Whither the Settle Carlisle Day Ranger ?

[yorksrob]

After the reopening of the Settle Carlisle line, there was talk of a day ranger being permanently available on the route (albeit rather expensive). Did anything come of this ? I can't see any reference to it on Northern's rather difficult to find Rovers and Rangers page:

https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/47-rangers-rovers

 

[Haywain]

There are tickets of that type, such as the Cumbria Day Ranger, as well as Round Robin tickets which cover the S&C.

 

[skifans]

You can buy a rover ticket for £9 with a Dales railcard in the winter (until march the 23rd). If you have a dales railcard which costs £10 if your local or £21 if not per year. Also allows you to get a similar £7 rover ticket for the bentham line. Some peak dates are excluded but most were in the run upto Christmas. February half term is also excluded. Link: https://www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/winter-travel-offers-announced/

There's also this rover on the route for £30 (20 with national railcard). http://www.railrover.org/pages/settle-and-carlisle-day-ranger.html probably easier as well if your not a regular in the area then applying for membership and then getting a railcard. Available all year as well.

 

[crehld]

As far as I know the Settle-Carlisle rover still exists, but the price was increased after the line reopened last year (BRFares shows it as £31). The Northern website seems to be missing several other available rangers and rovers so I wouldn't rely on their website as a definitive source of information. The previous franchise was very active in marketing ranger and rover products - the current franchise seems less so...

 

[yorksrob]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I already have the Dales Railcard (and will be making use of it) however some friends will be accompanying me and I wanted to see if there were any offers for them.

£31 is very steep, and as we won't be doing the whole route, a day return looks like better value for them.

 

[yorksrob]

As far as I know the Settle-Carlisle rover still exists, but the price was increased after the line reopened last year (BRFares shows it as £31). The Northern website seems to be missing several other available rangers and rovers so I wouldn't rely on their website as a definitive source of information. The previous franchise was very active in marketing ranger and rover products - the current franchise seems less so...

Yes, I had to search quite hard to find the Rovers and Rangers webpage. New Northern don't seem to be very willing to promote such products. A poor effort really.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the seeming disappearance of the winter offer for non-concessionary metro-card holders.