Great Western Railway
First Great Western Travel iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Great Western Railway is a free Travel app for iPhone and iPad by First Great Western. Rated 4.6/5 from 2,536 ratings. Requires iOS 16.6.
- Rating
- 4.6
- 2.5K ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 138 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 14
- 2026 · v5.1.2
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About Great Western Railway
Use the Great Western Railway app to plan your next journey and book train tickets with ease. Key features: Book train tickets * Purchase train tickets across all networks to anywhere in Britain * Save up to 50% with an Advance train ticket; compared to standard Anytime fares * No booking or card fees * Store mobile train tickets in-app to use straight-away * Convenient home screen widget for ease of access to your tickets for travel today GWR Rewards * Join our loyalty programme in-app * Track points and transactions * Easily access your rewards to redeem in-app and onboard GWR services Digital railcards * Ability to purchase 8 different railcards and store in-app * Railcards purchased via our website can be stored in-app using your unique code Check live train times * View departure and arrival times for all National Rail services * Check live train timetables and platform numbers * View facilities and how busy it is onboard with live loading data * Save your frequent journeys for ease of checking again later * Keep updated with live GWR network information provided on the home screen Download now and plan your next train journey. -- Information to note: You'll need to create an online GWR account or sign-in before you can purchase your train tickets. Got a question? Here's our FAQs: https://www.gwr.com/help-and-support/faqs Need to get in touch? Find the best way to here: https://www.gwr.com/help-and-support/contact-us Follow us on Twitter: @GWRHelp Learn more about us at https://www.gwr.com/
Ratings & reviews
4.6
2.5K ratings
What’s new
Version 5.1.2 · Updated October 14, 2026
Improved information when purchasing tickets to show when services are delayed or cancelled. Introduced a ChatBot feature on the Info tab for users to find out key information from our website. Improved app accessibility within the ticket purchase flow - addressing heading structure, unlabelled form fields, and buttons along with dynamic readout for content changes when using Apple VoiceOver tool. Updates to marketing opt in at registration and preference centre within account.
App privacy
The developer, First Great Western, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Search History: Search History
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Other Data: Other Data Types
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name, Phone Number
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: App Functionality
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