EM Day ranger from Nuneaton

[matt]

On Saturday I am planning to get an East Midlands Day Ranger starting at Nuneaton. As I aim to get the first train before the ticket office opens will I be able to buy this ticket on the train? (I presume self-service ticket machines don't sell rovers)

 

[theblackwatch]

You should be able to, assuming the staff member knows what to do! I bought a FOSW rover from a member of on-board staff earlier this year.

 

[First class]

Technically you should buy a ticket valid for immediate travel and then change it at a suitable oppertunity- however, in reality, just explain to the guard before you get on and you shouldn't have any problem.

In terms of equipment, any guard with an Avantix machine can issue a ranger/rover, the 'Issuing Location' is usually blank though.

3. Where the full range of tickets is not available:
If you cannot buy an appropriate ticket for the journey you want to make because the range of tickets that is available at the station from which you intend to start your journey is restricted, you must buy a ticket or Permit to Travel before you travel that entitles you to make at least part of the journey. Then you must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, buy an appropriate ticket to complete your journey. In these circumstances, you only need to pay the fare that you would have paid if you had bought a ticket immediately before your journey.

The price you will have to pay will be reduced by the amount paid for the ticket or Permit to Travel.