What is the difference between peak and super off peak?

On-Peak Hours: Highest demand for energy, highest prices. Off-Peak Hours: Lower demand for energy, lower prices. Super Off-Peak: Lowest demand for energy, lowest prices.



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What are Super Off-Peak Tickets? Super Off-Peak Tickets are valid for travel after 10am Monday – Friday, and any time at weekends or Bank Holidays.

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Time restrictions apply on journeys taken Monday to Saturday, and tickets won't be valid on trains that depart:
  • Before 12:01, and between 16:00 and 19:00 from London Waterloo;
  • Before 12:01, and between 16:00 and 19:04 from Vauxhall;
  • Before 12:01, and between 16:09 and 19:09 from Clapham Junction;


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Super Off-Peak Tickets You can travel on any Super Off-Peak train on the date shown on your ticket. For Super Off-Peak Return tickets, you must make your return journey within one calendar month (excluding Super Off-Peak Day tickets).

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Off-Peak or Super Off-Peak tickets that show 'any permitted' allow you to travel on any train operator within any of the Off-Peak times.

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Super Off-Peak is the period within the day where the cost of electricity is at the lowest.

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Peak train times are generally between 06:30 and 09:30, and from 16:30 to 19:00. This is when the trains are busiest, with commuters travelling between work and home. However, with more people working from home, you'll have a more peaceful journey than you once would!

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Off-Peak Day Return tickets are valid for travel on the date shown on the ticket and until 04:29 the following morning. All travel must be completed by this time.

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Peak train times are generally between 06:30 and 09:30, and from 16:30 to 19:00. This is when the trains are busiest, with commuters travelling between work and home. However, with more people working from home, you'll have a more peaceful journey than you once would!

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Peak fares - Monday to Friday (not on public holidays) between 06:30 and 09:30, and between 16:00 and 19:00. Off-peak fares - at all other times and if you travel from a station outside Zone 1 to a station in Zone 1 between 16:00 and 19:00, Monday to Friday.

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When are Super Off-Peak train times? Exact Super Off-Peak train times can vary across routes and train companies, but they're usually the least busy travel periods during the week. Super Off-Peak travel times are normally between around 10:00 to 15:30 and from 19:15 onwards Monday to Friday.

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Off-Peak Day Travelcards are valid for unlimited travel from 09:30 Mondays to Fridays, (00:01 Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) on the day for which the ticket is dated and until 04:29 on the following day.

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Off-Peak, Super Off-Peak Can be used on a different time train providing the earlier or later train is also within the terms of conditions of the ticket.

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Off-Peak Day Return tickets are valid for travel on the date shown on the ticket and until 04:29 the following morning. All travel must be completed by this time.

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If you need to travel on a different date, you will need to cancel your ticket and buy a new one. Your ticket is refundable (with no admin fee) if the service you planned to travel on is delayed or cancelled, and you choose not to travel.

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Advance train tickets aren't flexible, so you must catch the train specified on your ticket. If you catch an earlier train, you may have to pay additional fees, so please check with ticket staff at the station.

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