Virgin Trains West Coast have announced that Millennials carrying avocados can get 1/3 off rail prices for a week.

The avocard was launched after 10,000 trial rail cards for those aged 26-30 sold out in minutes.

The discount is only available between March 13 to 20.

A statement for Virgin Trains said: “With the #avocard, you’ll get all the perks of the 26-30 railcard.

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“Simply present an avocado in place of the railcard at any Virgin Trains West Coast station to get a 1/3 off our fares.”

Further conditions state you must carry the avocard with you throughout the duration of the journey, and pictures of avocados will not count.

A Virgin Trains spokesperson told the Evening Standard: “We want to help any of our customers who missed out on the millennial railcard – so we decided to offer them the same discounted fares in a lighthearted way.”