EMR Railcard site

[miklcct]

In the past, I bought my 26-30 Railcard at East Midlands Railway (notably because the Railcard website couldn't recognise my passport information). The address is https://railcards.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/ , which is linked from the main EMR website.

However, when I try to go through the same process again, the main EMR website now links to https://www.railcard.co.uk/ instead.

Compare the live site https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/tickets-discounts/get-a-discount/railcards/26-30-railcard and the archived site https://web.archive.org/web/2023051...ounts/get-a-discount/railcards/26-30-railcard , and you can see the difference.

The EMR Railcard website still works at this moment, but it is causing me a red flag. Will I have trouble if I want to renew my railcard in the future?

 

[Adam Williams]

Was the separate site ever anything more than a thin wrapper over the National Rail/RDG system, anyway? A few of the TOCs have got sites like these, I've never really understood the point of them existing.

It's quite interesting that the passport validation was implemented differently

 

[miklcct]

It's quite interesting that the passport validation was implemented differently

The Railcard website didn't recognise my nationality (GBN). EMR didn't have the problem.

 

[Adam Williams]

The Railcard website didn't recognise my nationality (GBN). EMR didn't have the problem.

Out of curiosity more than anything else, does TrainSplit's work?

It's unusual to be picky about the 3 characters, IMO, so this is an odd failure case.

 

[Wallsendmag]

Have a try here https://railcards.lner.co.uk/content/faqs.aspx