Brighton fans to be offered discount train tickets to these away games

Fans of Brentford and Brighton are being rewarded for making greener choices.

The two Premier League clubs are the first to support Trainline's "I came by train" campaign, aimed at promoting sustainable travel to matches.

Supporters will receive a 20 per cent discount on train tickets to away games, encouraging them to ditch their cars.

Natalie Marques, sustainability head of the campaign at Trainline, said: “We are on a mission to make rail more famous for being a sustainable mode of travel. People often underestimate the impact they can have by switching from car to train, but switching just one 200-mile journey can cut your CO2 impact significantly – and it’s easy too!

"That’s why we’re delighted Brentford and Brighton and Hove Albion are leading the way among football clubs by encouraging their fans to travel sustainably to away matches, so they can be proud to chant: I came by train.”

"People often underestimate the impact they can have by switching from car to train."

Brighton and Hove Albion sustainability manager Tom Harris said: “As a club we’re always looking at ways to help fans travel to matches using more sustainable modes of transport. "Travelling by train instead of car not only avoids traffic but is better for the environment as well.  That’s why we are delighted to be piloting Trainline’s ‘I came by train’ to offer fans cheaper train travel to our away matches at West Ham and Manchester United”.

Brighton fans can benefit for their matches away to West Ham United on December 21 and at Manchester United on January 19 as a pilot, while Brentford fans can apply the discount for all away games outside of London for the rest of the season including upcoming fixtures against Brighton on 27th December, and at Southampton on 4th January.

Travelling by train creates 67% less CO2 emissions per passenger than a journey by car, meaning football fans switching just one journey to train can significantly reduce their personal CO2 emissions. For example:

Two Brighton fans heading to the match at Manchester United would reduce their combined emissions by 43kg of CO2 if they travelled by train instead of car.

For Brighton’s match at West Ham United, two fans travelling together would save 8kg of CO2 by switching from car to train