As far as I'm aware, that could be Lichfield Trent Valley to Lichfield City, however I'm not currently able to access the fares data so I can't conclusively prove this.Just out of curiosity , What is the cheapest return ticket you can buy, between any 2 stations.?
Excluding offers,rail cards or Advanced .
Just walk up fare .
That’s what we use for testing on a live system , sometime it’s even a Child priv at 10p depends what system we are testingLichfield City - Lichfield Trent Valley is 70p Anytime Day Single, 90p Anytime Day Return.
Many years ago BR had a promotional deal whereby if you held an annual season ticket you could travel half fare anywhere in the country. I have a friend who bought an annual season ticket Cardiff Queen St to Cardiff Central although he lived nowhere near Cardiff.
A similar thing still applies in that Annual Season tickets issued in the Gold Card area allow a discount of 34% off fares in the Gold Card area, among other benefits. The Gold Card area used to be the same as the Network Railcard area but was expended a couple of years ago to cover much of the West Midlands and East Anglia.
The cheapest Annual Season ticket in the Gold Card area is Hatton - Lapworth at £164. I have one for the Gold Card benefits!
Hatton to Lapworth is £4 a year less, plus you're adding to the usage numbers of two stations which could always do with some extraDoesn't that come in at the same price as Lichfield TV to Lichfield City
You ought to be able to obtain that season ticket at any ticket office which sells a full range of tickets. It is possible to buy season tickets online via a variety of websites (including Southern's); however I would prefer to buy them in person in order to be sure of getting the season ticket printed on Gold Card stock.Can the Hatton-Lapworth Gold Card be purchased online from WMT? Looks like it can and comes with postal delivery but will the Gold Card bit, printed on Gold Card stock or Gold Card Record Card, be included? If not, how should I go about obtaining one please? My local station is run by "Southern".
Many thanks!
Thank you very much for the prompt reply. I'll try that once I've convinced myself that is a good use of £160. All my recent day-trips have been to Co. Durham (Weardale Rly), Yorkshire (K&WVR/NYMR) and NE Wales (Llangollen) so a Gold Card may not be the correct ticket for folk such as myself
The Gold Card area map is on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/46573.aspx
The Gold Card area map is on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/46573.aspx
So may not be suitable for you
Wow, that download graphic! Really screams "look at all the cool effects my paint program can do" circa 2002. Also, since apparently "THIS MAP MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM RAIL DELIVERY GROUP" and therefore it's probably illegal to print it out, I wonder if it's possible to order a printed version somewhere...