GB Rail Rover Guide
Unlimited evening travel after 18:30 on Transport for Wales services around Cardiff and the Welsh Valley lines to Maesteg, Treherbert, Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Coryton, Rhymney and Ebbw Vale and to Barry Island and over the Vale of Neath line. It is also valid on the main line between Cardiff and Bridgend but not on GWR services.
It is also valid on the first train back to the original station the following morning and is also valid on all "Stagecoach South Wales" buses and on "Thomas of Rhondda" buses.
Transport for Wales route map 
This ticket is valid at these national network stations:
Aber; Abercynon; Aberdare
Bargoed; Barry; Barry Docks; Barry Island; Birchgrove; Bridgend; Brithdir
Cadoxton; Caerphilly; Cardiff Bay; Cardiff Central; Cardiff Queen Street; Cathays; Cogan; Coryton; Crosskeys; Cwmbach
Danescourt; Dinas Powys; Dinas Rhondda; Dingle Road
Eastbrook; Ebbw Vale Parkway; Ebbw Vale Town; Energlyn & Churchill Park
Fairwater; Fernhill
Garth; Gilfach Fargoed; Grangetown
Heath High Level; Heath Low Level; Hengoed
Lisvane & Thornhill; Llanbradach; Llandaf; Llanharan; Llanhilleth; Llanishen; Llantwit Major; Llwynypia
Maesteg; Maesteg Ewenny Road; Merthyr Tydfil; Merthyr Vale; Mountain Ash
Newbridge; Ninian Park
Penarth; Pencoed; Pengam; Penrhiwceiber; Pentre-Bach; Pontlottyn; Pontyclun; Pontypridd; Porth; Pye Corner
Quakers Yard
Radyr; Rhiwbina; Rhoose Cardiff Airport; Rhymney; Risca & Pontymister; Rogerstone
Sarn
Taffs Well; Tir-Phil; Ton Pentre; Tondu; Tonypandy; Trefforest; Trefforest Estate; Trehafod; Treherbert; Treorchy; Troed-y-rhiw; Ty Glas
Waun-Gron Park; Whitchurch; Wildmill
Ystrad Mynach; Ystrad Rhondda; Ynyswen
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Page updated March 2025
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New fares from 2nd March 2025
Evening ranger
adult: £10.00
child: no child fare
railcards: no
Previous fares ⯈
Previous fares (adult):
2024 - £9.00
2023 - £7.90
2022 - £7.50
2021 - £7.50
2020 - £7.50
2019 - £7.00
2018 - £7.00
2014 - £5.50
2011 - £4.30
time restrictions
Valid after 18:30
route restrictions
Not valid to Newport
Not valid on GWR trains
train operating companies
Transport for Wales
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
