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« on: June 11, 2009, 07:55:42 »

I'm looking up a number of ranger and rover tickets ... considering whether to / which to try for a few days this summer.  I've found a site listing them at

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/rangers_and_rovers.html

but the indexing is poor - it looks to me as if you need to know the proper title of each ticket, then look it up under the first letter of that title - for example:

Severn and Solent - 3 days out of 7 - look under "F"
Falmouth to Truro - travel as much as you like in a day - look under "M"

Can anyone point me to an overall map of rover / ranger / freedom tickets, and / or some form of geographic list or search facility ("all rovers that include Trowbridge" for example)?

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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2009, 09:11:59 »

have a look at www.railrovers.org.uk
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2009, 10:20:25 »

http://www.railrovers.org.uk/southwest.html
That page in particular should help you, showing all Rovers in the FGW (First Great Western) area.
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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2009, 11:22:15 »

Thanks - that makes it much easier!
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« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2009, 18:29:34 »

I agree Graham, it' hard to search by area.

I was looking for a rover to take in the South Coast, but I could not find one in the NR» (Network Rail - home page) indexing. Cry
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« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2009, 21:31:48 »

Grahame,

Barry Doe, writing in Rail 616 (Apr 22), wrote his annual round up of Rover and Ranger tickets.
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