GREAT WEST WAY DISCOVERER EAST PASS

Unlimited off-peak travel for either 1 day or 7 consecutive days centred around the eastern part of the Great West Way .
Bus travel in the area is also included.

The Great West Way® is a 125-mile touring route between London, Bath and Bristol based on ancient routes.

description

The Great West Way Discoverer East Pass allows travel on the following rail routes: London Paddington to Swindon via Didcot; London Paddington to Westbury via Pewsey; London Waterloo to Westbury via Salisbury and includes the Thames Valley branch lines to Windsor & Eton Central, Marlow and Henley-on-Thames.

The following bus routes are also included:
X2 and X32 Oxford and Wantage via Didcot Parkway – Thames Travel, Connector service
X38/X39 & X40, Reading, Henley, Wallingford, Oxford – Thames Travel, River Rapids service
X5 Salisbury, Amesbury, Pewsey, Marlborough, Swindon – Salisbury Reds service
Green Line services 702 and 703 between Heathrow, Windsor and LEGOLAND Windsor Resort
Reading Buses services excluding Greenwave, Kennections football and special event services

information

GWR website
GWR route map
NRE website
Great West Way website

see also:
Gt West Way Discoverer West Pass - The western end of the GW Way
Gt West Way Discoverer Global 7 day Pass - The whole of the GW Way

Ticket Issuing System details:  name  /  code  /  group
GREAT WEST WAY EAST 1 DAY / GWE / I544 GWE
GREAT WEST WAY EAST 7 DAY / GE7 / I544 GWE

prices & restrictions

Fares from 2nd January 2023

1 day:

adult: £79.50
child (5-15): £39.75
16-17 saver: £39.75
railcards ⯆
 16 26 SE DI 2T FF H V: £71.50
 FF V child fare: £39.75

7 days:

adult: £181.00
child (5-15): £90.50
16-17 saver: £90.50
railcards ⯆
 16 26 SE DI 2T FF H V: £162.90
 FF V child fare: £90.50
Railcards ⯈ Railcards:
16 = 16-25
26 = 26-30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
FF = Family & Friends
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans

time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:20 until midnight except for departures from Paddington between 16:40-19:16 inclusive

No restrictions at weekends or public holidays

train operating companies
Great Western Railway, South Western Railway

purchasing
Online at GWR : ✔
Online at SWR : ✔
Train conductor: ✔ *
Station ticket office: ✔
Ticket Vending Machine (TVM): 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.

A number of PTE areas sell local rangers from TVMs in their area e.g. South Yorkshire, Strathclyde and West Midlands

sponsors

Great West Way Discoverer East Pass route map
(rail lines only see GWR map for bus routes)

Great West Way Discoverer East route map

This ticket is valid at these national network stations:

Acton Main Line; Aldermaston; Andover
Basingstoke; Bedwyn; Berrylands; Bourne End; Brookwood; Burnham; Byfleet and New Haw
Cholsey; Clapham Junction; Cookham
Didcot Parkway; Dilton Marsh
Ealing Broadway; Esher
Farnborough; Fleet; Furze Platt
Goring & Streatley; Grateley
Hanwell; Hayes & Harlington; Henley-on-Thames; Hersham; Hook; Hungerford
Iver
Kintbury
Langley; London Paddington; London Waterloo
Maidenhead; Marlow; Midgham
Newbury; Newbury Racecourse; New Malden
Overton
Pangbourne; Pewsey
Queenstown Road
Raynes Park; Reading; Reading West
Salisbury; Shiplake; Slough; Southall; Surbiton; Swindon
Taplow; Thatcham; Theale; Tilehurst; Twyford
Vauxhall
Walton-on-Thames; Wargrave; Warminster; Westbury; West Byfleet; West Drayton; West Ealing; Weybridge; Whitchurch; Wimbledon; Winchfield; Windsor & Eton Central; Woking