Your contract is with the carrier, tour operator, or other service provider. We act only as an agent and accepts no liability for any matters arising from or otherwise connected with your contract. 

The relevant conditions of carriage and bylaws of the railway operators over whose lines you travel on your journey are incorporated into your contract together with those of any other carrier. 

Your contract also includes the Uniform Rules concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Rail (CIV) which are applicable to the Berne Convention concerning international carriage by rail. 

All other services are subject to the conditions of the service provider, whether or not they are booked at the same time as a rail journey. 

All conditions of carriage contain limitations of liability and we recommend that you read these before travelling.

When you have reserved your ticket, we will send you an email confirming your booking and provide you with a booking reference number and a link to a section of our website giving you fulfilment progress information.

For bookings placed over email, telephone or in-store the following fees will be charged:

£0.01 - £99.99 = £15.00
£100.00 - £299.99 = £25.00
£300.00 + above = £35.00

Please examine your tickets carefully upon receipt. We accept no liability for ticket errors resulting from incorrect information provided by you.

If you notice any inaccuracy, you must tell us within 48 hours of receipt of your tickets.

We make every effort to ensure that all tickets booked through us are issued correctly and efficiently but in the event of any error or delay occurring in connection with the booking or the issue of tickets, the maximum liability to you will be to refund the price of your ticket.

Names on travel documents must match exactly those shown on passports.

eTickets must be collected from the station of departure. You must present your passport and your booking reference number and have available the credit or debit card with which payment was made.

The period of validity of any kind of ticket is that printed on the ticket or stated in our notices and other publications relating to the ticket. Reduced fare and discounted fare tickets may be subject to limited availability and restrictions as to the dates, days, times within a day and trains on which they can be used. Such ticket restrictions are set out in our notices and other publications.

Stop-overs en route, other than those necessary for transfers, are not permitted. If you break your journey, you will not be entitled to continue it later.

Tickets for Eurostar trains do not include the cost of travel between different stations in any one city.

Before boarding a Eurostar train or any train outside Great Britain, the ticket must usually be validated at the automatic gates or at the check-in booths.

If you have to change trains on a journey you are making, you will be responsible for transferring yourself and your baggage between the trains and, if necessary, between stations.

If you wish to use your ticket for a station other than the one for which it is valid you will have to pay the appropriate full fare for the additional portion of the journey.

Tickets may not be offered for sale except by us or any International Rail Ltd's authorised agents. If a ticket is resold or transferred for profit or other commercial gain, it will become invalid and the holder may not be entitled to use it.

Tickets remain our property and if you fail in any material respect to comply with any condition governing its use, your ticket may be withdrawn or invalidated by our staff or agents.

You are responsible for making sure that you join the correct train and that you get on and off at the correct station. We will not be responsible for any loss or delay caused as a result of your joining the wrong train or getting on or off at the wrong station.

You must allow at least 30 minutes, or other minimum period which we may specify from time to time, in order to check in for a Eurostar train. If you arrive after this minimum period, you may not be allowed to board your train.

You are also responsible for ensuring that you are in possession of a valid passport or other valid travel documents when you travel, and that you have obtained all necessary visas or other immigration documents which you need for all countries through which your journey passes. If you attempt to travel without a valid passport or other necessary travel documents you may not be allowed to board the train.

Tickets must be shown (together with any railcards or other supporting documents where they are required) or handed over upon request to a member of staff of the operator on which those tickets are valid.

All fares quoted are subject to availability and are only taken when payment has been received from you.

Products booked online may only be paid for by the following credit or debit cards: Visa Credit, Visa Debit, Visa Electron, Mastercard Credit & Mastercard Debit. For these transactions your account will be debited immediately.

For orders placed with our call centre your card will be debited once our agents confirm with you that the transaction has been completed.

If you wish to pay by BACS, then please contact our Call Centre on 08712310790*.

Before paying, you must accept our Terms and Conditions as well as the operator’s that you’ll be travelling with.

Your order will only be complete when we’ve sent you a confirmation by email and after the full price has been paid. We have the right to cancel or refuse your current order if you’ve not paid for a previous order in full.

Unless indicated otherwise in the specific terms that apply to your ticket, your ticket is only valid for travel at the times stated on it and may not be exchanged.

Each train company/operator has different conditions for each ticket type, unfortunately there is not 'a one size fits all' so you’ll need to make sure you meet them to be eligible. We display the the important conditions before you select the tickets, but it’s important you also check the operator’s terms and conditions directly, to make sure you’re buying the ticket that meet yous needs.

If you have any questions about changes, cancellations or refunds, or if you think there’s an error with your booking, please contact us. If there is an error and we agree that it was made by us, we’ll give you a replacement ticket, or sort things out at our discretion.

We do not undertake to issue duplicate tickets to replace tickets (or portions of tickets) lost, stolen or mislaid.

If you have purchased Ticket Protection Plan, available for purchase at the time of booking your Rail Tickets and/or Rail Passes then, subject to the conditions of that plan you will be able to recover the cost of a new pass if it is lost or stolen while travelling.

Any ticket which may have been spoiled, tampered with or altered in any way is not valid for travel.

You must return it to us and we may issue a replacement ticket on payment of an administrative charge. However, we reserve the right to refuse to issue a replacement ticket where it is reasonable for us to do so.

No replacement ticket will be issued where the ticket has been so damaged or defaced as to prevent the reading of essential details.

The CIV and the bylaws and conditions of any carrier will contain exclusions and limitations of liability for loss or losses, injury, damage and destruction of baggage and late deliveries.

Restrictions may also be imposed on the amount of baggage and the type of baggage you may take and a charge may be levied in respect of excess baggage.

Please check before travelling Requirements as to labelling and lost and unclaimed baggage may also apply.

We accept no liability for the failure of any carrier, tour operator or other service provider. And have no liability for theft, loss of or damage to persons, effects or any loss caused by a force majeure event. We exclude all liabilities to you to the maximum extent permitted at law.

We will not be liable for any delay, poor performance or failure in performance caused by matters beyond our reasonable control.

Likewise the carrier, the tour operator, or any other service provider will not be so liable.

These terms and conditions are governed by English law.

You must allow time to check in for certain train services - e.g. 30 minutes must be allowed for Eurostar services.

If you arrive after the time provided, you may not be allowed to board your train.

Please check with the railway company concerned before travelling for exact details of required boarding time.

We endeavour to give accurate timetable information to all customers at the time of booking. However, travellers are advised to check train times locally on arrival. We accept no liability for any losses or damages incurred arising from timing or non-operation of services or otherwise in connection with information we have supplied.

These conditions are subject to variation at any time.

Any variation will be displayed here and you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you have made a booking after it has been displayed.

Italian 'open' paper tickets, domestic and cross-border, where there is no requirement for a compulsory reservation, must be validated at the yellow machines on the platform before use.

Failure to do so is subject to a €200 fine, reduced to €100 if paid within 15 days.

Ticketless reservations do not need to be validated.