S3G Small Group Day

Small Group Day offers groups of 3 to 9 people travelling together a 15% discount on Standard Day Returns. ​​​​​​​

Small Group Day tickets are available on all routes priced by Transport for Wales and are the TfW Group product equivalent to Groupsave. They can be used on other operators' services as listed below.

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Availability

Any National Rail staffed ticket office, train company telesales office, online at most train company website and selected rail appointed travel agents.

This ticket can be purchased in advance or immediately before travel.

Discounts

This ticket is a Group product

Break of Journey

Change of Journey

You may change your travel plans at any time within the validity of the ticket without having to pay an additional fare. Restrictions on when you can travel with this ticket may apply to both the outward and return journeys - please check before travelling

Refunds

For tickets purchased until 31 March 2026:

Small Group Day ticket are refundable. If you decide not to use some or all of your ticket (s) to make all or part of your intended journey then you can get a refund by returning your unused ticket to the ticket office or place of purchase (for tickets bought via websites, telesales or travel agents) within 28 days of the ticket expiry date.

You may be required to pay an administration fee (up to a maximum of £5 per ticket). The refund amount will normally take into account any use you have made of the ticket and in some circumstances no refund will be paid.

If the number of tickets requested for refund reduces the group size that travel to below 3 (1 or 2 travelers), then the undiscounted Standard Day return ticket price will be used to calculate journeys made.  ​​​​​​​

For tickets purchased from 1 April 2026:

Refundable until 23:59 the day before the ticket becomes valid for travel.

Not refundable once the ticket has become valid for travel unless Condition 30 of the National Rail Conditions of Travel (failure of train service) applies.

In exceptional circumstances a refund may be considered on unused or part-used tickets that have become valid for travel. In such cases an application must be made to the retailer within 28 days of the expiry date of the ticket and should include the reason for non-use. Additional evidence may be requested, refunds will be on a discretionary basis, and any use made of the ticket may mean that in some circumstances no refund will be due.

Refunds are only available from the retailer that sold the tickets.

An administration fee (up to a maximum of £5 per ticket) may be applied.

If the number of tickets requested for refund reduces the group size that travel to below 3 (1 or 2 travelers), then the undiscounted Standard Day return ticket price will be used to calculate journeys made.  ​​​​​​​

Validity and reservation requirements

Reservations are not required by this ticket type, but may still be forced by a selected timetabled mandatory-reservations train service.

Outward validity summary
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Return validity summary
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