GB Rail Rover Guide
Unlimited travel with weekday time restrictions for one day extending from Morpeth in the north to Northallerton in the south and from Hexham and Bishop Auckland in the west to Saltburn and Whitby in the east and includes Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Darlington.
You can visit the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at Grosmont, Locomotion Museum at Shildon and the Head of Steam Museum at Darlington.
New fares from 2nd Mar 2025
One day ranger
adult: £29.80
child (5-15): £14.90
16-17 saver: £14.90
railcards ⯆
16 26 SE DI 2T FF H V: £19.80
FF H V child fare: £5.65
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 - £28.50
2023 - £27.10
2022 - £25.60
2021 - £24.10
2020 - £24.10
2019 - £23.40
2018 - £22.70
2014 - £21.00
2011 - £18.00
time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:00 but 2T railcard not valid until 09:30
Also valid on the 08:45 Whitby-Middlesbrough
No restrictions at weekends or bank holidays
route restrictions
Not valid on direct services between Darlington and Northallerton.
Not valid on Grand Central trains.
train operating companies
CrossCountry, London North Eastern Railway, Northern, TransPennine Express
purchasing
Online: X
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
This ticket is valid at these national network stations:
Allens West; Ashington
Battersby; Bedlington; Billingham; Bishop Auckland; Blaydon; Blyth Bebside
Castleton Moor; Chester-le-Street; Commondale; Corbridge; Cramlington
Danby; Darlington; Dinsdale; Dunston; Durham
Eaglescliffe; Egton
Glaisdale; Great Ayton; Grosmont; Gypsy Lane
Hartlepool; Heighington; Heworth; Hexham; Horden
James Cook University Hospital
Kildale
Lealholm; Longbeck
Manors; Marske; Marton; MetroCentre; Middlesbrough; Morpeth
Newcastle; Newsham; Newton Aycliffe; North Road-Darlington; Northallerton; Northumberland Park; Nunthorpe
Prudhoe
Redcar Central; Redcar East; Riding Mill; Ruswarp
Saltburn; Seaham; Seaton Carew; Seaton Delaval; Shildon; Sleights; South Bank; Stocksfield; Stockton; Sunderland
Tees-side Airport; Thornaby
Whitby; Wylam
Yarm
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