North East Round Robin

[mono1989]

Evening all.

First Time poster!

After a bit of advice, me and a friend are planning a 1 possibly 2 day trip riding the rails. Were looking at using rangers/rovers and we are looking at the North East Round Robin to start off with.

The one thing were querying is do we have to stay within the "round route" or can we stray away as long as we stay within the validity zones?

http://www.railrover.org/pages/north-east-round-robin.html

Cheers

 

[yorkie]

Welcome to the forum.

This is a source of confusion, the general consensus is that the term "Round Robin" is a marketing term, but they are still Day Rangers with the same validity as any other Day Ranger.

See:

• North East Round Robin
• North East Round Robin.
• East Midlands Round Robin
• Round Robin Ticket (specifically East Yorkshire)
• North East Round Robin
• East Yorkshire Round Robin

 

[mono1989]

Thanks for the help Yorkie!

 

[IanD]

I thought the confusion was generally about whether you can double back or not. The Op seems to be asking if you can go off-route but within the boundaries of the route so basically are the lines to Ilkley and Bishop Aukland covered? I'm not sure that they are.

Also, whilst it is probably permitted to travel from Leeds to York via Selby (as only Garforth is shown on the map) travelling from Northallerton to Newcastle via Middlesbrough/Sunderland is probably not as the route shown is via Chester-le-Street.

Just my thoughts.

 

[maniacmartin]

I thought the confusion was generally about whether you can double back or not. The Op seems to be asking if you can go off-route but within the boundaries of the route so basically are the lines to Ilkley and Bishop Aukland covered? I'm not sure that they are.

I agree with this interpretation

 

[hairyhandedfool]

....The one thing were querying is do we have to stay within the "round route" or can we stray away as long as we stay within the validity zones?....

Just the routes shown on the map, no other routes are included.

 

[IanD]

The map on the Northern site/leaflet and the T&Cs show that you can travel from Leeds to York via Harrogate.

http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/sp...3/2013_leaflets/AW_East Day Ranger_LOWRES.pdf

(Also, I seem to recall when they did indivdual leaflets for the Rovers/Rangers that you could start/end at Bradford - not sure if it was both stations or just Forster Square)