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The following notes apply throughout:
- Within Britain, Ranger is
generally used for tickets with a 1-day validity and Rover for longer periods. Rovers can be issued
on demand from any staffed station but most Rangers can only be
purchased within their respective areas.
- Price codes:
- A = Adult price;
- C = Price for child aged between
5 and 15 inclusive (children under 5 travel free). In some PTE areas
(and for some tickets in London) children aged 14 or 15 need a special
photocard to obtain child rates.
- R For tickets in Britain = price
ONLY for holders of one of a Senior, Young Person or Disabled
Person's Railcard;
- 'Any R' = Price for the
holder of any type of railcard.
- In both the last two cases, unless otherwise stated, the
conditions for each railcard still apply - for example time
restrictions. One adult accompanying the holder of a Disabled Person's
railcard also qualifies for reduced prices. There is no further
reduction for children accompanying railcard-holders - in particular
the £1 or £2 flat-rate fares do NOT apply.
Locally-controlled concessionary fares for senior citizens are, of
course, outside the scope of this survey, but some tickets do offer
reduced prices for any senior citizen and where applicable this is
mentioned.
- Unless stated Photocards are not required, but where they are one
appropriate to the railway/PTE concerned is needed.
- All tickets are available all year unless specified. Any
time-restriction (and there is none unless indicated) applies
Monday-Friday only, but not Bank Holidays. Note that Scottish and Irish
Bank Holidays sometimes differ from those in England & Wales. On a
Rover valid in both England AND Scotland, restrictions
are lifted ONLY in the country for which the Bank
Holiday applies that day. Tickets with a morning time-restriction cease
being valid at midnight (or some other specific time stated) the
previous day, but outside PTEs this restriction is often taken 'in
spirit' with validity being extended to include journeys commenced
before midnight or local trains that can be considered part of the
previous day's service. In many cases restrictions are on trains
arriving at certain stations before a certain time and it is important
to appreciate that such restrictions apply between ANY
two points on those trains, however early.
- Apart from the All-Line issues and (London) Travelcards all tickets
are Standard class only, though, unless stated, they are valid as
part-payment towards first class, provided the excess of the difference
in single fares is paid before joining the train (or the usual
supplements are paid on-train for Weekend First accommodation). On
Iarnród Éireann first class is a flat-rate supplement usually payable
on-train (full details are in the Irish section).
- Except where specified, tickets are valid on any train, regardless
of operator, EXCEPT for excursion, charter, private
trains, steam services, Heathrow Express or EuroStar trains. Travel on Boat
Trains like those to Harwich, which appear in the domestic pages of the
BR Great Britain timetable, is permitted.
- Flexi-tickets with validities such as 'any 3 days in 7' are
self-validated, and the chosen days do NOT have to be
consecutive. This applies to both Britain and Ireland.
- Those travelling from outside a Rover or Ranger area to within it
need only book to the boundary, regardless of whether the train stops
there, but only providing the Rover/Ranger ticket is already held.
- Holders of adjoining Rover or Ranger tickets may, unless stated, use
any train from one area to the other, even if it does not stop at the
boundary station. (This does NOT apply to London Travelcards, which take
the more restricted conditions of season-tickets).
- Sleepers may be used with the All-Line Rover, or utilising any other
Rover for part of a journey (unless specified). The usual supplements
apply.
- Some tickets offer discounts at tourist attractions and these are
not necessarily mentioned here.
- If telephoning from outside the UK, replace the initial 0 on British
and Northern Ireland phone numbers by your international access code
plus the digits 44, and on Irish Republic numbers replace the initial 00
only by your international access code. From the USA
and Canada the direct dial international access code is 011 (so for
"01234 567890" dial 011 44 1234 567890, and for 00 353 1 234 5678 dial
011 353 1 234 5678), otherwise check with your telephone company. The
British Isles operate on GMT in winter and GMT+1 in summer, i.e. five
hours earlier than New York.
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Last updated 12th July 1998.