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Multi-day tickets?

Dieses Thema im Forum 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' wurde von RASDV gestartet, 28 Juli 2021.

  1. RASDV

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    I'm currently on holiday near the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which is a lovely line in a national park with lots of tourists visiting for a week or two at a time. It got me thinking about why preserved lines don't offer multi-day rover tickets - eg: 3 days over a week or something like that? Surely this would get more repeat visitors and people may even use the trains as a genuine transport option, hopping on and off, especially for longer railways.
    I know you can often buy part-line single or return tickets, but a multi-day pass would seem a simpler option. Perhaps it could even be connected with local bus companies or other attractions.
    These kinds of passes are quite popular in Switzerland, for example: https://www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/top-of-europe-pass/

    I'd be interested to know if any railways have considered this at all?
     
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    Swanage used to not sure this year but when the grandchildren arrive we book a three day pass for them

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    Swanage 3 Day Holiday Season Ticket (Freedom of the Line)

    £32 Adult £16 Child according to their 2021 fares Guide.

    There is also an Annual Pass £69 Adult £49 Child.
     
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    Great Little Trains of Wales Wanderer tickets offer the purchaser 20% off tickets over a 4 or 8 day period for £15, which strikes me as a pretty good deal if you planned on visiting multiple lines. I think arrangements are slightly different this year.

    https://www.greatlittletrainsofwales.co.uk/en/discount-card
     
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    The SVR did flexi-rovers, where a passenger would buy x amount of days in a 7-day period and then the passenger could decide which days they would use it on-the-day. The first day would be full rate but the extra days would be reduced rate.
     
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    I’m off to the moors in august stopping in goathland and have thought the same as we would use the railway to visit places and leave the car behind
     
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    West Somerset Railway were doing this one year when we holidayed at Blue Anchor. £25 per person for a ticket valid for 5 (or was it 7?) days. We certainly got our money’s worth, even using the train to go into Minehead to buy groceries.

    Bargain really, I think a day ticket there costs you that price now.
     
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    Some railways have offered them but seem to be generally that not much of a saving is made. If a day ticket was £18, two days should be £22 or £23 imo, not £33. Hardly gives an incentive to buy.
     
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    Isle of Man Transport GO tickets cover all the railways (including Groudle and Laxey Mines) and the buses for 1, 3, 5 & 7 days for 17, 34, 41 & 50 quid respectively. Children at 50%. The weekly ticket is incredibly good value as a round trip on the IMR to Port Erin is 13.40 and Snaefell is 16 quid return.
    Ray.
     
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