Train Tickets - UK, Europe & Worldwide
Save Money when buying Train Tickets
- Booking Train tickets online for a future date ensures a lower price than buying tickets at the station just before your journey.
- Travel at off-peak rather than peak time for a cheaper price
UK & Foreign Rail Tickets from Omio
The most common rail ticket and fares are:
Single ticket types
- Apex single
- Super advance single
- Supersaver single
- Standard open single
- First open single
Return ticket types
- Apex return
- Super advance return
- Saver return
- Standard open return
- First open return
- 1st Apex return
- Saver first return
The cheapest tickets such as Apex and super advance, which require seat reservations, usually are not be available until around 2 weeks before the date of travel.
Railcards for a third cheaper tickets
Tickets are cheaper if you use a Railcard which are valid for 1 year or 3 years. The 3 year card works out substancably cheaper per year, but only available on some cards
There is a railcard for everyone:
- 16-25 Railcard,.
- 26-30 Railcard.
- Disabled Persons Railcard
- Family & Friends Railcard
- Senior Railcard
- Two Together Railcard
- 16-17 Saver.
- Veterans Railcard
How to obtain a railcard
- Buy online or at a Railway Station Ticket Office
- You require a photograph & a form of ID
- Railway Station. You can easily buy a railcard by going to a ticket office in train station. Bring a passport photo with you, as well as a form of ID. If you bring these items you can pay on the spot and they will print out a dated railcard for you which you can put alongside your tickets in the plastic wallet they provide.
- Buy online Alternatively, you can order one online and a card will be delivered in a few weeks. This card is plastic like a credit card.
