Ticketing from stations outside Greater Manchester including validity on the trams

[MrBeanie]

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Fares via Manchester including Metrolink validity: has this changed recently?

Have fares routed 00318 "via METROLINK CTLZ" been re-routed to 00312 "via Manchester"? I have tried various examples of fares which I know which previously had route code 318, but now have route code 312 I think the wording on the TfGM website may have changed, as I think it used to say...

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An open ticket from Huddersfield issued at the ticket office states 'valid for one journey to/from Manchester stations'. My understanding is that this does not include travel on the Metrolink, but does include the tpe services to or from Redcar and Manchester airport (via Victoria) or the stopping service that runs through Stalybridge via Guide Bridge to Piccadilly.

Although a single zone 1 tram journey is under 2 pounds if you need to use it.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

An open ticket from Huddersfield issued at the ticket office states 'valid for one journey to/from Manchester stations'. My understanding is that this does not include travel on the Metrolink...

It doesn't. From Huddersfield, you'd need the through ticket to be to destination 'GM METROLNK Z1' to travel in the City Centre.

Although a single zone 1 tram journey is under 2 pounds if you need to use it.

It's an extra £1.40 for an adult single within Metrolink Zone 1 if/when such ticket is needed to be bought separately.

 

[nr758123]

It doesn't. From Huddersfield, you'd need the through ticket to be to destination 'GM METROLNK Z1' to travel in the City Centre.

It's an extra £1.40 for an adult single within Metrolink Zone 1 if/when such ticket is needed to be bought separately.

After much searching I found tickets from outside GM (Slaithwaite not Huddersfield but the principle is the same), on to various metrolink zones, but the one ticket including both train and metrolink was a lot more expensive (and the only delivery option was "collect from station", so not downloadable to a phone app) than a train ticket plus a one day Metrolink travelcard, so I don't think I'll bother.

 

[MrBeanie]

Coming from outside the area I tend to get a Greater Manchester Rail Ranger if I am going to be travelling around those areas for a day. It's largely a rail ticket within the Gmpte travel area, but it does include zone 1 Metrolink travel for Nine pounds.

 

[A S Leib]

Another option, depending on what exactly's needed, is the Bee Network AnyBus / Train / Tram ticket (£11.40 off-peak).