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Transpennine Express Rovers withdrawn?
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Bit of a strange rover, in that North of England doesn't appear to include services to Cumbria. How is that not North of England?
Are TOC only rovers a thing anymore moving forward?
Why would that affect availability of these products?
swt_passenger
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Does a TOC only rover/ranger not sort of conflict with the latest changes in the Manchester area - to do away with TOC specific tickets?
The TPE rovers both covered a much wider area than Greater Manchester.
Support for Rovers and Rangers requires a lot of work on the part of the data provider and retailer.
Perhaps On Track Retail uses Assertis, and if so @alistairlees may be in a position to say if they support such products
If they do, then it may be coincidental.
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I agree about the support required to sell online but it does appear that the products have been withdrawn completely and the ability to sell rovers and rangers would remain in the ticket office TIS.
I'll be honest, if these products have been withdrawn completely it's no great loss. I always found them poor value for money compared to the Northern priced rovers that allow travel with any TOC, unless things changed in later years? For a little more you got a lot more flexibility, especially given TPE only called at a subset of the destinations.
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