Business Direct – booking made easy
With Business Direct, it’s even easier for you and your colleagues to get back to doing business in person. Simply create an account, add your colleagues, set and control their spend – and away you go. It takes just a few minutes to get started. And soon, you’ll have all this to look forward to:
- no booking fees. We won’t charge you to book your train travel tickets, routing, itineraries and reservations for train journeys across the UK (not just GWR)
- a comprehensive customisable reporting package that allows you to run detailed travel expenditure reports
- add users with authority to book tickets at thresholds you set, for example restricting users to book Standard Class only
- season tickets also available to purchase on the business direct booking tool*
- simple ticket collection from a Ticket Machine, posted First Class for free or as an e-ticket**
- Airline style seat maps are available when making seat reservations, allowing users to see exactly which seat they are selecting in the carriage.
- A carbon calculator is available, allowing users to see carbon emissions generated for each journey.
Important update: Payment by card not currently available
Payments via Credit or Debit card are not currently available on Business Direct. Tickets can be paid for by card, by calling the team on 0345 700 0125 (Option 4 and then 4).
Book and manage your Business Direct Account
Login to your Business Direct Account
Open a Business Direct Account
If you don't have a corporate rail travel account and want to open one, please contact our Business Direct team:
Open a Business Direct Account
Group Travel
Whatever your reason and need for travelling as a group, GWR Group Travel is here to help.
Dedicated to helping groups of travellers of 10 or more, GWR Group Travel is here to help you plan your Great Western journey.
Find out more about Group Travel
Wi-Fi on board
If you need to work on-the-go – fear not. We offer Wi-Fi on most of our train services to help you stay connected. So, whether you’re a remote worker travelling to a meeting or need to send an email before you reach the office, you can. There are also plenty of plug sockets throughout our trains so you won’t have to worry about running out of power.
Find out more about our free Wi-Fi
*Photocards must accompany season tickets. These can be obtained from our Ticket Offices
**e-tickets delivered as a PDF only to the traveller. Print off as required or present via your smart device