Discount fares for local people

Always been impressed by the West Somerset Railway's scheme which has run, in one shape or another, since the Railway reopened

Local Residents Railcard « West Somerset Railway

and I believe many other heritage railways run similar schemes.

Shame mainline TOCs don't do this!

Steve

 

KWVR do the same. TOC's might not do this directly, but there are cheap fares in the West Midlands eg from Cov to Brum, (but not for us in N Warks to Brum). Likewise there are cheap fares in the West Yorks into Leeds, and I'm sure Manchester does something too. I guess these are all subsidised by the relevant local authorities. So pays to live in one of the large metropolitan areas if you want affordable rail travel.

 

The Bluebell scheme is similar - £15 for the card, and thereafter half price travel for 12 months on all normal service (i.e. non-Gala) days, to residents of Ardingly, Burgess Hill, Chailey, Chelwood Gate, Copthorne, Crawley Down, Nutley, Danehill, East Grinstead, Fletching, Forest Row, Haywards Heath, Horsted Keynes, Lindfield, Newick, Sharpthorne, Turners Hill, West Hoathly, Uckfield.

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Tom

 

Welshpool and Llanfair serves a very lightly populated area and annual membership enables unlimited travel for locals without crowding out full fare payers. The local population refer to membership as a "season ticket"!

P.H.

 

DSR do half price residents discounts for a weekend in Setptember

 

Local rovers rail cards also available with discount on most trains at Dartmouth steam railway, phone in for details.