GREAT WEST WAY DISCOVERER GLOBAL PASS

Unlimited travel with weekday time restrictions for 7 consecutive days centred around 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 Global 7 Day Pass allows travel between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads via Chippenham; London Waterloo to Bristol Temple Meads via Salisbury and Westbury; Reading to Westbury via Pewsey; Westbury to Frome; Swindon to Westbury and the Thames Valley branch lines to Windsor & Eton Central, Marlow and Henley-on-Thames.

The following bus routes are also included:
X2 and X32 between Oxford and Wantage – Thames Travel, Connector service
X38/X39 & X40, Reading, Henley, Wallingford, Oxford – Thames Travel, River Rapids service
X5 Salisbury, Amersbury, 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
49 Trans-Wilts-Express, Swindon, Trowbridge – Stagecoach West service
55 Swindon, Royal Wootton Bassett, Chippenham – Stagecoach West GOLD service
S6 Swindon, Faringdon, Oxford – Stagecoach West GOLD service
80/81 Swindon – Malborough – Stagecoach West service
All First West of England services except the Bristol Flyer services

information

GWR website
GWR route map
NRE website
Great West Way website

see also:
Gt West Way Discoverer East Pass - The eastern end of the GW Way
Gt West Way Discoverer West Pass - The western end of the GW Way

Ticket Issuing System details:  name  /  code  /  group
GREAT WEST WAY GLOBAL 7 DAY / GG7 / I559

fares & restrictions

Fares correct 28 Sep 2024

7 consecutive days

adult: £285.50
child (5-15): £142.75
railcards ⯆
 16 26 SE DI 2T H FF: £256.90
Railcards ⯈ Railcards:
16 = 16-25
26 = 26-30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
H = HM Forces
FF = Family & Friends

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 bank 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

* valid ticket to travel is required unless boarded at a station without ticket-issuing facilities

sponsors

Great West Way Discoverer Global 7 day Pass route map
(rail lines only see GWR map for bus routes)

Great West Way Discoverer Global route map

This ticket is valid at these national network stations

Acton Main Line; Aldermaston; Andover; Avoncliff Basingstoke; Bath Spa; Bedwyn; Berrylands; Bradford-on-Avon; Bristol Temple Meads; Brookwood; Burnham; Byfleet and New Haw
Chippenham; Cholsey; Clapham Junction
Didcot Parkway; Dilton Marsh
Ealing Broadway; Esher
Farnborough; Fleet; Freshford; Frome
Grateley; Goring & Streatley
Hanwell; Hayes & Harlington; Hersham; Hook; Hungerford
Iver
Keynsham; Kintbury
Langley; London Paddington; London Waterloo
Maidenhead; Melksham; Midgham
Newbury; Newbury Racecourse; New Malden
Oldfield Park; Overton
Pangbourne; Pewsey
Queenstown Road
Raynes Park; Reading; Reading West
Salisbury; Slough; Southall; Surbiton; Swindon
Taplow; Thatcham; Theale; Tilehurst; Trowbridge; Twyford
Vauxhall
Walton-on-Thames; Warminster; Westbury; West Byfleet; West Drayton; West Ealing; Weybridge; Whitchurch; Wimbledon; Winchfield; Woking