Day tickets on train travel?

[matty91]

Unlike bus services, don't you think there should be a day ticket that's valid for train travel?

For example, travelling within a local area?

In Bristol, there are many local stations, especially on the 'Severn Beach Line', but there isn't a day ticket you can purchase. I know travelling by bus is easier to hop on and off so day tickets will obviously be better, but for travel in a local area, don't you think this is something that could be introduced?

 

[Darandio]

There are countless rovers and rangers all over the country. What is wrong with this one for the Bristol area?

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/93479.aspx

The Freedom Travelpass gives unlimited travel on all rail services and most bus services within the Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire administrative areas.

 

[PeterC]

You can buy one ticket on the railway for your return journey regardless of the number of changes. The only way to pay only one fare for a multi leg bus journey is to buy an area pass of some kind.

 

[221129]

Unlike bus services, don't you think there should be a day ticket that's valid for train travel?

For example, travelling within a local area?

In Bristol, there are many local stations, especially on the 'Severn Beach Line', but there isn't a day ticket you can purchase. I know travelling by bus is easier to hop on and off so day tickets will obviously be better, but for travel in a local area, don't you think this is something that could be introduced?

Ermm you can....

 

[DarloRich]

Unlike bus services, don't you think there should be a day ticket that's valid for train travel?

For example, travelling within a local area?

In Bristol, there are many local stations, especially on the 'Severn Beach Line', but there isn't a day ticket you can purchase. I know travelling by bus is easier to hop on and off so day tickets will obviously be better, but for travel in a local area, don't you think this is something that could be introduced?

eeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr - there is a canny few of these tickets about: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/rangers_and_rovers.aspx

 

[tsr]

If I may say so, some of these replies are a little confrontational, I think, given not all rangers and rovers are well publicised outside specialist groups and forums like this one. Many passengers have not heard of them, and many staff have not sold one. I know some staff on lines with multiple rovers available, but they’d still regard it as an unusual event to even hear a passenger mention them. A ticket office colleague of mine sold me a rail ranger this summer which has a massive area and very good value, and remarked he hadn’t sold one for about a decade.

Granted Bristol and some PTE areas may have more awareness (I’m not sure), but outside the London Travelcard area, publicity for rail rover/ranger tickets is nowhere near as good as the efforts the bus networks put in.

 

[cuccir]

If I may say so, some of these replies are a little confrontational, I think, given not all rangers and rovers are well publicised outside specialist groups and forums like this one. Many passengers have not heard of them, and many staff have not sold one. I know some staff on lines with multiple rovers available, but they’d still regard it as an unusual event to even hear a passenger mention them. A ticket office colleague of mine sold me a rail ranger this summer which has a massive area and very good value, and remarked he hadn’t sold one for about a decade.

Granted Bristol and some PTE areas may have more awareness (I’m not sure), but outside the London Travelcard area, publicity for rail rover/ranger tickets is nowhere near as good as the efforts the bus networks put in.

Well said.

 

[lyndhurst25]

I find www.railrover.org good for hunting out rover tickets as it's organised on a regional basis. If only the NationalRail website was as good.

 

[Tetchytyke]

A lot of rail rovers are only valid for 4 or 7 days, which isn't much use if you just want a day out. There are some day rangers, especially in the north, but they don't have the same geographic spread.

Imagine how good a one-day version of, say, the Freedom of the North West rail rover would be.

 

[221129]

Imagine how good a one-day version of, say, the Freedom of the North West rail rover would be.

Which is exactly the reason why they do not exist

 

[Polarbear]

Possibly a little off topic, but the Swiss have this product.

https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-a...tzerland/1-day-travelpass/saver-day-pass.html

(I do like the roller-coasting pig).

 

[johnnychips]

(I do like the roller-coasting pig).

A brilliant end line that makes you want to click the link - but what an anticlimax. Have you considered working in politics?

Back on topic, it really does take a lot of Googling to see what bus/train day or week rovers are available in certain areas.

 

[Polarbear]

(I do like the roller-coasting pig).

A brilliant end line that makes you want to click the link - but what an anticlimax. Have you considered working in politics?

Nah - I'm no good at telling porkies......

(coat)

 

[AM9]

I find www.railrover.org good for hunting out rover tickets as it's organised on a regional basis. If only the NationalRail website was as good.

I find the National Rail site easy for info on them. Just type 'rovers & rangers in the search box. They're all listed.

 

[Joe Paxton]

I find www.railrover.org good for hunting out rover tickets as it's organised on a regional basis. If only the NationalRail website was as good.

I find the National Rail site easy for info on them. Just type 'rovers & rangers in the search box. They're all listed.

In both cases you need to know the terminology used by the railway, i.e. that "rovers" and "rangers" are a thing.

 

[AlterEgo]

In both cases you need to know the terminology used by the railway, i.e. that "rovers" and "rangers" are a thing.

Yes, it is a bit strange that they are sometimes under-publicised. I used to get a few enquiries from passengers who wanted a "day ticket" who had no idea what a "ranger" was.

 

[xotGD]

Yes, it is a bit strange that they are sometimes under-publicised. I used to get a few enquiries from passengers who wanted a "day ticket" who had no idea what a "ranger" was.

But had they heard of a 'Scratch and Flash'?

 

[marshmallow]

Unlike bus services, don't you think there should be a day ticket that's valid for train travel?

There should, however a notable advantage of train tickets over bus tickets is that generally you can break your journey, whereas with bus tickets you generally cannot, which I find frustrating as both a bus and a rail traveller.

 

[Andy1066]

Recently updated Bristol Freedom rover all trains and buses on Severn beach line and beyond.
Zonal system
www.firstgroup.com/bristol-bath-and-west/tickets/ticket-types/freedom-travelpass