What is a GWR Surfboard ticket?

[Iskra]

Hi, I’m travelling between St Erth and St Ives. Trying to book a ticket online bring up the below ticket, but there is no explanation of what this is. All it says is route: surfboard.

What is this and what does it offer that an off-peak day return doesn’t?

 

[185143]

That's just a supplement to bring a surfboard onboard as far as I know.

 

[Doctor Fegg]

What is this and what does it offer that an off-peak day return doesn’t?

A more thrilling ride?

 

[Iskra]

That's just a supplement to bring a surfboard onboard as far as I know.

Fair enough, not something I’ve seen before living in rather landlocked Sheffield!

 

[miami]

Charging nearly as much as 2 adults for a surfboard smaller than 1 adult.

Railway industry PR win

GWR call police as surfer tries to travel on empty train with surfboard. - Carvemag.com

GWR call police as surfer tries to travel on empty train with surfboard..

www.carvemag.com

Fury over Great Western Railway's new surfboard policy

While GWR previously allowed boards onto its trains, to be stored in the 'guard van', the new trains have been redesigned to accommodate more passengers, cutting storage space.

www.cornwalllive.com

Surfers call on GWR to review board-on-trains ban

GWR imposed the ban after its new trains were redesigned to allow for more seating.

www.bbc.co.uk

It's almost like they want the tracks to be paved over and used for motorways.

 

[Haywain]

for a surfboard smaller than 1 adult.

Surfboards are generally in excess of 6 feet long and at least 1 ft 6 in wide, so no smaller than the average adult in those dimensions and a damn sight less flexible.

 

[miami]

The image in the BBC link looks average adult height and width, and I assume far less deep.

 

[nickswift99]

Surfboards are generally in excess of 6 feet long and at least 1 ft 6 in wide, so no smaller than the average adult in those dimensions and a damn sight less flexible.

Yes but they can be stacked vertically several inches apart, unlike GWRs commuters pre-COVID from Reading

 

[Bletchleyite]

Yes but they can be stacked vertically several inches apart, unlike GWRs commuters pre-COVID from Reading

I dunno, I spent one rammed journey to Slough a while ago actually inside the old payphone "box" on a Class 166, in which I would only just fit, because that was the only way not to be pressed against someone else.

 

[Wallsendmag]

Is that our site ? Obviously is once I've seen the full image.

 

[NorthOxonian]

Charging nearly as much as 2 adults for a surfboard smaller than 1 adult.

Railway industry PR win

GWR call police as surfer tries to travel on empty train with surfboard. - Carvemag.com

GWR call police as surfer tries to travel on empty train with surfboard..

www.carvemag.com

Fury over Great Western Railway's new surfboard policy

While GWR previously allowed boards onto its trains, to be stored in the 'guard van', the new trains have been redesigned to accommodate more passengers, cutting storage space.

www.cornwalllive.com

Surfers call on GWR to review board-on-trains ban

GWR imposed the ban after its new trains were redesigned to allow for more seating.

www.bbc.co.uk

It's almost like they want the tracks to be paved over and used for motorways.

The £5.20 fee seems to be a flat rate though - BRFares shows the same fee applying to other journeys (for example: Plymouth - Penzance). But because St Erth - St Ives is a relatively cheap journey, the surfboard fee looks a lot in comparison.