GB Rail Rover Guide
Unlimited travel for one day with weekday time restrictions centered around Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. The area extends from Crewe in the west to Peterborough and Lincoln in the east, to Matlock, Alfreton and Worksop in the north and to Leicester, Nuneaton and Tamworth in the south.
Note that between Grantham and Peterborough the East Midlands Day Ranger is NOT VALID on London North Eastern Railway.
Note also that the "East Midlands Day Ranger" area is different from the "East Midlands Rover" area.
This ticket is valid at these national network stations:
Alfreton; Alsager; Ambergate; Aslockton; Atherstone; Attenbororugh
Barrow-upon-Soar; Beeston; Belper; Bingham; Bleasby; Blythe Bridge; Bottesford; Bulwell; Burton Joyce; Burton-on-Trent
Carlton; Collingham; Creswell; Crewe; Cromford
Derby; Duffield
East Midlands Parkway; Elton & Orston
Grantham
Hinckley; Hucknall; Hykeham
Ilkeston
Kidsgrove; Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Langley Mill; Langwith-Whaley Thorns; Leicester; Lincoln Long Eaton; Longport; Longton; Loughborough; Lowdham
Mansfield; Mansfield Woodhouse; Matlock; Matlock Bath; Melton Mowbray
Narborough; Netherfield; Newark Castle; Newstead; Nottingham; Nuneaton
Oakham
Peartree; Peterborough; Polesworth
Radcliffe-on-Trent; Rolleston
Shirebrook; Sileby; South Wigston; Spondon; Stamford; Stoke-on-Trent; Sutton Parkway; Swinderby; Syston
Tamworth; Thurgarton; Tutbury & Hatton
Uttoxeter
Whatstandwell; Whitwell; Willington; Worksop
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Page updated June 2025
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New fares 8th June 2025
One day ranger
adult: £48.50
child (5-15): £24.30
16-17 saver: £24.30
railcards ⯆
16 26 SE DI 2T FF H V: £32.30
FF H V child fare: £9.20
Railcards ⯈
Railcards:
16 = 16-25
26 = 26-30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
FF = Family & Friends
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans
Previous fares ⯈
Previous fares (adult):
2024 - £48.50
2023 - £46.20
2022 - £43.60
2021 - £41.00
2020 - £41.00
2019 - £39.90
2018 - £38.70
2014 - £35.40
2011 - £31.00
time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:00 but 2T railcard not valid until 09:30
No restrictions at weekends or public holidays
route restrictions
Not valid on London North Eastern Railway
Not valid between Lincoln and Worksop
train operating companies
CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway, Northern
purchasing
Online: X
Train conductor: ✔ *
Station ticket office: ✔
Ticket Vending Machine: ✔
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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 King's 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
