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Operators within the National Rail staff travel scheme

Operators within the National Rail staff travel scheme

Updated - 4 September 2026
Operators within the National Rail staff travel scheme

Operators within the National Rail staff travel scheme

National Rail operators within the staff travel scheme

  • Avanti West Coast
  • C2c
  • Caledonian Sleeper (the RST Online Leisure Card is not valid for use on Caledonian Sleeper services)
  • Chiltern Railways
  • CrossCountry
  • East Midlands Railway
  • Elizabeth Line (the RST Online Leisure Card is not valid for use on Elizabeth Line service except when crossing London between Liverpool Street and Paddington on a ticket containing the Cross-London marker (†))
  • Gatwick Express
  • Great Northern
  • Greater Anglia
  • Great Western Railway
  • London North Eastern Railway
  • London Northwestern Railway
  • London Overground (the RST Online Leisure Card is not valid for use on London Overground services)
  • Merseyrail
  • Northern
  • Island Line (Isle of Wight)
  • Scotrail
  • South Western Railway
  • Southeastern Railway
  • Southern
  • Stansted Express
  • Thameslink
  • TransPennine Express
  • Transport for Wales
  • West Midlands Railway

When a franchised or concessionary operator is replaced by another franchised or concessionary operator, or any other operator appointed by the Department for Transport, rail staff travel facilities remain valid on the services provided by the new operator.

Open access operators within the staff travel scheme

  • Grand Central (the RST Online Leisure Card is not valid on Grand Central services)
  • Heathrow Express
  • Hull Trains (the RST Online Leisure Card is not valid on Hull Trains services)
  • London Tramlink (the RST Online Leisure Card is not valid on London Tramlink services)
  • Lumo East Coast 
  • Lumo West Coast 

Rail operators with limited acceptance of staff travel facilities

  • London Underground (except for staff discounted (priv-rate) ticket holders crossing London between London Terminal stations on a ticket containing the Cross-London marker (†), and some safeguarded employees holding a Staff Travel Card with specific endorsements)
  • Tyne and Wear Metro (only for some safeguarded employees holding Staff Travel Cards with specific endorsements)

Other rail operators outside of the staff travel scheme

  • Blackpool Tramway
  • Docklands Light Railway
  • Edinburgh Trams
  • Glasgow Subway
  • Manchester Metrolink
  • Nottingham Express Transit
  • Sheffield Supertram
  • West Midlands Metro