Plusbus & Rangers

[gnolife]

Morning all

I'm wondering if it is possible to buy a Plusbus Chester ticket if I hold a Cheshire Day Ranger?

 

[bb21]

I think the formal answer is "no", as Chester is neither the origin nor the destination of the ticket.

That said, it doesn't hurt to try it and some clerk might be happy to issue it.

 

[gnolife]

So the cheapest way for me to get Plusbus for Chester (other than a lenient/not-fully-aware-of-the-rules member of staff letting me buy one), would be a Capenhurst - Chester single then? That's a little bit annoying, but it still works out cheaper than two singles/a return for the rip-off merchants in question.

Thanks

 

[RJ]

I'm yet to come across a ticket office clerk in London who asks to see a rail ticket to the station where I'm buying a Plusbus ticket for!

 

[34D]

I'm yet to come across a ticket office clerk in London who asks to see a rail ticket to the station where I'm buying a Plusbus ticket for!

Indeed. Or an on-traim guard to refuse to sell one (as he is on commission).

 

[ATW Alex 101]

So the cheapest way for me to get Plusbus for Chester (other than a lenient/not-fully-aware-of-the-rules member of staff letting me buy one), would be a Capenhurst - Chester single then? That's a little bit annoying, but it still works out cheaper than two singles/a return for the rip-off merchants in question.

Thanks

Couldn't you buy a Bache-Chester single? Capenhurst-Chester is £2.30, Bache-Chester is only £1.60

 

[bb21]

Couldn't you buy a Bache-Chester single? Capenhurst-Chester is £2.30, Bache-Chester is only £1.60

No, as Bache is inside Chester PlusBus area.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

No, as Bache is inside Chester PlusBus area.

I didn't know the plusbus goes down that far! Apologies

 

[CockneySparrow]

I think the formal answer is "no", as Chester is neither the origin nor the destination of the ticket.

That said, it doesn't hurt to try it and some clerk might be happy to issue it.

Without reading the terms of this ticket it might actually include buses anyway, if the Anglia Plus ticket is anything to go by round here, that includes buses in both Norwich and Ipswich (First Group Only Town Buses)

 

[IanD]

Without reading the terms of this ticket it might actually include buses anyway, if the Anglia Plus ticket is anything to go by round here, that includes buses in both Norwich and Ipswich (First Group Only Town Buses)

It might include taxis and ferries and air travel and give free lifts in any passing car. But then again you'd need to read the T&Cs to see if this is the case.

 

[thelongestroad]

It might include taxis and ferries and air travel and give free lifts in any passing car. But then again you'd need to read the T&Cs to see if this is the case.

Taxis can only be used on consecutive Tuesdays and only assuming PPM falls below 23.5%.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

For clarity, the Cheshire Day Ranger does not include bus travel (or taxis, ferries, free lifts in passing cars, walking, rollerskating, skateboarding, cycling, skiing or snowboarding).

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/prbad90d0a040002016445fab7d9d950/details.html

 

[IanD]

For clarity, the Cheshire Day Ranger does not include bus travel (or taxis, ferries, free lifts in passing cars, walking, rollerskating, skateboarding, cycling, skiing or snowboarding).

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/prbad90d0a040002016445fab7d9d950/details.html

Oh - I guess it makes sense to read the T&Cs then otherwise I could have ended up in real trouble.

Although I'm sure you can walk at any time and rollerskate, skateboard, cycle, ski or snowboard once off railway premises

 

[hairyhandedfool]

.....Although I'm sure you can walk at any time and rollerskate, skateboard, cycle, ski or snowboard once off railway premises

Of course, but the Cheshire Day Ranger does not include it.

 

[gnolife]

For clarity, the Cheshire Day Ranger does not include bus travel (or taxis, ferries, free lifts in passing cars, walking, rollerskating, skateboarding, cycling, skiing or snowboarding).
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/prbad90d0a040002016445fab7d9d950/details.html

Except if the service goes seriously wrong, and they start bustituting/ Taxiing people to their destination.

 

[Polarbear]

According to the Sheepline, it appears to be possible to buy a Plus Bus add on to a Bache - Chester day return. It says that PB isn't available at Bache, but IS available at Chester. The SDR is £1.75 and the PB add on is £2.50?

I don't recommend using the Sheepline to buy tickets due to the additional fees, but as it's providing the option to buy this, can this be confirmed as a legitimate option or is it an error?

Failing that, should you want to use the buses in & around Chester, most operators have day tickets starting at £3.50 for a Stagecoach Dayrider covering Chester & Ellesmere Port (also available on Arriva service 2)

 

[hairyhandedfool]

It is an 'error'.

....Sorry, you cannot buy PLUSBUS if you're making a local train journey between two stations wholly within the same towns' PLUSBUS travel zone or within the following city regions: Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Midlands or West Yorkshire....

http://www.plusbus.info/about-plusbus

 

[Yew]

According to the Sheepline, it appears to be possible to buy a Plus Bus add on to a Bache - Chester day return. It says that PB isn't available at Bache, but IS available at Chester. The SDR is £1.75 and the PB add on is £2.50?

I don't recommend using the Sheepline to buy tickets due to the additional fees, but as it's providing the option to buy this, can this be confirmed as a legitimate option or is it an error?

Failing that, should you want to use the buses in & around Chester, most operators have day tickets starting at £3.50 for a Stagecoach Dayrider covering Chester & Ellesmere Port (also available on Arriva service 2)

WebITS systems are also happy to sell it (Well, EC at least)