If your focus falls on England, home to nine distinct regions including London, this pass will make it possible to include all the major attractions and cities on your itinerary. Hop on and off the trains as you wish!
Valid for travel in England with Flexible or Consecutive durations. You can hop on and off the trains as you please!
Available Classes
You can choose between First and Standard Class. First Class offers more space and comfort and is mostly less busy.
Please note: First Class is not offered on all services. Local and regional services often only have Standard Class accommodation.
Seat Reservations
Seat Reservations are never mandatory in Britain but we do recommend them at peak times.
You can buy a BritRail pass if you are not a UK resident.
Customers can select a first date of travel that is up to 11 months from the purchase date.
*Please note that discounts cannot be coupled with other discounts, only one discount per pass
If a paper pass is selected, this pass is printed on official railway ticket paper that will be shipped to you. You can select from the available shipping options during checkout. Please allow sufficient time to receive your pass before your departure
If an M-Pass is selected, an email with an activation link will be sent. When you are ready to use the M-Pass, click the link to select your first day of use or travel dates. After you have completed the check-in, you will be able to download your M-Pass.
Seat Reservations are never mandatory in Britain but we do recommend them at peak times.
Reserve a seat.
Note: Passengers who wish to upgrade a Standard Class BritRail Pass to First Class will need to pay the difference in excess between the Standard and First Class Ordinary Fare for the leg of the journey that has not been taken. This may be paid at the ticket office before boarding the train or to the ticket inspector on the train.
4.56out of5Value  5.00 User Friendliness  4.00 Experience 5.00 Comfort 5.00 Service 5.00 | Steve BlakeneyMay 19, 2023 Excellent value for money especially when comparing to ordinary fares. The M Pass is great but the PDF is a little inconvenient as when you rotate your phone to scan at the gate it often rotates the pass. Please look at making it compatible with Apple Wallet (or Google Wallet). I will be returning in October and have decided next time to splurge on the first class pass. The rail service in the UK is fantastic. Share this review:    |
Value 5.00 User Friendliness 5.00 Experience 5.00 Comfort 5.00 Service 5.00 | DavidApril 12, 2023 The value in these tickets is flexibility. We always get the paper ticket as the gates have issues with reading the phones. I would highly recommend getting first class. First time we got standard and had several trips that were standing room only. Never had this issue again using first class (and they give you drinks and food on the long haul trips). You can just hop on and hop off any train you like and go where you like without having to plan other than knowing which trains have first class (not all do). Share this review: |
Value 5.00 User Friendliness 4.00 Experience 5.00 Comfort 5.00 Service 5.00 | JohnGMarch 12, 2023 We have used them for many years when visiting Britain.
1. Unlike Europeans, North Americans, with good reason, don't think "train". Railways in Europe are widespread, quick, clean and frequent. Roads, especially in Britain, are often slow, clogged and exasperating.
2. BritRail is a great way to get out of London - in all directions. In fact, it allows you to stay outside the capital where accommodation costs are much lower - that alone can pay for a pass.
3.The choice of trains is colossal and offers lots of opportunities to see places that might otherwise take too long to get to.
4.Someone else is doing the driving - you're on vacation!
5. No lining up to buy / print tickets. Just walk straight to the platform.
6. A negative: the last couple of times the M-pass often was not recognized by the ticket scanners. Annoying. You may wind up showing it to the ticket collector instead. This issue needs to be addressed.
7. Lastly, if you plan to take long journeys, consider the first class option. If just pottering around London, many local trains have unremarkable first class accommodation or have none at all. Share this review: |
Value  3.00 User Friendliness 4.00 Experience 4.00 Comfort 3.00 Service 3.00 | Jerry LucasFebruary 17, 2020 When I bought my pass (Paper) for planned-limited use I realized the pass cost was similar to the planned separate rail trips if I purchased them in advance. I could have got more value from the pass if I did more travel however I needed only 3 specific train rides. The pass did help in flexibility when one train segment was altered due to track maintenance and I had take 2 different legs around the maintenance spot so I simply had to show the pass instead of explaining why a specific ticket was valid on a different route due to maintenance. The trains I traveled on were crowded and though I paid for a non-first calss reserved seat, its side was at a blank wall instead of a window...I couldn't change seats even though I had the non-first class pass because all other seats were occupied. For my itinerary, the pass was about as good as having bought precise tickets, however I can understand how other non-UK based rail travelers would get a lot more value than I did.
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Value 5.00 User Friendliness 5.00 Experience 5.00 Comfort 4.00 Service 4.00 | Alan MoleDecember 06, 2019 Excellent product. Mixed experience on the different Trains. First class pass: London to York on LNER - Excellent service.
York to Exeter on Cross Country - Food disappointing!
Exeter to London on SE Railways - Food trolley non-existent!
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Value 5.00 User Friendliness 5.00 Experience 5.00 Comfort 5.00 Service 5.00 | 3 Anewen DriveNovember 17, 2019 Splurged on 1st class Britrail passes and wow was that worth it! Didn't really have to plan our trips ahead at all. Used the Trainline app to see which upcoming trains had 1st class on them, then just walked on. Plenty of roomy seats and lots of space for our luggage, even while on some trains the other cars were packed and standing room only. Got free tea, soft drinks, cookies and cake every time, and even free sandwiches on some trains. One train the tea was in china cups! So relaxing. Would 100% choose 1st class again in future.
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Value 4.00 User Friendliness  2.00 Experience 4.00 Comfort 4.00 Service 4.00 | Kristin JensenNovember 12, 2019 To my surprise, the BritRail M-Pass arrived not as an electronic pass in standard format for storage in the Apple Wallet, but as a PDF that had to be downloaded from email and then stored somewhere on my phone. I ended up putting it in the Apple Books app. The PDF was a single very long, narrow page such that I had to manually zoom in on the pass every time I wanted to use it; otherwise the QR code would be too small to read. Even with the PDF zoomed in to enlarge the QR code, the pass failed to scan correctly at many railway gates and we had to be waved through by railway staff. That said, all the railway station staff and train conductors recognized the pass and we didn't have any difficulty getting it accepted for travel. It was great to be able to hop on any train at any time and not worry about peak vs off-peak fares or having to buy tickets weeks in advance for the best price. We roughly planned our itinerary in advance but the M-Pass allowed us to change plans freely as we went along. We didn't use the trains every day so the pass cost us approximately the same as if we had bought individual advance tickets, but it allowed us much more flexibility of plans and we didn't have to pay the steeper price for last-minute fares. Overall the BritRail program is GREAT for travelers; I just wish the pass would be formatted for compatibility with the Apple Wallet.
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Value 5.00 User Friendliness 5.00 Experience 5.00 Comfort 4.00 Service 4.00 | Ian StruthersOctober 31, 2019 An excellent experience all around.
Great value and very easy to use. Absolutely no problems.
Very highly recommended.
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Value 5.00 User Friendliness 5.00 Experience 5.00 Comfort 5.00 Service 5.00 | Mohad ShafqatOctober 23, 2019 Very convenient, you can get the any time train. Recommended.
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Value 5.00 User Friendliness 5.00 Experience 5.00 Comfort 5.00 Service 5.00 | lizzabowen@gmail.comSeptember 08, 2019 This is a brilliant Pass - takes all the hassle out of train travel and means no higher prices to travel during rush hour. I'd recommend this to anyone!
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