GB Rail Rover Guide
Unlimited off-peak travel for one day on all trains and Manchester Metrolink trams in the Greater Manchester area and beyond.
It extends from Chorley, Darwen and Littleborough in the north to Northwich, Macclesfield and Buxton in the south and from Warrington and Wigan in the west to Hadfield and Grindleford in the east. The ticket is also valid on buses with an even greater area of validity ranging from Accrington and Burnley in the north to Ashbourne in the south.
The Greater Manchester Wayfarer allows travel along the Hope Valley to Grindleford and to Buxton in the Peak District; to Macclesfield, Holmes Chapel and Northwich in Cheshire; to both stations in Warrington and both stations in Wigan as well as to Chorley, Bolton, Darwen, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham.
Ticket Issuing System details: name / code / group
GM WAYFARER / GM6 / K815 GM WAYFARER
GM CONC WAYFARER / GM7 / K816 GM CONC WAYFARER
GM GRP WAYFARER / GM8 / K817 GM GRP WAYFARER
This ticket has restriction code B1
Fares from 3rd March 2024
adult: £16.90
child (5-15): £8.45
group: £33.80
concessions: £11.15
railcards: no
Previous fares ⯈
Previous fares (adult):
2023 - £16.20
2022 - £15.20
2021 - £14.40
2020 - £14.40
2019 - £14.00
2018 - £13.50
2014 - £11.00
2011 - £10.00
Group tickets are for a maximum of 4 persons with up to 2 adults.
Concessions apply to English National Concessionary Pass (ENCP) holders.
time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:30 on trams and trains
No restrictions at weekends and bank holidays or on buses
route restrictions
Not valid to Warrington West
train operating companies
Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Metrolink, Northern, TransPennine Express, Transport for Wales
purchasing
Online: X
TfGM Travelshops : ✔
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.
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
Adlington; Alderley Edge; Altrincham; Appley Bridge; Ardwick; Ashburys; Ashley; Ashton-under-Lyne; Atherton
Bamford; Belle Vue; Birchwood; Blackrod; Bolton; Bramhall; Bredbury; Brinnington; Broadbottom; Bromley Cross; Bryn; Burnage; Buxton
Castleton; Chapel-en-le-Frith; Chassen Road; Cheadle Hulme; Chelford; Chinley; Chorley; Clifton
Daisy Hill; Darwen; Davenport; Deansgate; Dinting; Disley; Dove Holes
Earlestown; East Didsbury; Eccles; Edale; Entwistle
Fairfield; Farnworth; Flixton; Flowery Field; Furness Vale
Gatley; Gathurst; Glazebrook; Glossop; Godley; Goostrey; Gorton; Greenfield; Grindleford; Guide Bridge
Hadfield; Hag Fold; Hale; Hall-i'-th'-Wood; Handforth; Hathersage; Hattersley; Hazel Grove; Heald Green; Heaton Chapel; Hindley; Holmes Chapel; Hope; Horwich Parkway; Humphrey Park; Hyde Central; Hyde North
Ince; Irlam
Kearsley; Knutsford
Levenshulme; Littleborough; Lostock; Lostock Gralam
Macclesfield; Manchester Airport; Manchester Oxford Road; Manchester Piccadilly; Manchester Victoria; Marple; Mauldeth Road; Middlewood; Mills Hill; Mobberley; Moorside; Moses Gate; Mossley; Moston
Navigation Road; New Mills Central; New Mills Newtown; Newton for Hyde; Newton-le-Willows; Northwich
Orrell
Parbold; Patricroft; Pemberton; Plumley; Poynton; Prestbury
Reddish North; Rochdale; Romiley; Rose Hill Marple; Ryder Brow
Salford Central; Salford Crescent; Smithy Bridge; Stalybridge; Stockport; Strines; Styal; Swinton
Trafford Park
Urmston
Walkden; Warrington Bank Quay; Warrington Central; Westhoughton; Whaley Bridge; Wigan North Western; Wigan Wallgate; Wilmslow; Woodley; Woodsmoor
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