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RST Online User Guide

RST Online User Guide 

Registration

How to register to book priv journeys on RST Online

  1. Visit the RST Online at https://www.railstafftravel.com/rst/en/account/register  

  2. Enter the one time pass code that was sent to your email address by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

  3. Enter your date of birth in the format DD/MM/YYYY (e.g. 01/01/2000) 

  1. Enter the email address you would like your ticket receipts, eTicket and website updates to be sent to (please note that this can be different to the work email address we have for you for RST updates) 

  1. Please enter a password of your choice and confirm it. The password must be a minimum of 8 characters long, contain a mix of upper and lower case letters, include at least 1 number and 1 special character e.g. ?@%£) 

  1. Tick the box next to ‘I have read and accept the RSTL Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy’ once you have reviewed these. Both documents are available by clicking the relevant linked text on the page. 

  1. Please click ‘Register’ at the bottom of the pageand you will receive a confirmation email to confirm you have successfully registered. 

  1. You can now make bookings using the RST website. If you navigate away from the page, you can now sign in to the website by entering your email address and password when prompted on the ‘Sign In’ page. 

Password Reset

How to reset your password

  1. Click ‘Forgotten Password’ on the Sign In page 

  1. Type the email address you used to register your RST Online account 

  1. Press ‘Reset Password’ 

  2. Click the temporary link which will have been sent to the email address you entered. Enter the new password and confirm the password. Your password cannot be the same your previous password. The new password must be a minimum of 8 characters long, contain a mix of upper and lower case letters, include at least 1 number and 1 special character. 
  3. Click ‘Set new password’ to confirm your new password. 

How to book

How to book a priv journey

Logging in 

  1. Go to the new Rail Staff Travel website, RST Online at www.railstafftravel.com  

  1. Ensure you have registered (see ‘How to register to book priv journeys on RST Online) 

  1. Log in by entering your email address and the password that you created when registering (see ‘How to reset your password’ if you have forgotten your password). 

Accessible booking tool 

  1. Click ‘Text Only Version’ if you require a simplified and more accessible booking process – if not, please continue to Step 5. 

Plan your journey 

  1. Choose if your journey is ‘One Way’ or ‘Return’. 

  1. Select the railway station you will be departing from on your outbound journey and the railway station closest to your destination. 

  1. Click ‘More Options’ if you would like to customise your journey to avoid or go via a certain station. 

  1. Choose a date and time for your outward journey (and return journey if appropriate). 

Discounts & railcards 

  1. In the ‘Passengers’ section, select the total number of adults and children who will be travelling (including those without a priv discount, or with other railcards).  

  1. The ‘Railcard’ section is automatically set to Priv Discount. Select the number of adults and children who will be travelling at priv rate. Your account will let you book priv rate fares for family members who are registered with RST. If you are the child of a rail industry employee, you can only book priv rate fares for yourself. 

  2. Click ‘Add other railcards’ if someone in your party does not receive priv discount but does qualify for a railcard discount (such as a 16-25 Railcard, Senior Railcard, Disabled Persons Railcard etc). Remember, they must carry their valid Railcard with them on the journey. 

  3. You can use the tick boxes to customise if you would like to be shown Standard Class, First Class and/or trains with no changes. 

  4. Press ‘Search’ and you will be taken to a visual display of fares and rail services which relate to your search criteria. 

Fares 

  1. Both Priv and public fares are displayed. When you hover over a fare, you’ll be able to see the type of ticket and whether a Priv discount has been applied.

  2. Select the type of ticket you would like (under ‘Fare’) and scroll down to select the rail service(s) you would like to travel on. A description of the ticket is available on the page and it is important you check your ticket is valid for the journey you wish to take. 

  3. Once you have selected these, click ‘Buy Now’ at the side of the page to continue. Alternatively, you can click ‘Save for later’ if you would like to return at a later date to confirm the booking. 

Review your purchase 

  1. You can now review the details of your journey by clicking the downward arrow within the blue box on the right-hand side of the screen. This will reveal how many passengers you are booking for, the number of railcards used (including priv discount), journey details, ticket cost and terms & conditions for your journey. 

  2. You can now choose to buy a Travelcard or Plus Bus. Please note that these options are sold at the public rate. 

  3. On the ‘Delivery Details’ page you can select the type of ticket you would like to receive and any potential additional costs incurred (e.g. postage costs). Now click ‘Continue’ on the right-hand side of the screen.

  4. Click ‘I agree to Terms & Conditions, National Rail Conditions of Carriage and ticket terms and conditions’ once you have reviewed them. 

Payment 

  1. Press ‘Buy Now’ to enter your card details to purchase your ticket(s). 

  2. Enter your credit or debit card information and press ‘Continue’. 

Fulfilment 

  1. You will now receive an email confirmation to the email address you used to register for your RST website account.

How to include a bicycle reservation

How to include a bicycle reservation

Plan your journey following the instructions in How to book (above)

On the ‘Journey Details’ page, if the service you have chosen to travel on allows bicycles to be reserved, an option will be displayed for you to include the number of bicycles you wish to add to the booking.

Enter the number of bicycles you wish to include with the booking from the drop down list. The maximum number will be limited to the number of people you have selected in the ticket booking.

How to amend a booking

How to amend the reservations on a booking

Log in 

      Locate the booking you wish to amend

      • Select the 'Your Account' function.
      • Find the booking you wish to amend in the list of your bookings 
      • Select the 'View' option

      Amend or Cancel your reservations

      • If you booked seats when you purchased your ticket , then you will find an option to 'Amend Reservations' or 'Cancel Reservations'.

      Amending your reservations

      • You will have three options
      1. You can change the seats on the same services
      2. You can choose new services
      3. You can add a bicycle reservation to the existing booking
      • Simply select the option you wish to proceed with.

      Cancelling your reservations

      • There is just one option to select where you confirm that you wish to cancel your reservations.

          How to book Caledonian Sleeper tickets

          The advance booking horizon for  Caledonian Sleeper services is 8 weeks. This advance booking horizon may be reduced during periods of service disruption.

          There is no free or discounted travel in the Caledonian Double.

          There is no free or discounted travel in the overnight seated accommodation. Staff Travel facilities may be used in seated accommodation on daytime legs between:

          • Kingussie – Inverness
          • Edinburgh – Fort William
          • Fort William – Edinburgh.

          Seat reservations are mandatory for these daytime legs but these can only be made no earlier than 7 days before travel. This applies to all travel facilities including 75% discounted tickets, season tickets or residential passes.

          Unless you hold a Gold Status Pass, the privilege rate tickets which include the sleeper berth supplement are usually cheaper than using a Silver Status Pass or dated box on a Staff Travel Card and paying the public rate sleeper berth supplement.

          This downloadable guide has screenshots which may assist with booking.

          How to book a berth on Caledonian Sleeper for safeguarded staff using a Gold Status Pass

          To book a Caledonian Sleeper berth using a Gold Status Pass you should follow the steps below:

          1. On the journey details entry screen select the "Seat/Berth Reservations Only" check box, and enter the journey details to find the Caledonian Sleeper service you wish to reserve on.

          2. Once the journey results screen is shown, and you select the Caledonian Sleeper service you wish to travel on, you should be able to select the train and the 1st class £0.00 fare which shows Rail Staff Travel in the information box (not the one which says Anytime Day Single).

          3. You should then proceed through the payment processing, completing your details as required, but no payment will be taken. Your booking confirmation will contain details of your berth.

          4. If you are not able to select the £0.00 1st class fare, then this means that the Gold Status Pass allocation is exhausted. The alternatives then are to pay the public rate berth supplement, or pay for a berth inclusive Club Solo or Clib Twin fare. The inclusive fares are usually cheaper than the public rate berth supplement

           

          How to book a berth on Caledonian Sleeper for safeguarded staff using a Silver Status Pass or dated box on a Staff Travel Card

          Please note that this option is not usually the cheapest, as unless you hold a Gold Status Pass, you will still be required to pay the public rate for the sleeper berth supplement. This is usually more expensive than staff discounted (priv rate) inclusive fare tickets.

          To book a Caledonian Sleeper berth using either a Silver Status Pass or a dated box on a Staff Travel Card you should follow the steps below:

          1. On the journey details entry screen select the "Seat/Berth Reservations Only" check box, and enter the journey details to find the Caledonian Sleeper service you wish to reserve on.

          2. Once the journey results screen is shown, and you select the Caledonian Sleeper service you wish to travel on, you should be able to select it, and the appropriate £0.00 fare.

          3. When selecting the "Buy Now" option, you will then need to confirm the details of the berth supplement and the passenger details, and this will be added to your shopping basket.  

          4. Once you pay, you will then receive your ticket.

          How to book staff discounted (priv rate) tickets on Caledonian Sleeper and a public rate sleeper berth supplement

          Please note that this option is not usually the cheapest, as you will still be required to pay the public rate for the sleeper berth supplement. This is usually more expensive than staff discounted (priv rate) inclusive fare tickets.

          To book a priv rate ticket and then pay the sleeping berth supplement you should follow the steps below:

          1. On the journey details entry screen, enter the journey details to find the Caledonian Sleeper service you wish to reserve on.

          2. Once the journey results screen is shown, and you select the Caledonian Sleeper service you wish to travel on, you should be able to select it, and choose the staff discounted (priv rate) ticket (Anytime or Off Peak) you wish to purchase.

          3. When selecting the "Buy Now" option, you will then need to confirm the details of the berth supplement and the passenger details, and this will be added to your shopping basket.  

          4. Once you pay, you will then receive your ticket.

          How to book staff discounted (priv rate) tickets on Caledonian Sleeper which include the sleeper berth supplement

          Please note that this option is usually the cheapest, as the sleeper berth supplement is included in the price of the ticket. 

          To book a staff discounted (priv rate) ticket you should follow the steps below:

          1. On the journey details entry screen, enter the journey details to find the Caledonian Sleeper service you wish to reserve on.

          2. Once the journey results screen is shown, select the Caledonian Sleeper service you wish to travel on.

          3. The fares shown will be a mixture of Anytime, Off Peak and Caledonian Sleeper inclusive fares. You will need to search through to find the appropriate Caledonian Sleeper inclusive fare for your journey.

          4. If there is just one person travelling, then you should look for Classic Solo fares (if you hold Standard Class staff travel facilities) or Club Solo fares (if you hold 1st Class staff travel facilities)

          5. If there are two people travelling, then you should look for Classic Twin fares (if you hold Standard Class staff travel facilities) or Club Twin fares (if you hold 1st Class staff travel facilities)

          6. When selecting the "Buy Now" option, you will then need to confirm the passenger details.  

          7. Once you pay, you will then receive your ticket.

          How to book Great Western Railway Night Riviera Sleeper tickets

          How to book staff discounted (priv rate) tickets on Great Western Night Riviera Sleeper and a public rate sleeper berth supplement

          To book a priv rate ticket and then pay the sleeping berth supplement you should follow the steps below:

          1. On the journey details entry screen, enter the journey details to find the sleeper service you wish to reserve on.

          2. Once the journey results screen is shown, and you select the sleeper service you wish to travel on, you should be able to select it, and choose the staff discounted (priv rate) ticket (Anytime or Off Peak) you wish to purchase.

          3. When selecting the "Buy Now" option, you will then need to confirm the details of the berth supplement and the passenger details, and this will be added to your shopping basket.  

          4. Once you pay, you will then receive your ticket.

          How to request a refund

          How to request a refund

          1. Go to the new Rail Staff Travel website, RST Online at www.railstafftravel.com  

          1. Log in by entering your email address and the password that you created when registering.

          1. Select "Your Account".

          2. You will then see a list of bookings you have made through RST Online. There is a filter option to allow you to control the display of the list to last month, last 3 months, last 6 months, or all.

          3. Locate the booking you wish to claim a refund for and select "View" to see the booking details.

          4. In the drop down list next to "I would like to" you will have the option to "Refund Journey".

          5. On the next screen you should select the elements of the journey that you want to refund, enter a Refund Reason from the drop down box and input any additional information in the box underneath.

          Accessible booking tool 

          1. Please contact the RST Online support team to request your refund.

          Phone: 0330 123 3872

          Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

          How to Make Seat Reservations Only

          • Eligibility

            To be eligible to make seat reservations only the holder must be eligible for an element of free travel via their Staff Travel Card.
          • How to Make a Seat Reservation Only

            1. Those eligible will see ‘Seat/Berth Reservations Only’ at the top of the journey search/mixing deck

            2. Select ‘Seat/Berth Reservations Only’.

            3. Enter journey, dates and approximate departure times and click ‘Search’.

            4. A £0 fare is displayed in Standard Class (and in First Class if applicable) together with available train times. Services which are barred or asked to avoid are indicated.

            5. Select £0 fare and selected service. Click ‘Book Now’.

            6. Select seating preferences, if required. Click ‘Continue’.

            7. The free reservation is booked and the details are displayed. An email confirmation is sent to your registered email address.

            8. The reservation can be retrieved from ‘Your Bookings’ by selecting ‘view’ and then ‘View Full Details’.

          • How to Amend or Cancel a Seat Reservation

            1. Go to the new Rail Staff Travel website, RST Online at www.railstafftravel.com
            2. Log in by entering your email address and the password that you created when registering.
            3. Select "Your Account" You will then see a list of bookings you have made through RST Online.
            4. There is a filter option to allow you to control the display of the list to last month, last 3 months, last 6 months, or all.
            5. Locate the seat reservation booking you wish to cancel or amend.
            6. In the drop down list next to "I would like to" you will have the option to "Amend Reservations" or "Cancel Reservations".

          Child flat fares for retired employees 

          • Eligibility

            You can purchase the child flat fare for up to four accompanied children aged 5-15 to travel in Standard Calss only when travelling with retired employees aged 60 or over

          • How to purchase

            1. In the “Passengers” section (Step 9, “Discounts & railcards”, above), select the total number of adults and children who will be travelling (including those without a priv discount, or with other railcards).   

            1. Include the accompanied children in the total number of children. Do not add the accompanied children to the number of passengers in the “Railcard” section. 

            1. The accompanied children will automatically receive the flat rate fare. 

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          RST - Customer Charter

          Updated – 4 February 2020

          Customer Charter

          This page contains the sections on:

          Section 1: What we do and when we will do it

          The Rail Staff Travel team will do their best to answer your enquiry. At certain times of the year our workload is heavy, and it can take a few days to respond to emails and letters.

          We aim answer your emails within a week, unless we are in the middle of a major renewal when our response times may be longer. Our major renewal periods are March and June. During these times it may take us longer than a week to answer your email.

          We will order replacement cards on the day the replacement fee is paid providing payment is made by 15.00 hrs. If you call and pay after this time, the last post has been missed and your card will be sent out the next working day.

          We aim to process requests for cards for new family members within 3 weeks of you providing all the necessary information. It may take longer if we need more information or if there is a query on eligibility.

          We aim to process requests from employers for new starters within two weeks and requests for leavers and changes within three weeks.

          To maintain the quality of our service, we occasionally have training days on which we cannot offer a phone service. We will advertise this on the website, so you are aware. We are generally closed for calls between 10.15 hrs and 11.00 hrs each Wednesday morning.

          You can trust us to:

          • do what we say we will do
          • be helpful, polite, and treat you fairly and with respect
          • try to understand your circumstances
          • follow processes correctly
          • tell you what to do next if you are not satisfied with how you have been treated
          • protect your personal information (our Privacy Notice tells you more)
          • investigate all reports of fraud

          Getting it right

          We will:

          • provide you with the correct decision or information
          • explain things clearly if the outcome is not what you had hoped for
          • say sorry and put it right if we make a mistake and we are able to do so
          • use your feedback to improve how we do things

          Keeping you informed

          We will:

          • deal with your request the first time you contact us, or as soon as we can, as long as you have provided enough information for us to do so
          • tell you what will happen next, and by when, if appropriate
          • keep you updated of progress

          In return, we need you to:

          • give us the correct information at the right time
          • tell us when something changes that affects you or your family members and your or they are no longer eligible for rail staff travel benefits
          • treat our staff with respect

          We understand that sometimes you may feel angry, frustrated or upset. Our staff will do their best to help you with the issue that is causing you concern. We welcome polite constructive criticism of our service or the information we provide however, we will not allow our staff at any point to be abused, either by phone, letter or email.

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          Section 2: Action we will take if you are abusive to our staff

          Our staff will end a phone call if they are subjected to threats or intimidation, or if you are rude (including making insulting, nasty or abusive remarks), swearing or foul language, not being able to back up any criticisms with evidence, saying things deliberately to cause offence or using sexist, racist, homophobic, and other discriminatory language.

          Where abuse is directed towards the Rail Staff Travel team by an employee, then we will report that to their employer to be dealt with under the employers’ disciplinary procedure.

          We will only respond to letters and emails where the sender clearly identifies themselves and we can match it to a Rail Staff Travel record.

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          Section 3: What to do if you are unhappy with the service provided

          If you are unhappy with the service given to you by a member of the Rail Staff Travel team, then you should ask to speak to a senior manager in Rail Staff Travel.

          Alternatively you can put your complaint in writing to the Head of Rail Staff Travel, PO Box 80612, London EC4P 4NH or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and mark it for the attention of the Head of Rail Staff Travel.

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          RST - Protecting Your Privacy

          Version 9 - updated 17 November 2025

          Rail Staff Travel (part of the Rail Delivery Group) - Privacy Notice

          This Privacy Notice supersedes the version that was published on 11 June 2024. This version has the following amendments:

          • Details of residential journeys held
          • Barcodes on cards/passes

          The purpose of this notice is to make you aware of how we will manage and protect your personal data.

          1.      Introduction

          This Privacy Notice explains in detail the type of personal data that we may collect about you when you, or your employer, or your authorised representative interacts with us. It also explains how we store, process, and keep your data safe. This notice applies to current, future, and former recipients of rail staff travel facilities. In addition, this applies to applicants for rail staff travel facilities who are not eligible to receive rail staff travel facilities.

          There is a lot of information here, but we want you to be fully informed about your rights, and how Rail Staff Travel (RST) uses your data for the purpose of providing rail staff travel facilities.

          We hope the following sections will answer any questions that you have but if not, please do get in touch with us.

          It’s possible that this Privacy Notice will be updated from time to time so please check here for any updates. The date the policy was last updated will be at the top of this page.

          In respect of data we already hold about you (received either from your current or former employer(s) or you personally) and any data submitted to us in future by you, your employer, or your authorised representative or in respect of the use and usage of you rail staff travel facilities, RST is the data controller.

          2.      Definitions

          The use of the words "we", "our", "us" and "RST" in this Notice refers in each case to Rail Staff Travel.

          The use of "you", "your" and "primary cardholder" in this Notice refers in each case to the employee or retired employee but may also be the widow(er) or employee applicant for rail staff travel facilities.

          The use of “dependant” or “your dependant” in this Notice refers to a dependant that is or has previously been an eligible family member of the primary cardholder but may also be a dependant applicant for rail staff travel facilities or a family member of the primary cardholder that is not eligible for rail staff travel facilities.

          The use of “authorised representative” in this Notice refers to a person that has legal authority to act on behalf of the primary cardholder, for example by Power of Attorney or Deputyship.

          When referring to “your information” or “your data” this applies to the data of the primary cardholder and any dependants, and includes information or data supplied by you, your dependant, your authorised representative, your current, former, or future employer or from your usage of your travel facilities, e.g. details of journeys made using our rail staff travel facilities.

          The use of the words "rail staff travel facilities" and "rail staff travel facility" refers in each case to any card, pass, coupon, season ticket document, priv-rate ticket, voucher, letter, or other document that provides any free or reduced rate National, International, TOC Specific or Group Specific travel.

          The terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa.

          3.      Who is RST?

          Rail Staff Travel Ltd (RST) is part of the Rail Delivery Group.  RST provide rail staff travel facilities for you and your eligible dependants as current or former employees of the rail industry.  Eligibility uses various criteria based upon your career history and other relevant details.

          4.      Explaining the legal bases on which we rely

          The law on data protection sets out a number of different reasons for which a company may collect and process your personal data, including:

          Legitimate interests

          This effectively means that we can collect, process, and store your information if:

          • We have a genuine and legitimate reason and we are not harming any of your rights and interests

          When you provide your information to us, we use your information to pursue our legitimate interests in a way which might reasonably be expected as part of providing rail staff travel facilities to you, your dependants, and the rest of the rail industry and which does not materially impact your rights, freedom, or interests.

          We will use your data to issue you with rail staff travel facilities for which you are eligible or for the prevention and identification of fraudulent use of rail staff travel facilities.

          Consent

          For specific purposes or requests, we collect, process, and store your data with your consent.

          When you send us a form or request relating to:

          • a dependant in respect of rail staff travel facilities
          • a request for a rail staff travel facility or service supplied by RST such as residential travel or international coupons.

          Legal compliance

          If the law requires us to, we may need to collect, process, and store your data.

          This means that we must pass details of alleged Travel Irregularities, fraudulent use, or fraudulent applications for you and/or your dependants to your employer, or Train Operating Companies (TOCs), or Transport for London so that they can investigate. We also pass on details where we, a TOC or a law enforcement agency believe you or a dependant are involved in fraud or other criminal activity.

          5.      Why do we collect your data?

          We have a genuine and legitimate reason to collect, process and store your data solely for the purpose of administering and issuing you and your dependants with rail staff travel facilities. We only collect, process and store data that is required to validate your and your dependant’s eligibility to rail staff travel for this purpose.

          Why we collect your data:

          • To administer, fulfil and issue rail staff travel facilities to you and your dependants for which you are eligible
          • To check the eligibility to rail staff travel facilities that you and your dependants may request, amend or when they are renewed
          • To check the ongoing eligibility to rail staff travel facilities that you and your dependant already hold
          • To respond to your queries and complaints.
          • Handling your information enables us to respond. We may also keep a record of this to inform any future communication and to demonstrate how we communicated with you throughout. We do this on the basis of our legitimate interests in providing you with the best service and, in addition, understanding how we can improve our service based on your experience.
          • To process payments for lost and damaged cards/passes. We do this on the basis of our legitimate business interests.
          • To process payments for any tickets you or a family member purchases through RST Online.
          • To keep you updated on any information that relates to usage of your rail staff travel facilities. You cannot opt out from receiving this information as they are necessary service messages. 
          • To verify we hold the correct details for you; this will generally be prior to any main renewals of cards/passes.
          • To verify that you are only receiving full national rail staff travel facilities as either an employee or a dependant.
          • To send you survey and feedback requests to help improve our services. These messages will not include any promotional content.  You are free to opt out of receiving these requests from us at any time by letting us know.
          • To identify any fraudulent applications for, or use of, rail staff travel facilities that would compromise the integrity or continuing provision of rail staff travel facilities to you or your dependants or other recipients of rail staff travel facilities.

          If we discover, or are made aware of, any criminal activity or alleged criminal or fraudulent  activity from contacts at the TOCs, employers, or other national and international rail staff travel providers, we process this data for the purposes of preventing or detecting unlawful acts.

          • To comply with our legal obligations to share data with law enforcement.

          6.      How do we collect your data?

          To provide you with your initial rail staff travel facilities, your employer sends us your details so we can create a record on our database for you. We can only get this initial data from your employer. Once we have a record for you, we will only collect, process and store data where it affects your rail staff travel facilities or the eligibility to them of you or your dependants in the following ways:

          • When you advise us of any change that affects your rail staff travel facilities or those of your dependants.
          • When your future, current or former employer advises us of any change that affects your rail staff travel facilities.
          • When a TOC, Transport for London, other carriers where rail staff travel facilities are valid, (or not valid) or law enforcement agency contacts us about possible fraud involving you or your dependants.
          • When you’ve given a third-party permission to share with us the information they hold about you.
          • When we are informed about use of the rail staff travel facilities issued to you or your dependants, i.e. journey data

          7.      What data do we collect?

          We collect, process, and store the following categories of personal information about you and any dependant about whom you provide information. We always keep a record of the employee, even if the primary cardholder is now the widow(er), as it is only through the employee that eligibility continues.  We will only collect your data where it affects the administration of your rail staff travel facilities or the eligibility to them of you or your dependants.

          We may record all phone calls that we receive, for training and monitoring purposes.

          • Employee Identifier: your names including former names and passport names where these differ to your employee name, your title, your National Insurance number
          • Employee address: your postal address or that of your authorised representative, including date last submitted or checked
          • Employee date of birth
          • Employee contact details: your personal and work email addresses, your home and/or mobile phone numbers
          • Employee notes: where we have made notes on the system relating to the administration of your rail staff travel facilities. This will include your nationality where this is requested by third parties to issue free tickets. Currently this is only requested by Irish Ferries.
          • Employee survey: we note your preference as to whether or not you wish to be included in RST’s customer service survey
          • Employee medical identifier and information: we only collect, process, and store this information if you have indicated that you are blind, disabled or need an attendant to accompany you when travelling; or are no longer able to travel, or it is required to establish your eligibility to rail staff travel facilities.
          • Employee unemployment identifier and information: we only collect, process, and store this information where proof of unemployment is required to establish eligibility to rail staff travel facilities, we have details of when this information was last provided so we know when you need to provide it again
          • Employee authorised third party: we only collect, process, and store this information where you have given us permission to speak to someone else about your rail staff travel facilities, for example under a Power of Attorney or Deputyship
          • Employee union status: we only collect, process, and store this information where you are a Union Rep and this is required to establish eligibility to specific rail staff travel facilities
          • Employee cards and passes: we record all of the cards and passes we have issued to you
          • Employee international coupon: we record all of the International Coupons we have issued to you (if any).
          • Employee career history: your career history details but only where it affects your eligibility for or nature of the rail staff travel facilities.
          • Employee preserved details: this is a copy of your career history at the point that you became eligible to retain Safeguarded rail staff travel facilities after leaving employment
          • Employee dependants: this lists details of your current and former dependants (i.e. spouse, partner, children, housekeeper)
          • Employee travel irregularity: if we have been made aware of an alleged Travel Irregularity we collect, process, and store the details of it. This includes the nature of irregularity, where it occurred, how and when, and the outcome including any penalty imposed
          • Employee payment history: if you have made any payments for replacement cards we record this. Only the date, amount, method, and reason are stored – we do not store any payment card or bank details whatsoever
          • Employee photo: a photo you have provided so that we can issue you with a rail staff travel facility which requires a photo, and the date it was supplied. We also may have images supplied previously
          • Suppressions information: Identifiers that allow us to suspend your record permanently or temporarily for example, resulting from a removal of rail staff travel facilities due to a Travel Irregularity or because you receive rail staff travel facilities through a partner who also works in the rail industry
          • Information about Travel Irregularities which may include CCTV images or images from body worn cameras (if provided as part of the report), images of cards/passes and full details of alleged Travel Irregularities.
          • WebTIS UID: the unique code to access RST Online
          • WebTIS Status: Will either show a status of enabled, suspended or disabled.
          • WebTIS Enabled: Will be ticked if you have registered for RST Online
          • Login enabled: Will be ticked if RST have sent you details to register for RST Online
          • Employee Continuous Authority (CAST) details:  These are details of a residential journey you have requested and include the start and end journey, class of travel and expiry date
          • Barcode: Where cards are issued with a barcode this will include Forename, Surname, Railcard Code (which is currently PRV), Railcard Number (the number on the card that has been issued), Start Date, Expiry Date, Issuing System ID, (which is Rail Staff Travel) Issuing System Unique Eticket Number (an autogenerated number, similar to a barcode ticket number)

          We also hold the same information, where relevant, about any dependants that you have supplied details of i.e.:

          • Dependant Identifier: your dependant’s names including former names and passport names where these differ to your dependant’s name, their title, your child/partner dependant’s National Insurance number where they are aged 18 or over.
          • Dependant date of birth
          • Dependant relationship: the nature of the relationship to you as your dependant, for example, spouse, partner, child dependant
          • Dependant notes: where we have made notes on the system relating to the administration of your dependant’s rail staff travel facilities.
          • Dependant medical identifier and information: we only collect, process, and store this information if you have indicated that your dependant is blind, disabled or needs an attendant to accompany them when travelling; or are no longer able to travel, or it is required to establish your dependant’s eligibility to rail staff travel facilities.
          • Eligibility status for dependants that are not your spouse, partner or housekeeper aged over 18 years: we collect, process and store information in the form of declarations provided by you attesting to their status, and copies of any documents provided by you as proof of such status, such as educational enrolment, and copies of pay slips. If you provide a copy of a passport, the data may also include their place of birth, gender, nationality, and facial image.
          • Dependant cards and passes: we record all cards and passes we have issued to your dependant
          • Dependant international coupon: we record all of the International Coupons we have issued to your dependant (if any).
          • Dependant travel irregularity: if we have been made aware of an alleged Travel Irregularity we collect, process, and store the details of it. This includes the nature of irregularity, where it occurred, how and when, and the outcome including any penalty imposed
          • Dependant photo: a photo you have provided for your dependant so that we can issue them with a rail staff travel facility which requires a photo, and the date it was supplied. We also may have images supplied previously
          • Suppressions information: Identifiers that allow us to suspend your dependant’s record permanently or temporarily for example, resulting from a removal of rail staff travel facilities due to a Travel Irregularity or because they also receive rail staff travel facilities as an employee
          • Information about Travel Irregularities which may include CCTV images or images from body worn cameras (if provided as part of the report), images of cards/passes and full details of alleged Travel Irregularities.
          • WebTIS UID: the unique code to access RST Online
          • WebTIS Status: Will either show a status of enabled, suspended or disabled.
          • WebTIS Enabled: Will be ticked if you have registered for RST Online
          • Login enabled: Will be ticked if RST have sent you details to register for RST Online
          • Dependant Continuous Authority (CAST) details:  These are details of a residential journey you have requested for your child and include the start and end journey, class of travel and expiry date
          • Barcode: Where cards are issued with a barcode this will include Forename, Surname, Railcard Code (which is currently PRV), Railcard Number (the number on the card that has been issued), Start Date, Expiry Date, Issuing System ID, (which is Rail Staff Travel) Issuing System Unique Eticket Number (an autogenerated number, similar to a barcode ticket number)

          We also collect, process and store evidentiary official documentation where required to support eligibility for you and your dependants.  For example, copies of birth and marriage certificates, evidence of unemployment or wage level, information from medical professionals, etc.

          Although listed above, some of the information we collect, process and store is considered as being “special categories” as it is more sensitive personal information. This is:

          • Information about your or your dependant’s health if any factor is relevant for eligibility to receive rail staff travel facilities
          • Information about Power of Attorney, Deputyship, or other authorised person where you have given us permission to speak to someone else on your behalf about your rail staff travel facilities
          • Whether you are a Trade Union rep (this is only stored where relevant for issuing rail staff travel facilities because of your Trade Union rep status)
          • Unemployment status (where you are required to prove that you are unemployed to be eligible for rail staff travel facilities)
          • Information you have supplied about your or your dependant’s physical or mental health, or disability status, if this affects your or your dependants’ eligibility to rail staff travel facilities.
          • If you add a spouse or partner to your record this may indicate your sexual orientation. A spouse or partner can be identified as being of the same-sex as rail staff travel facilities in other countries differ according to such marital/partnership status

          We will also collect, process and store notes from our conversations with you, details of any complaints or comments you make, and how and when you contact us.

          If you have registered for an RST Online account our suppliers will only be provided with an API that confirms your eligibility to rail staff travel.

          Our suppliers send daily reports on the volumes of sales and seat reservations that have been made via RST Online. This information is only accessible by certain members of the team. The report contains:

          • Booking reference number
          • Origin station
          • Destination station
          • Route
          • Ticket Type
          • Seat/berth reservation details
          • Number of passengers
          • Delivery option selected
          • Truncated PAN and card type where payment has been made.

          8.      How do we protect your data?

          We know how much security of your data matters. We treat your data with care and take all appropriate steps to protect it.

          We secure access to all areas of our systems and websites including where you are uploading forms securely using encryption, for example ‘https’ technology.

          We do not store payment card information.

          We regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and we carry out penetration testing to identify ways to further strengthen security. Third parties only process your personal information on our instructions and only where they have agreed to treat the information confidentially, to keep it secure and destroy it as soon as it is no longer needed.

          We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

          9.      How long will we keep your data?

          One of the key principles of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is that the personal data we collect, process and store shall be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary for the purpose for which it was originally collected. As rail staff travel facilities may cover your lifetime and the lifetimes of your dependants, it is necessary to retain your personal data for the remainder of your life and any dependants’ lives in order to confirm your and their ongoing eligibility.

          Some TOCs provide TOC-specific or Group-specific rail staff travel facilities to you and your dependants after you have left their employment, based on your length of service in the industry and not just your employment with them. These provisions change from time to time as the franchises of the TOCs are changed. As we generally have a more complete career history for rail employees than an individual employer may have, we retain your data so that you are not disadvantaged should you be eligible for rail staff ravel facilities at a future date.

          We are unable to erase your or your dependant’s data as we need to keep a record that shows what your and your dependant’s eligibility was throughout your career in case you or your dependants request rail staff travel facilities, or information about them, in the future.

          With regards to documentation relating to a Travel Irregularity, for example physical cards and passes, these may be destroyed one month after the Travel Irregularity has been concluded.

          Digital files of call recordings are kept for three months from the date of the call. They will be kept for longer if they are added to your record to confirm the conversation that took place.

          10.   What do we do with your data?

          We only use your data for the purposes of issuing your rail staff travel facilities as per our Conditions of Issue and Use.

          Where we hold an email address for you, we will email you before we renew a card/pass to ensure that your postal address is correct.

          We also use some external data providers to verify the data we hold on you. We do not share your data with these providers but rather use the data they have to verify that it matches the data we hold. This is a due diligence process to ensure that the data we hold is as accurate as possible.

          • We use Quick Address Systems (QAS) from Experian which validates customer addresses in Great Britain and Northern Ireland against official postal authority records for our customer database. This ensures that all of our addresses are in the same format and in the format used by Royal Mail. We also get data from the Electoral Roll, via Experian. We compare the data they have with the data we hold and highlight any data that does not match. Where we have an email address, we will contact the employee so they can confirm their data is correct. 

          We do not share RST data with any third parties, outside of those mentioned in section 11.

          11.   Who do we share your data with?

          We sometimes share your data with trusted third parties, such as your future, current or former employer for the purpose of validating your eligibility to and level of rail staff travel facilities.

          We also share your data with print and fulfilment houses that issue your rail staff travel facilities on our behalf or on behalf of your current or former employer.

          We currently may supply your data to one or more of these print and fulfilment houses:

          • Royale Graphics (for paper cards/passes). They use a sub-processor called Doc Mail Ltd to print and post the cards and passes.
          • ESP Systex (for plastic/smart cards)
          • EUCLID (for plastic/smart cards)
          • ECEBS (for plastic/smart cards)
          • Paragon (for plastic/smart cards)
          • Transport for London (for staff oyster cards)

          The policy that we apply to those organisations to keep your data safe and protect your privacy is that:

          • We provide only the information required to perform the specific service.
          • They may only use your data for the exact purposes we specify to them.
          • When the specific rail staff travel facility production has been completed, they destroy the data we had provided and confirm that they have done so. The only exception to this is ECEBS who issue the smart cards on behalf of Scotrail. They create a customer record as part of their processing and will retain this while there is an active card.
          • If we stop using their services, any of your data held by them will be deleted immediately.

          We use Vodaphone and Content Guru for recording and storing our phone calls. They are part of the Cisco platform.

          The IT companies that support our database, RST Online and other business systems may have access to your data in order to maintain our systems. These are:

          • iBlocks Ltd
          • WebX
          • Worldline

          These companies have security measures in place which comply with GDPR.

          The barcode on either your physical card or e-ticket may be scanned by rail employees as part of their role. The companies that provide these scanners are:

          • The Ticket Keeper (TTK)
          • Masabi
          • Team Technologies

          If you have queries about this use, please contact the train operator you were travelling on for more information.

          Sharing your data with third parties for their own purposes:

          We will only do this in very specific circumstances:

          • For fraud management, we may share information about alleged fraudulent activity that involves the use of rail staff travel facilities. This may include sharing data about individuals with law enforcement bodies, TOCs, Transport for London and your employer. The data disclosed may also include journey data where this is available. If you have a smartcard this will include the journey usage on the smartcard, including date of journey and start and end station. If you have purchased tickets via RST Online this will include details of the tickets purchased. This applies to your family members as well.
          • If fraudulent travel has been confirmed, we will share your name, address, journey information, and the name of your employer with fraud contacts at each TOC, or the BTP, TfL, etc.
          • When you are moving between employers and your prospective employer asks what your current rail staff travel facilities are to ensure they can meet your expectations
          • To assist employers with any disciplinary investigations where data is requested. This could include providing journey data from smartcards and providing data about family members where it is linked to the issue and use of rail staff travel facilities. This can only be requested by the named HR contact that Rail Staff Travel has for the company.
          • To make employers aware of any abusive or threatening behaviour towards RST staff.
          • We will share information to the TOC that reported a travel irregularity on the sanction that RST has applied.

          We may also be required to disclose your data to the police or other enforcement, regulatory or Government body, in your country of origin or elsewhere, upon a valid request to do so. These requests are assessed on a case-by-case basis and take your privacy into consideration.

          For further information please contact our Data Protection Team.

          12.   Where is your data processed?

          Sometimes we may share your data with third parties and suppliers outside the European Economic Area (EEA) but only in response to a request from you for specific rail staff travel facilities for these countries.

          Requests for international free or reduced rate travel. If you are eligible for free or reduced rate travel in the following countries outside the EEA:

          • Australia
          • Switzerland
          • United States of America

          In order to provide you with documentation to permit such travel, we provide the issuing authority in that country some or all of the below via email:

          • Full name, including title
          • Date of birth
          • Date entered service
          • Date joined current employer (if different)
          • Job title and grade
          • Full name of spouse
          • Full names of dependants and dates of birth
          • Details of the journey required

          Apart from the circumstances described above, we do not process or store any data outside of the EEA. All necessary and relevant security measures are in place to protect your data when it is processed outside of the EEA.

          13.   What are your rights over your personal data?

          An overview of your different rights.

          You have the right to request:

          • Access to your data that we hold about you, free of charge in most cases
          • The correction of your data when incorrect, out of date or incomplete
          • That we stop using your data for service quality surveys or other purposes
          • Deletion of your data that we hold about you

          You can contact us to request to exercise these rights at any time by logging a request online using our request portal by clicking here or writing to us at:

          Scheme Compliance Manager

           Rail Staff Travel

           PO Box 80612

           London

           EC4P 4NH

          If we choose not to action your request we will explain to you the reasons for our refusal.

          Checking your identity

          To protect the confidentiality of your information, we will ask you to verify your identity before proceeding with any request you make under this Privacy Notice.

          If you have authorised a third party to submit a request on your behalf, we will ask them to prove they have your permission to do so.

          Where we rely on our legitimate interest

          In cases where we are processing your data on the basis of our legitimate interest, you can ask us to stop for reasons connected to your individual situation.

          We must then do so unless we believe we have a legitimate overriding reason to continue processing your data.

          14.   How can you stop the use of your data for service quality surveys?

          If we have sent you a survey about our services and you no longer want to receive surveys, simply let us know and we will stop. You can do this by:

          Email us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

          Write to us at:

           Rail Staff Travel:

           PO Box 80612

           London

           EC4P 4NH

          From the UK, call us free on 020 7841 8274

          Phone lines are generally open from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays (excluding Bank Holidays).

          From outside the UK, call us on +44 20 7841 8000 and ask for Rail Staff Travel.

          15.   RST web pages as a part of the Rail Delivery Group website

          Rail Staff Travel Ltd is part of the Rail Delivery Group and our web pages are a part of the Rail Delivery Group website. The Rail Delivery Group Privacy Policy relating to the use of the website is documented at www.raildeliverygroup.com/privacy-notice.html

          16.   Contacting the Regulator

          If you feel that your data has not been handled correctly, or you are unhappy with our response to any requests you have made to us regarding the use of your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

          You can contact them by calling 0303 123 1113.

          Or go online to www.ico.org.uk/concerns (opens in a new window; please note we are not responsible for the content of external websites)

          If you are based outside the UK, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection regulator in your country of residence.

          17.   Any questions?

          We hope this Privacy Notice has been helpful in setting out the way we handle your data and your rights to control it.

          If you have any questions that haven’t been covered, please contact our Data Protection Partner who will be pleased to help you:

          Email us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. marked for the attention of the Data Protection Partner

          Write to us at: 

          Data Protection Partner

          Rail Staff Travel

          PO Box 80612

          London EC4P 4NH

          Privacy

          Rail Staff Travel

          Updated - 11 March 2022

          Rail Staff Travel - Privacy Section

          RST are committed to protecting and maintaining the security of your personal information. In these pages we explain how we ensure that your privacy is respected and protected.

          We need to collect your personal information so that we can provide you with rail staff travel facilities for you and your eligible family member and to carry out our statutory functions. In these pages, we outline our obligations and your rights under current Data Protection Legislation, which regulates the use of personal information by all private and public sector organisations.

          RST Pages of RDG Website

          RST's privacy section explains:

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