Wigan to Crewe weekly season ticket - valid routes

[NorthWestRover]

I know this will sound silly as there is an obvious quick route, but is a weekly season ticket between Wigan and Crewe valid on any routes other than the WCML via Warrington BQ?

 

[jfollows]

No.
Wigan to Crewe is given in the routeing guide (http://iblocks-rg-publication.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/yellow_pages.pdf) as map NC only:

Map NC (https://data.atoc.org/routeing-maps) only allows the direct route:

You are allowed to use other routes such as:

• an advertised through train between Wigan and Crewe in either direction which takes a different route
• a different route which is less than 3 miles longer than the shortest route (I don't think there is one)

In particular, your season ticket isn't valid via Liverpool or Manchester, which I think might be what you're hoping to be the case.
Others will correct me if I'm wrong of course!

 

[NorthWestRover]

In particular, your season ticket isn't valid via Liverpool or Manchester, which I think might be what you're hoping to be the case.

Yeah, not because I'd want to do it that way particularly but Avanti and all that...

I'm thinking of doing a Heart of England Rover which will involve a couple of nights away, but would need four or five Wigan to Crewe starts and finishes.

 

[jfollows]

The other option which might not be appropriate in your particular case could be a weekly season ticket between two different stations which include Wigan-Crewe but also allows other routes. I haven't looked any such tickets up, but either Preston-Crewe or possibly Bolton-Crewe or Wigan-Sandbach might allow additional routes, at slightly greater expense. The routeing guide is at your disposal at https://data.atoc.org/routeing-guide!

 

[Haywain]

In particular, your season ticket isn't valid via Liverpool or Manchester, which I think might be what you're hoping to be the case.

However, additional validity can be obtained by buying the season ticket to a different destination. It looks like a Wigan to Goostrey season will add in validity through Manchester and Wilmslow, as well as Crewe, at the same fare as Wigan to Crewe.

 

[jfollows]

However, additional validity can be obtained by buying the season ticket to a different destination. It looks like a Wigan to Goostrey season will add in validity through Manchester and Wilmslow, as well as Crewe, at the same fare as Wigan to Crewe.

Agreed, and apologies because I added much the same thought subsequently which likely coincided with the time you were making your post!

 

[NorthWestRover]

Excellent. And thank you. This site is amazing.