{"id":153491,"date":"2021-12-09T14:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/?p=153491"},"modified":"2022-05-19T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:48:49","slug":"c2c-passengers-can-now-buy-the-cheapest-weekend-tickets-on-a-smartcard-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/media-centre\/latest-news\/c2c-passengers-can-now-buy-the-cheapest-weekend-tickets-on-a-smartcard-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"c2c passengers can now buy the cheapest weekend tickets on a Smartcard for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Customers can now buy the cheapest weekend tickets on a c2c Smartcard for the first time &#8211; saving time and effort when it comes to buying a train ticket.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Super Off Peak tickets, including travelcards, can now be purchased and added to the c2c Smartcard. Until now these discounted tickets, which are only valid on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays, have only been available as paper tickets.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This means weekend passengers can avoid ticket office queues by buying online and downloading their ticket from home, using the c2c Travel app. Alternatively they can choose to collect at the station and simply tap on the ticket gates as they pass through, or collect from any c2c ticket machine.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">c2c Commercial Director Clare McCaffrey said: \u201cIn the past year we\u2019ve seen how keen people still are to travel by rail at weekends, with weekend demand nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. We\u2019re delighted to offer these weekend discount tickets on a Smartcard for the first time, so now more people than ever can beat the queues and enjoy the benefits of using a c2c Smartcard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As well as saving time when they buy their tickets, passengers who use a Smartcard also get automatically credited with compensation if their train is delayed, when they tap their card at the start and end of their journey.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">c2c Smartcards are <strong>free<\/strong> to anyone, and can be ordered online in advance or obtained at the station. More information is available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/tickets-and-fares\/c2c-smartcard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/tickets-and-fares\/c2c-smartcard\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639146577165000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2DWlcIuj3UjWU-y-3MlZFs\">https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/<wbr \/>tickets-and-fares\/c2c-<wbr \/>smartcard\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/tickets-and-fares\/c2c-smartcard\/\">Find out more about Smartcard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customers can now buy the cheapest weekend tickets on a c2c Smartcard for the first time &#8211; saving time and effort when it comes to buying a train ticket. Super Off Peak tickets, including travelcards, can now be purchased and added to the c2c Smartcard. Until now these discounted tickets, which are only valid on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2652,2654,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news-articles","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4-RC1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>c2c passengers can now buy the cheapest weekend tickets on a Smartcard for first time | Trains to\/from London, Southend &amp; Essex with c2c Rail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For trains to and from London, Southend and elsewhere in Essex, plus timetables, ticket sales, information and events and offers, visit c2c-online.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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