Devon & Cornwall Rover + Anytime Return

[trainophile]

I have a Freedom of Devon & Cornwall 3 days in 7 ticket, plus the return portion of an Anytime Return from Dawlish to Hereford, route ‘any permitted’.

Does my train from Cornwall (Truro) have to call at Dawlish to validate changing from the Rover to the Anytime Return half?

It’s for the coming Sunday so services are less frequent than weekdays, and I am trying to work out a journey that is the quickest, without having to start too early.

The Rover is presumably valid as far as Exeter, so I could probably get away with it, especially if there’s a crew change!

 

[_toommm_]

You're fine on non-stop trains. Condition 14.2 of the NRCoT covers you as in this case, the Devon and Cornwall is classed as an area-based zonal product for the purpose of a split:

If you are using a Season Ticket, daily Zonal Ticket, or another area based Ticket such as a concessionary pass, ranger or rover in conjunction with another Ticket and the last station at which one Ticket is valid and the first station that the other Ticket is valid are the same, then the train does not need to call at that station for your combination to be valid.

 

[trainophile]

Brilliant, thanks very much for replying so quickly.

 

[Haywain]

You're fine on non-stop trains. Condition 14.2 of the NRCoT covers you as in this case, the Devon and Cornwall is classed as an area-based zonal product for the purpose of a split:

Actually, it’s classed as a season ticket for such purposes.

 

[_toommm_]

Actually, it’s classed as a season ticket for such purposes.

And to think I edited my post to change this....

 

[Cliveblackpool]

I have used a Freedom of South West Rover travelling to Devon and Cornwall, 3 in 7, and 8 in 15 for my holidays, good value (Just need tickets to Cheltenham in my case from Blackpool)
http://www.railrover.org/pages/freedom-of-the-south-west-rover.html

 

[Cliveblackpool]

I have used a Freedom of South West Rover travelling to Devon and Cornwall, 3 in 7, and 8 in 15 for my holidays, good value (Just need tickets to Cheltenham in my case from Blackpool)
http://www.railrover.org/pages/freedom-of-the-south-west-rover.html

Devon & Cornwall rail rover is valid to Tiverton Parkway.

 

[trainophile]

Devon & Cornwall rail rover is valid to Tiverton Parkway.

Thanks, that’s useful to know for future occasions.

I am challenging myself to actually save money with this ticket over the cost of separate tickets, and tbh it’s not that easy unless you want to spend 12 hours a day on trains, which rather defeats the object of being in a beautiful part of the country.

If I had pre-planned my itinerary and included Advance tickets I don’t think I would have been worse off. But it is nice to go places on the spur of the moment, which I suppose is the whole point.