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« Reply #30 on: March 24, 2016, 02:43:22 »
The Ride Cornwall Ranger has been around since at least 2009.
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« Reply #31 on: March 25, 2016, 09:30:17 »
Quote from: richwarwicker on March 23, 2016, 21:11:47
Quote from: plymothian on March 23, 2016, 08:49:50
Many staff in Devon and Cornwall have figured out - on their own initiative - that a Devon Day Ranger or Ride Cornwall can be cheaper than (or equivalent to) a CDR▸ (Off Peak Day Return [ticket type] (formerly 'Cheap Day')), in much the same way the Devon Evening Ranger is usually the cheapest fare after 18.00.

But many D&C residents don't know of their existence, let alone their entitlement to a D&C Railcard; and as usual a TVM▸ (Ticket Vending Machine) cannot sell Ranger and Rover tickets (nor off peak fares after 00.00).

However, this "loophole" is rumoured to be "fixed" by the prices of the Rovers rising come May.

Can the railway increase the price of Council set Rover/Rangers? Or is it the councils raising the price.

Ride Cornwall is a council ran initiative set by the council, with revenue proportionately split between the participating operators

Ride Cornwall isn't a Council-run initiative.  Wessex Trains were the prime movers (yes, it's that long ago) and it just carried on into FGW▸ (First Great Western)/GWR▸ (Great Western Railway).  It was initially ^12 but was reduced to ^10 many years ago and has been unchanged ever since.
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