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Rover and Ranger tickets are ideal for exploring.

. these tickets offer unlimited travel within a specific area and are excellent for people on holiday wishing to travel around an area but not run up huge travel bills! You know when you buy the ticket what the total cost will be. There is no need to book in advance, all you have to do is decide where you want to go!

All Lines Rover Ticket - unlimited travel on all British trains

As the name suggests this ticket allows unlimited travel on all National Rail services. These are services provided by:

Arriva Trains Wales, c2c, Chiltern Railways, East Midlands Trains, First Capital Connect, Grand Central, National Express East Coast, First Great Western, Gatwick Express, Heathrow Connect, Hull Trains, Island Line, National Express East Anglia, London Midland, London Overground, Merseyrail, Northern Rail, Southeastern, Southern, First ScotRail, South West Trains, First Transpennine Express, Virgin Trains and CrossCountry. It includes overnight travel on seated sleeper services, or travel in beth accommodation on payment of the appropriate supplement. It also includes travel on the privately owned Ffestiniog Railway in Wales.

It is NOT valid on shipping services, Eurostar, Heathrow Express, TfL underground, Docklands Light Railway and Croydon Tramlink or private railways (except Ffestiniog Railway). Special services such as Orient Express and charter trains are also not included. The reason for these exceptions are that these companies operate under their own funding arrangements.

The ticket is available as a 7 consecutive days or 14 consecutive days option, choose when you book.

Fares (7 consecutive days unlimited travel): Adult STANDARD CLASS �375 FIRST CLASS �565. Concessions: Young Persons (Standard Class only), Senior and Disabled Railcards. STANDARD CLASS �245 FIRST CLASS �375* *NOT available with a Young Persons Railcard. Child STANDARD CLASS �245 FIRST CLASS �375

Fares (14 consecutive days): Adult STANDARD CLASS �565 FIRST CLASS �860. Concessions: Young Persons (Standard Class only), Senior and Disabled Railcards. STANDARD CLASS �375 FIRST CLASS �560* *NOT available with a Young Persons Railcard. Child STANDARD CLASS �375 FIRST CLASS �560.

Who should buy this ticket? If you are planning some serious travel and really want to get to know Britain, this ticket is ideal. If you can get a Railcard discount it will offer good savings over buying lots of individual tickets, especially if you are exploring.

See this Page for a map of the lines covered by this ticket.

Britrail Passes - travel passes for international visitors

Britrail is the name of these excellent travel passes for International visitors. They are similar to some of the Rover tickets available for UK residences but they can be purchased in many local currencies and posted out to your home before you leave for the UK.

The passes come in both standard and first class options and sometimes include coach and ferry links. The passes currently available are:

Britrail Consecutive Pass - take advantage of day after day unlimited travel throughout Britain.

Britrail Flexipass - Unlimited travel in Britain on consecutive or non consecutive days allowing you to stop off for longer in places that particularly interest you.

Britrail England Consecutive Pass - unlimited travel in England on consecutive days.

Britrail England Flexipass - unlimited travel in England on consecutive or non consecutive days allowing stop overs for a few days in places of interest.

Britrail + Ireland Pass - unlimited travel in England, Scotland, Wales plus Northern Ireland Railways and in the Rupublic of Ireland.

Britrail London Plus Pass - unlimited travel in London and out to come of the most interesting places nearby London. This is excellent for a visit to London for people not wanting to miss out on the amazing places near the capital.

Britrail Scottish Freedom Pass - unlimited rail travel, plus coach and ferry links in Scotland. This is ideal for visiting not just mainland Scotland but the Islands and rural areas also.

Britrail Central Scotland Pass - ideal for unlimited travel to some of the best known areas and attractions in central Scotland.

To find out more about all of these tickets, visit the Britrail website.

Cornwall - unlimited rail and bus travel

Between Penzance and Plymouth and everywhere in between the Passport to Freedom in Cornwall. The pass includes the St Ives, Falmouth, Newquay, Looe and Gunnislake branch lines and all main bus routes (First Western National, Truronian, Western Greyhound, Hopleys, Sunset Coaches). Valid to key bus destinations within the area shown on the map including Lands End, The Eden Project, Lizard Point, Perranporth, Boscastle and Bude. It also includes discounts off local attractions.

The Pass is valid for 3 days in 7 and costs �40 but there are no child or Railcard discounts, so you might be best to buy one or two for the adults and buy child tickets for the children.

Find out more and purchase from National Rail staffed Stations in Cornwall, First Travel shops and selected bus outlets.

Newquay to Par, The Atlantic Coast Line Ranger

This ticket is for unlimted travel after 0930 Monday to Friday and any time at weekends and Bank Holidays on the Par to Newquay branch line in the south west. There are lots of ideas for days out on this line including walking and exploring the small villages along the line.

Fares. Adult �5.10. Concessions: Standard discounts are available for children holders of Young Persons, Senior or Disabled Railcards. GroupSave is available for families and small groups travelling together. Three or four people go for the price of two adults. Child �2.55

Season Tickets

Season tickets are a special kind of ticket that allow you to make unlimited travel between two stations or within a zone over a specified time period. They tend to be associated with commuters heading into London but they are available between almost any two stations for short to medium length journeys.

The tickets are very flexible. You can get them for one week, one month or any time period between one month and one year. They make the best savings when you plan to do a particular journey at least three or four times a week. However, if you plan to do a journey sometimes as few as two times in one week they can be cheaper than buying individual tickets. These are heavily discounted tickets so there are no further railcard discounts offered on their cost. However there are child discounts available at a rate of 50% off the usual prices.

Are they available for my journey and how much will it cost? National Rail provide a season ticket calculator so you can find out if they are available for your journey and how much it will cost.

Who will find them useful? People travelling regularly to and from work, college or school can make good savings. They are also useful if you have to commute for a short period only, say you are working in a new location for one week only. If you know that you'll be making the journey for more than one week, take the monthly or longer pass instead as these offer greater savings.

Can I add bus travel to a Season Ticket? Yes, PLUSBUS season tickets are available to 170 towns and cities across Britain. They are valid for set periods to match your train season ticket: 7-days; 1-month; 3-months and 1-year and give you unlimited bus travel on all participating bus operators� services around your origin, or destination town.

Do I need to travel on a particular route? Yes, if you have a choice of route then your season ticket will usually specify the route and / or train company that you need to use. Some allow you to use other services and will state this.

How do I get one of these tickets? Take a passport photo along to your nearest staffed station and you can get your ticket. Some companies sell them by phone or internet but you need to have your photocard first anyway (so you need to visit the station first time you buy one), so ask about that option to saving you queuing for renewing your card.