GB Rail Rover Guide

fares & restrictions

New fares from 2nd Mar 2025

One day ranger
adult: £17.50
child (5-15): £8.75
16-17 saver: £8.75
railcards ⯆
16 26 SE DI 2T FF H V N: £11.65
FF H V N child fare: £4.40
Railcards ⯈ Railcards:
16 = 16-25
26 = 26-30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
FF = Family & Friends
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans
N = Network

Previous fares ⯈ Previous fares (adult):
2024 - £16.50
2023 - £15.50
2022 - £14.50
2021 - £13.50
2020 - £13.50
2019 - £13.00
2018 - £12.40
2014 - £13:50
2011 - £12.00

Note that the Network railcard has a weekday minimum fare of £13.00

time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:30 or from when the off-peak day return becomes valid if earlier but 2T railcard not valid until 09:30 and NW railcard not valid until 10:00.
Also not valid for travel on high speed services from Reading between 17:00-19:30

train operating companies
Cross Country, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway

purchasing
Online : ✔
Train conductor: ✔ *
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 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