The best way to buy your Gatwick Airport train tickets is online. By pre-booking with us directly, you can avoid station queues, collect from any station and spend your money on postcards rather than booking fees.
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You can save 10% if you book online in advance directly through the Gatwick Express Website. They also offer a wide range of discounted tickets, for example, save 34% with a GroupSave ticket if you are travelling in a group of 3-9 adults.
Reserve Early. The earlier you book your tickets, the more likely you are to get the lowest fare available for the dates you want on the routes along your journey. You may book your travel up to 11 months in advance.
Higher fares usually apply when purchasing tickets onboard the train. To secure the best available fare, passengers should purchase tickets prior to boarding the train.
Penalty Fare charges changed in England on 23 January 2023. Charges for travelling without a valid ticket are £100 plus the price of the full single fare applicable to your intended journey served by that train.
Contactless travelIf you have a debit or credit card or mobile phone with contactless payment, you can use it to pay for travelling on the Gatwick Express. Touch it on the yellow Oyster reader at the gates to the platform at Gatwick station or London Victoria.
Book in advance: Train tickets often get more expensive the closer you get to the travel date, so booking in advance can save you money. Be flexible with your travel dates and times: Off-peak trains and midweek travel tend to be cheaper than peak-time trains on weekends.
Travel during peak travel periods will usually see you paying more as there is more demand for tickets. For that reason, the best days to buy tickets are generally in the middle of the week between Tuesday and Thursday, the former considered the best of all by several sources.
The reasons for this are varied: from the privatisation of the rail industry to the rising cost of infrastructure. The UK does not have fixed rates like other European countries such as France, which can result in flight tickets being cheaper than a regional train journey in the UK.
This means that travelling on a weekend can be more expensive. In particular, you might find it cheaper to travel before 09:30 on Saturdays, and after 17:00 on Sundays. However, if you're travelling on Greater Anglia or Thameslink for example, the cheapest day to travel by train is a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday.