Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 No recent travel & transport from BBC stories as at 14:15 03 May 2025
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 today - Walk to Pilning
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM

On this day
3rd May (1954)
Lochluichart new station opens (link)
Train RunningCancelled
13:53 Basingstoke to Reading
14:00 Greenford to West Ealing
14:12 Par to Newquay
14:15 West Ealing to Greenford
14:30 Greenford to West Ealing
14:45 West Ealing to Greenford
15:00 Greenford to West Ealing
15:10 Newquay to Par
22:15 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury
Short Run
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
12:13 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
13:43 Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
13:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
14:04 Newbury to London Paddington
14:41 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
15:09 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
15:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach
15:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
Delayed
13:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach
14:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
14:37 Reading to Basingstoke
15:14 Gunnislake to Plymouth
15:24 Basingstoke to Reading
16:07 Reading to Basingstoke
16:53 Basingstoke to Reading
17:37 Reading to Basingstoke
18:23 Basingstoke to Reading
19:05 Reading to Basingstoke
19:55 Basingstoke to Reading
20:37 Reading to Basingstoke
21:23 Basingstoke to Reading
22:05 Reading to Basingstoke
22:55 Basingstoke to Reading
•
PollsOpen and recent polls
Open to 08/05 09:07 Steam Excursion - or diesel excursion with a featured steam section?
Open to 07/05 09:27 Should train, bus and coach operators be required to accept cash
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
May 03, 2025, 14:18:15 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[192] Subtle train time changes
[91] A very easy riddle
[86] In memory of the Weymouth Harbour Tramway on the anniversary o...
[56] Steam excursion - except there's much more diesel than steam!
[56] Service reduction - Coombe Junction
[15] Taplow-Hassocks
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Journey by Journey > Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall > Cornwall + Devon Railcard queries
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Cornwall + Devon Railcard queries  (Read 7990 times)
LiskeardRich
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 3571

richardwarwicker@hotmail.co.uk
View Profile
« on: January 24, 2013, 20:14:48 »
Today I purchased a Cornwall and Devon Railcard, but have a couple of queries relating to it.
1) Is there any morning time restrictions, like other railcards?
2) Is the option of Cornwall and Devon Railcards on TVMs▸ (Ticket Vending Machine)
Logged
All posts are my own personal believes, opinions and understandings!
jester
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 134


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2013, 20:28:20 »
Yes, its an 'off peak' restriction, so generally 9 am (or where the ticket becomes off peak)

TVM▸ (Ticket Vending Machine) machines do have the option, again, only when off peak tickets can be bought>
Logged
LiskeardRich
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 3571

richardwarwicker@hotmail.co.uk
View Profile
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2013, 21:02:38 »
Thanks Jester.
Logged
All posts are my own personal believes, opinions and understandings!
devon_metro
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5175



View Profile
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2013, 23:11:41 »
The Manual states that the railcard has no peak restrictions, that assumes that you can get railcard discount on peak fares,whether or not that is an error or not...
Logged
jester
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 134


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2013, 00:12:44 »
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/pr8779199ca64fb1aea2b2d67fa2337f/details.html
Clearly states Not valid on Anytime fares, this would mean peak tickets?!
Logged
chrisoates
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 286


View Profile
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2013, 00:22:47 »
Quote from: jester on January 25, 2013, 00:12:44
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/pr8779199ca64fb1aea2b2d67fa2337f/details.html
Clearly states Not valid on Anytime fares, this would mean peak tickets?!


I don't have one any more as I'm 'Senior' now but they are off peak only - they can be used before 9am depending on where you board the train i.e. St Erth 8.55 am on the up.
Fantastic value for money as you can take a friend at the same discounted fare - combine that with a PlusBus for say Plymouth and that's a cheap day out.
Logged
LiskeardRich
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 3571

richardwarwicker@hotmail.co.uk
View Profile
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2013, 17:42:45 »
Quote from: chrisoates on January 25, 2013, 00:22:47
Quote from: jester on January 25, 2013, 00:12:44
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/pr8779199ca64fb1aea2b2d67fa2337f/details.html
Clearly states Not valid on Anytime fares, this would mean peak tickets?!


I don't have one any more as I'm 'Senior' now but they are off peak only - they can be used before 9am depending on where you board the train i.e. St Erth 8.55 am on the up.
Fantastic value for money as you can take a friend at the same discounted fare - combine that with a PlusBus for say Plymouth and that's a cheap day out.


Me and the wife, and kids went to St Ives yesterday, I bought the railcard as travel round Cornwall regularly, wife never travels without me. Going Redruth to St Ives, I saved ^2.90 back in one trip (kids both under 5). Not bad for a ^10 railcard.
Logged
All posts are my own personal believes, opinions and understandings!
Wolvercote Wanderer
Jr. Member
**
Posts: 22


View Profile Email
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2013, 22:00:08 »
I used to use my Devon and Cornwall RailCard to commute to work. My train was at 08:52 (Exeter Central to Digby and Sowton) so it was off-peak. In fact, I think it was cheaper to buy 5 RailCard Off-Peaks for Monday to Friday than it was to buy a weekly season.

But, I cycle to work nowadays - even cheaper!!
Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page