Business customers could save thousands using new corporate season ticket
- New season ticket could save corporate customers thousands
- Customers can also buy tickets through EMR TRAX - an online booking platform
- EMR TRAX includes number of other helpful features
East Midlands Railway (EMR) has launched a new corporate season ticket offering, which could save businesses using its services thousands of pounds a year.
The tickets allow business employees to purchase a flexi, monthly, or annual season tickets to travel to and from work, with discounts of up to 10 per cent available for annual season tickets on specific EMR routes.
These include:
Flexi Season Tickets - A flexi season ticket allows eight return journeys between the origin and destination station within 28 days.
Monthly Season Ticket - A monthly season ticket lets the customer travel between selected stations as many times as they require, for a month.
Annual Season Ticket - An annual season ticket lets the customer travel between their origin and destination station at any time, on any day of the week for a year at the cost of only 40 weeks.
Season tickets will be issued on smart cards, reducing the number of single-use paper tickets.
EMR TRAX
EMR also offers corporate customers a streamlined service through EMR TRAX . The travel booking platform, which can be accessed through an online portal or mobile app, helps businesses find the most cost-effective fares and book their rail travel, all in one place.
The platform allows users to book any train operator and will always provide customers with the best possible fare prices.
EMR TRAX has a number of other helpful features, including:
- No sign-up or booking fees
- A dedicated account manager to help with any queries
- Complimentary reporting features to help businesses monitor and record their spending
- CO2 monitoring features
- Any card collection/e-ticket
Simon Pready, Commercial Director at East Midlands Railway, said: "Our business customers can make big savings by buying their season tickets through us and we are sure these new tickets will prove to be popular.
"Of course we also have EMR TRAX which allows businesses to manage their travel more efficiently. We believe that its additional features, such as dedicated account management and complimentary reporting, provide great value to our corporate customers."
Businesses interested in trying the platform can find more information here: https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/tickets-discounts/business-by-train