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We know travel costs can quickly stack up when you’re a student.

But if you’re 16-17 and travel on Great Northern to your school or college, you could get a free card to help with train costs.

The Student Connect card covers most schools and colleges in the Great Northern and Thameslink areas.

If you qualify, you’ll save at least 34% on the cost of a monthly or annual season ticket.

If your school or college is in Cambridgeshire you can apply for the Cambridgeshire Student Connect card, which gives you an even bigger 50% discount.

Student Connect card

The Student Connect card covers most schools and colleges in the Great Northern and Thameslink areas. If you qualify for a card you’ll save at least 34%. View the route map.

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Cambridgeshire Student Connect card

If your school or college is in Cambridgeshire you can apply for the Cambridgeshire Student Connect card, which gives you an even bigger 50% discount. View the route map.

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Can I get Student Connect?

The Student Connect card covers schools in almost the whole Great Northern network, including Finsbury Park, Peterborough, Cambridge, Ely and King’s Lynn.

The card also covers most Thameslink stations north of Kentish Town, including West Hampstead, St Albans, Luton and Bedford.

It doesn’t include central London stations to the south of Essex Road and Kentish Town, like King’s Cross and Moorgate, or any Thameslink stations south of London.

Check the Student Connect map to see if your area is covered by the card.

Check our frequently asked questions and terms and conditions below for details of other restrictions.

Apply for a Student Connect card

It’s quick and easy to apply for a Student Connect card. Fill in this simple online form.

We’ll then send your card to your home address and email you the details.

Once you have your card, you can get your discount when you buy your season ticket online or at your local station.

If you lose your card, you can ask for a new one. There’s a £10 admin fee for the replacement.

Apply for a Cambridgeshire Student Connect card

If you study in one of the schools or colleges in the list below, you can apply for a Cambridgeshire Student Connect card.

This will give you a 50% discount on your season ticket.

To apply, fill in the Cambridgeshire Student Connect application form.

We’ll then send your card to your home address and email you the details.

Once you have your card you can buy your season ticket online or at your local station.

If you lose your card, you can ask for a new one. There’s a £10 admin fee for the replacement.

Cambridgeshire Student Connect schools and colleges

Abbey College, Ramsey
Bedford College
Cambridge Regional College
College of West Anglia, Kings Lynn, Milton, Wisbeach and ISLE Campuses
Ely College, Ely
Ernulf Academy, St Neots
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Hinchingbrook, Huntingdon
Huntingdon Regional College - Huntingdon/St Neots/ Godmanchester
Impington VC
Kings School, Peterborough
Long Road Sixth Form College
Longsands Community College, St Neots
Neal Wade, March
Netherhall School, Cambridge
Newmarket College
Orton Longville, Peterborough
Parkside Community College/ Coleridge, Cambridge
Peterborough Regional College
Sawtry Community College, Sawtry
St Ivo, St Ives
St John Fisher, Peterborough
St Mary’s School, Cambridge
St Peters, Huntingdon
Stageworks
The Stephen Perse Foundation
The Perse
University Technical College, Cambridge

Terms and conditions

1. Your Student Connect Card is not a permit to travel; you’ll still need to buy a ticket.

2. Your card lets you buy reduced rate season tickets for your journey to school, specified on the Student Connect Card, from between one month and a year.

3. Your card isn’t valid on LNER services.

4. You must buy tickets for your journey before getting on the train. When you buy your ticket you must show your Student Connect Card. You must have the card with you throughout your journey.

5. You must be between 16 and 17 years old and in full time education. If you turn 18 during the a cademic year, then you can continue to use the card to buy discounted season tickets until the end of that academic year.

6. Tickets bought with your Student Connect Card must expire before or on the expiry date of the card.

7. Your Student Connect Card, and any ticket bought with the card, is not transferable and can’t be given or lent to anyone else.

8. You must have your Student Connect Card and tickets ready to present for inspection when asked. If you don’t have both a valid card and ticket with you, you’ll have to pay the appropriate fare and penalty fare for your journey.

9. The Student Connect Card isn’t your property and if asked you must return it to us.

10. The card is not valid if it’s damaged, but you can order up to two replacement cards in a calendar year.

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You’ll have to pay an administration charge of £10.

11. You can’t use your Student Connect Card to buy tickets for, or travel in, First Class.

12. The card is subject to the National Rail Conditions of Travel.

13. Great Northern reserves the right to contact your school to check your age and that you’re a member of the school.

14. We have the right to amend or withdraw this offer giving three months’ notice.

16. Goldcards are not issued for season tickets bought with Student Connect cards

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