to start. Unless the start date is a Saturday, Sunday, or Monday (or Tuesday after a Bank Holiday), where you can buy it from midday on the Friday.

Annual Season Ticket

An Annual Season Ticket gives you unlimited travel for 12 months between any two stations or if your commute includes using Transport for London services.

You can buy an Annual Zones 1-6 Travelcard Season Ticket which also includes travel on bus, Tube, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth Line as well as National Rail services within London.

As well as having a ticket that gives You get 12 weeks free travel, plus savings on other journeys across the south east of England with an Annual Gold Card.

The easiest way to buy your Annual Season Ticket is to choose one of our digital ticket offerings which include: 

  • sTicket – Digital Season Ticket issued as a barcode and held on a mobile device
  • Key Smartcard Seasons – Season Tickets held on our key Smartcard

Once you have your Key Smartcard, you can buy your Annual Season Ticket online, or at one of our Ticket Offices.

These can be bought up to 28 days in advance of travel.

You can also choose to buy a paper Annual Season Ticket, which you can also buy via our website, or at one of our Ticket Offices.

But unlike a digital Annual Season Ticket, a paper Annual Season Ticket can only be sold after midday the day before you want the ticket to start. Unless the start date is a Saturday, Sunday, or Monday (or Tuesday after a Bank Holiday), where you can buy it from midday on the Friday.

Flexi Season Ticket

The Flexi Season Ticket gives you 8 passes to use over 28 days for point-to-point travel between 2 destinations – so you can make 8 anytime/peak return journeys, any days you choose.

The easiest way to buy your flexi Season Ticket is to choose one of our digital ticket offerings which include:  

  • sTicket – Digital Season Ticket issued as a barcode and held on a mobile device. These can be purchased via our app/website
  • Key Smartcard Seasons – Season Tickets held on our key Smartcard. These can be purchased via or app/website or at one of our Ticket Offices

These can be bought up to 28 days in advance of travel.

Custom Season Ticket

If a monthly or annual ticket is too long or too short, then a custom season ticket could be the perfect fit for you. Simply enter the dates you want to travel and then we’ll calculate the right price. These can be useful if you need your season ticket to finish for example when the schools break up or you’re taking an extended break.

The easiest way to buy your Custom Season Ticket is to choose one of our digital ticket offerings which include: 

  • sTicket – Digital Season Ticket issued as a barcode and held on a mobile device
  • Key Smartcard Seasons – Season Tickets held on our key Smartcard

These can be bought up to 28 days in advance of travel. 

You can also choose to buy an Custom Season Ticket as a paper ticket, which you can also buy via our website, or at one of our Ticket Offices. 

But unlike a digital Custom Season Ticket that is bought as an sTicket or Key Smartcard Season, a paper Season Ticket can only be sold after midday the day before you want the ticket to start. 

Unless the start date is a Saturday, Sunday, or Monday (or Tuesday after a Bank Holiday), where you can buy it from midday on the Friday. 

IMPORTANT: If you choose a paper Season Ticket you must have a valid photocard with you when you travel. These are issued free of charge at any of our Ticket offices. Please remember to take with you a passport style photo

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How do I buy rail Season tickets?

Buying a rail season ticket is easy. You can buy or renew your train season ticket in the following ways:

  • Online – make sure you tick the right box for weekly, monthly, annual or custom passes
  • On The Key Smartcard (your ticket can start just two hours after you buy!)
  • On paper. Weekly tickets can be collected at our stations. Monthly and longer paper season tickets will be sent First Class. Please allow 5 days for delivery
  • At your local ticket office
  • At a station ticket machine (this applies for weekly passes, or monthly if you’re already registered online)

What’s an Annual Gold Card?

When you buy an annual train ticket for travel within the Southern network, you will also qualify for an Annual Gold Card. This gives you a range of benefits including:

  • 1/3 off a range of fares, including Anytime, Off-Peak tickets and Travelcards
  • 60% off child fares for up to four children aged 5-15
  • A one-year Railcard

To qualify for your Gold Card, both your origin and destination stations must be within the Gold Card area. Find out if you’re eligible, as well as more details on how to apply here.

*Travelcard season tickets are not available as sTickets.