Off Peak Train Fares
When can off peak tickets be used?
Super Off-Peak fares
At least 20% off our return train fares from many stations to London at the weekend. Find out more.
GroupSave
3 or 4 travel for the price of 2! Groups of 3 or 4 can get away by train to hundreds of great places right across South East England for the price of 2 adults. So whether you travel as a group of adults, or in any combination of adults and children, your party of 3 or 4 will pay the equivalent of just two adult Off Peak Day Returns.
This means up to two of you get a free ride on loads of fun day trips and short breaks when you travel by train off peak. And if it's a real kids' treat, up to four more children (5-15 years old) can travel for up to £1 each, single or return!
Buy Group Save train tickets now
You don't need to book ahead. Just simply turn up and go. We've teamed up with other train companies in London and the South East to put together a website of ideas for great days out with a GroupSave ticket. Visit www.daysoutguide.co.uk to search for your perfect day out.
Participating Train Operators in the South East are: c2c, Chiltern Railways, First Capital Connect, First Great Western, "one", Silverlink, South Eastern, South West Trains, and Southern.
- GroupSave 3 is available for combinations of 3 adults, 2 adults and 1 child, 1 adult and 2 children.
- GroupSave 4 is available for combinations of 4 adults, 2 adults and 2 children, 1 adult and 3 children, 3 adults and 1 child.
- GroupSave is valid on Off Peak Returns for return travel on the same day, where available.
- GroupSave is also valid on Off Peak Returns for return within one calendar month, where available.
For more information and full terms and conditions please ask at your local train station.
Kids for £2
Children (5 - 15 years old inclusive) travelling with an adult off peak can travel for up to £2 each, single or return. Up to 4 children per adult can travel for up to £2. This offer is valid across the whole First Capital Connect rail network. Within the London Fares Zone accompanied children can travel for £1, single or return.
Travelcards
Return travel to London including unlimited travel on tubes, trains and most London buses while you're there. All Day Travelcards are valid during and after the Monday to Friday morning peaks, whereas One Day Travelcards are valid off peak Mondays to Fridays and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Where the journey starts outside the London Travelcard area, it is valid for only one return train journey into the London Fare Zones Area and unlimited use within the zones for which it is valid.
FlyAway
Up to 4 people can travel on a FlyAway ticket, from any First Capital Connect station on the Thameslink route to either Gatwick or Luton Airport Parkway on any First Capital Connect train with return travel valid for up to one month from the ticket date. The group must travel together on both the outward and return journeys. With the FlyAway train ticket, up to 4 additional accompanied children can travel for up to £2 each.
You can buy a ticket at any staffed First Capital Connect ticket office on the Thameslink route, including Luton Airport Parkway and Gatwick Airport train stations, in advance or on the day of travel. This ticket is valid any time on our services.
NOTE: GroupSave and FlyAway tickets are not available from the following stations: Kentish Town, Farringdon, and Moorgate. These tickets are not available for purchase online.
DaySave (Thameslink route only)
DaySave allows unlimited off peak travel throughout the First Capital Connect Thameslink route on the day the ticket is valid, on First Capital Connect services only. DaySave tickets can be bought from the outlets below but are not sold at stations or online. From 2 January 2009 DaySave costs just £15 per adult and up to four accompanied children travel for £2 each. Group DaySave tickets allow up to four people (adults and/or children) the freedom of the route and cost just £40. Please note conditions below.
DaySave cannot be used before 10:00 Monday to Friday, in line with the validity of Network Railcards. They are also not valid for travel on northbound services departing Moorgate or St Pancras International between 1630 and 1901 for journeys to any station between St Albans and Bedford inclusive. Please refer to the pages headed 'Off-peak Fares' in the current First Capital Connect Thameslink route 'Train Times' timetable. However, DaySave can be used at any time on weekends and Bank Holidays. Our route map shows you the places you can travel to and from using a DaySave ticket on First Capital Connect services on the Thameslink route.
DaySave cannot be bought at stations or on trains. It must be purchased before you travel from any of the following outlets:
Bedford
Bedford Tourist Information Centre, Townhall, St. Pauls Square, Bedford MK40 1SJ
Brighton
Visitor Information Centre, Royal Pavilion Shop, Pavilion Buildings, Brighton BN1 1EE
One Stop Travel, 16 Old Steine, Brighton BN1 1EN
Dunstable
Priory House Tourist Information Centre, 33 High Street South, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3RZ
Greenwich
Greenwich Tourist Information Centre, Pepys House, 2 Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, London SE10 9LW
Luton
Luton Tourist Information Centre, Luton Central Library, St. Georges Square, Luton LU1 2NG
Sandy
Sandy Tourist Information Centre, Rear of 10 Cambridge Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1JE
St Albans
St Albans Tourist Information Centre, Townhall, Market Place, St. Albans AL3 5DJ
Off peak tickets (Savers)
Travel out on the date on the ticket and return within one calendar month. Time restrictions apply on weekdays, however there are none applicable to First Capital Connect services on the Thameslink route on weekends or Bank Holidays.
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