GB Rail Rover Guide
Unlimited travel for one day with weekday time restrictions between Moreton-in-Marsh and Oxford; between Ashchurch for Tewkesbury and Yate; and between Gloucester and Swindon via Stroud - these lines are obviously not all connected.
The ticket is also valid and can be bought from "Johnson’s Excelbus" and "Stagecoach" buses within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which connects the two separate rail lines. The area extends as far north as Stratford-upon-Avon but only by bus.
NRE website
The Cotswolds website
This ticket is valid at these national network stations:
Ascott-under-Wychwood; Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
Cam & Dursley; Charlbury; Cheltenham Spa; Combe
Finstock
Gloucester
Hanborough
Kemble; Kingham
Moreton-in-Marsh
Oxford
Shipton; Stonehouse; Stroud; Swindon
Yate
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Page updated March 2025
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Fares correct 2nd March 2025
One day ranger
adult: £13.00
child (5-15): £6.50
16-17 saver: £6.50
railcards ⯆
16 26 SE DI 2T H V: £8.65
H child fare: £3.25
Railcards ⯈
Railcards:
16 = 16 to 25
26 = 26 to 30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans
Previous fares ⯈
2024 - £13.00Previous fares (adult):
2023 - £13.00
2022 - £13.00
2021 - £10.50
2020 - £10.50
2019 - £10.60
2018 - £10.00
2014 - £10.00
time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 08:50 but 2T railcard not valid until 09:30
No restrictions at weekends and bank holidays or on buses
route restrictions
Not valid Yate to Swindon via Bristol Parkway
train operating companies
CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, Transport for Wales
purchasing
Online : ✔
Train conductor: ✔ *
Bus driver: ✔
Station ticket office: ✔
Ticket Vending Machine:
i
Northern Ticket Vending Machines now sell most ranger and rover tickets but at the moment only for same-day travel (rather prohibitive for distant areas)
Some Avanti West Coast station TVMs for example Crewe, now sell local rangers and rovers.
LNER TVMs at Doncaster, Edinburgh, London Kings Cross, Newcastle and York also sell them.
A number of PTE areas sell local rangers from TVMs in their area e.g. South Yorkshire, Strathclyde and West Midlands
* valid ticket to travel is required unless boarded at a station without ticket-issuing facilities
