Penryn to Looe with Newquay on return

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[marky7890]

Hello,
So with this nice weather I though it would be nice to go on the Cornish branches lines once its cooled off a bit.

I am planning on going from Penryn (my nearest station) to Looe returning to Liskeard, then getting the direct HST^▸ (High Speed Train) from Paddington to Newquay at Liskeard. Then getting the HST back to Par then changing for Truro.

Would the best way of doing the tickets (planning on getting them on the day) be to get a Penryn - Looe return then a Par - Newquay return?

Although where would I get the ticket to Newquay as I wont be getting on the train at Par but Liskeard?



I also plan on a different trip from Penryn to Penzance and getting a train up to St Ives then walking back to Lelant Saltings on the coast path and getting the train to St Erth, which avoids walking on the main road back to St Erth then going back to Penryn.

I guess with that I would get a Penryn to Penzance return then at St Erth get a return for St Ives.


Thanks,
Mark

[Worcester_Passenger]

I suspect that you're best off with a 'Ride Cornwall Ranger' - ^10 for anywhere in Cornwall after 09:00, including Plymouth - Gunnislake. Details at http://www.railrover.org/pages/ride-cornwall-ranger.html.

[TonyK]

Well spotted, WP, you've saved someone a small fortune there!

[Worcester_Passenger]

Only because I wanted to do something similar a couple of years ago!

[marky7890]

I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the suggestion 

[LiskeardRich]

Penryn to Looe is ^9.50 off peak day return, (^6.25 with D+C railcard)
Par to Newquay is ^4.50 off peak day return (^2.95 with D+C Railcard)

So unless you have a Devon and Cornwall Railcard (or any other railcard I'm guessing to be the same price, subject to time restrictions) a Ride Cornwall will be best buy.

Devon and Cornwall railcards are ^10 for a year, and to buy you need to visit a staffed station with proof you live in Devon or Cornwall. The D+C railcard allows the holder to take a second person at the discount, and up to 4 children for ^1 each.
I've made my ^10 back several times over simply on leisure travel and have only held my card since January,

[Southern Stag]

You can still get a partial railcard discount on a Ride Cornwall too. The discounted price is ^8.30

[JayMac]

To add. The Ride Cornwall Day Ranger is valid any time on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. It is also valid on all First and Western Greyhound bus services in Cornwall, as well as direct bus services between Plymouth and Cornwall. Not valid on local bus services around Plymouth.

[marky7890]

thanks everyone for the replies! Very helpful 

[eightf48544]

With all the good weather it reminds is there still a form of Thames Valley rover if so what area does it cover?

[grahame]

http://www.railrover.org/pages/thames-rover.html

"It extends from Moreton-in-Marsh, Banbury and Bicester in the north to Basingstoke, Guildford and Redhill in the south and from Bedwyn in the west to London Paddington in the east and includes Reading, Didcot, Oxford and Newbury plus the Thames valley branch lines."

Mondays to Fridays the ticket is not valid until 09.30 or on inter-city services that depart London Paddington and Reading between 16.00 and 19.15

[JayMac]

And for a day out there's the Thames Branches Day Ranger. A more restricted area of validity versus the Thames Rover:

http://www.railrover.org/pages/thames-branches-day-ranger.html

With both the 3 or 7 day Thames Rover and the Thames Branches Day Ranger it's worth noting the evening peak restrictions.

[TonyK]

For the genuinely desparate, a return Temple Meads to Severn Beach costs a mere ^3 for a 26 mile round trip. Don't expect a beach, although there is a Severn. It has its charms.

[Red Squirrel]

For the genuinely desparate, a return Temple Meads to Severn Beach costs a mere ^3 for a 26 mile round trip. Don't expect a beach, although there is a Severn. It has its charms.

Hexcuse ME!

The Severn Beach Line is listed by Thomas Cook as one of the Great Railway Journies (see here). I think you'd have to be pretty tired of life not to find the combination of North Bristol's cityscape, the Avon Gorge, industrial Avonmouth and the Severn Estuary exhillerating. And at three quid, it's quite a bargain. And you'll be home in time for a swift couple, followed perhaps by a slower couple, at the Barley Mow. What's not to like?

If you're looking for more entertainment, do it twice!

[JayMac]

I went out to the 'Beach' at the start of this current heatwave. As it turns out that was a mistake. Not because I was disappointed about the environs, but because I took my bike with me, intending to travel to another country (which I gave up on), and cycling home to Shirehampton aggravated my war wound* and laid me up for a few days.


*I have a broken final vertebrae in my coccyx. GP said gentle exercise. Turns out that doesn't include attempts to cycle to Chepstow.