Hello,
My friend may be travelling from Manchester Piccadilly to Macclesfield one way, on Sunday 10 July. However, there are engineering works until mid-afternoon with various rail replacement bus options listed in the journey planners including (but probably not limited to):
a) Train to Wilmslow then bus to Macclesfield
b) Bus to Stockport then bus to Macclesfield
c) Direct bus to Macclesfield
The cheapest single ticket from Manchester to Macclesfield is the Off Peak Day Single for £3.40 valid on Virgin Trains Only. My question is, is this ticket valid on the rail replacement bus services? The East Coast journey planner says no and there doesn't seem to be a connection that is only operated by 'Virgin Trains' buses (as opposed to CrossCountry/Northern buses), but as the buses are replacing Virgin Trains services among others, is the ticket valid?
Thank you for your help.
My friend may be travelling from Manchester Piccadilly to Macclesfield one way, on Sunday 10 July. However, there are engineering works until mid-afternoon with various rail replacement bus options listed in the journey planners including (but probably not limited to):
a) Train to Wilmslow then bus to Macclesfield
b) Bus to Stockport then bus to Macclesfield
c) Direct bus to Macclesfield
The cheapest single ticket from Manchester to Macclesfield is the Off Peak Day Single for £3.40 valid on Virgin Trains Only. My question is, is this ticket valid on the rail replacement bus services? The East Coast journey planner says no and there doesn't seem to be a connection that is only operated by 'Virgin Trains' buses (as opposed to CrossCountry/Northern buses), but as the buses are replacing Virgin Trains services among others, is the ticket valid?
Thank you for your help.
- it is very unusual that tickets are checked at all on rail replacement services, and even if they are, they're usually accommodating of other operators' tickets, so long as they're valid at the date/time of travel.
