rovers and rangers: new interactive map

[nag67]

I think the Highland rover doesn't cover south of Aberdeen or Aviemore, yet the map shows all stations to Glasgow from those two.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Great resource.

I concur - thanks indeed.

 

[fishwomp]

I think the Highland rover doesn't cover south of Aberdeen or Aviemore, yet the map shows all stations to Glasgow from those two.

That's right: they weren't showing like that last week (sigh!) - the gap filling fix I applied the other day broke it. It's fixed now (~in a few mins)

 

[trei2k]

I have just come across this, it looks like an excellent resource.

Did you remove the Scottish rovers @fishwomp ?

 

[kkong]

The Freedom of the North West Rover seems to be missing.

 

[tel]

The best site for rovers:

GB RAIL ROVER GUIDE - rail rover and ranger tickets

How to find rail rover and railway ranger tickets on the national rail network. Rover tickets are cheap tickets for rail travel

www.railrover.org

tel

 

[fishwomp]

I have just come across this, it looks like an excellent resource.

Did you remove the Scottish rovers @fishwomp ?

Thanks for the heads-up - the national rail site had switched a URL so lots were missing.

It's now back up to date (with some more sanity checking to flag this next time)

 

[kkong]

Inverness Airport and Kintore are shown as excluded from the Highland Rover.

It is valid at both stations, as per the map at https://www.scotrail.co.uk/tickets/combined-tickets-travel-passes/highland-rover

 

[fishwomp]

Inverness Airport and Kintore are shown as excluded from the Highland Rover.

It is valid at both stations, as per the map at https://www.scotrail.co.uk/tickets/combined-tickets-travel-passes/highland-rover

Thanks - that's fixed. That arose because it also missing from the list on https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tickets-railcards-and-offers/ticket-types/promotions/highland-rover/ - which is where the station list comes from...

 

[speedy1]

Nifty site!

Would be cool to click on stations to select them, and then see a list of rovers that cover what you've selected

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Would be cool to click on stations to select them, and then see a list of rovers that cover what you've selected

Think the 'GB Rail Rover Guide' website already does very similar.

 

[speedy1]

Think the 'GB Rail Rover Guide' website already does very similar.

Hah I've visited that quite a few times but never noticed that feature.

But that appears to be limited to one station which is more limited than what I was suggesting.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

But that appears to be limited to one station which is more limited than what I was suggesting.

Happy to be corrected, but thought that the 'GB Rail Rover Guide' website had a drop down menu listing most (if not all) GB railway stations, and if you enter or click through on a chosen station, it then shows a list of which Rangers / Rovers can be used there.

 

[speedy1]

Happy to be corrected, but thought that the 'GB Rail Rover Guide' website had a drop down menu listing most (if not all) GB railway stations, and if you enter or click through on a chosen station, it then shows a list of which Rangers / Rovers can be used there.

I don't think you're understanding the feature I'm talking about. I mean, e.g.

1. Select 'Mossley'
2. also select 'Stockport'
3. also select 'Manchester Victoria'
4. See a list of results that cover Mossley and Stockport and Manchester Victoria

GB Rail Rover Guide appears to just let you search one station at a time, therefore you have to manually compile the list of rovers (not a huge deal, but this was a feature request about a different website, not a complaint about GB Rail Rover Guide.)

(I also think it's slightly uncouth to keep mentioning that website in this thread)

 

[fishwomp]

I don't think you're understanding the feature I'm talking about. I mean, e.g.

1. Select 'Mossley'
2. also select 'Stockport'
3. also select 'Manchester Victoria'
4. See a list of results that cover Mossley and Stockport and Manchester Victoria

GB Rail Rover Guide appears to just let you search one station at a time, therefore you have to manually compile the list of rovers (not a huge deal, but this was a feature request about a different website, not a complaint about GB Rail Rover Guide.)

(I also think it's slightly uncouth to keep mentioning that website in this thread)

@speedy1 - give it a try now - if you click on a station, you get its list of rovers, and that's now selectable.
You wouldn't want the feature exactly as you described because all stations have the all-line rover, so that wouldn't be too useful and would crowd out the good stuff - so this other way looks like what we need.

 

[speedy1]

You wouldn't want the feature exactly as you described

I see No probs, good luck with the site