Weekend use of Season ticket within Greater Manchester

[trickyvegas]

I have a monthly season ticket between Stalybridge and Manchester.

On Saturday, I was making a journey from Piccadilly to another destination within the Greater Manchester boundaries and enquired if I was able to buy an excess from my ticket to my destination. The reply from the conductor was that, to his knowledge, I could use my ticket for travel anywhere within Greater Manchester at weekends.

Is this correct or was he kindly doing me a favour?

 

[b0b]

http://www.gmpte.com/journey_planning/tickets_rail.cfm?submenuheader=1

Season Tickets
With a rail season ticket you can travel at any time of day between two stations as often as you please. In addition a rail season ticket between two stations in Greater Manchester allows you to travel by train anywhere in Greater Manchester at weekends.


worth keeping a copy of that webpage, just in case you get someone less familiar with the rule ....

 

[trickyvegas]

That's excellent news, thanks for confirming that - going to save me a fair few future pounds.

Glad I met a helpful and knowledgable rail employee on the day, I had actually boarded the wrong train too, so a happy accident after all.
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worth keeping a copy of that webpage, just in case you get someone less familiar with the rule ....

When I worked out in the sticks and needed a bus to finish my journey in High Lane I used to have a System One Travel Card, which an XC Guard responded to with "what the hell is that?"

 

[furryfeet]

http://www.gmpte.com/journey_planning/tickets_rail.cfm?submenuheader=1

Season Tickets
With a rail season ticket you can travel at any time of day between two stations as often as you please. In addition a rail season ticket between two stations in Greater Manchester allows you to travel by train anywhere in Greater Manchester at weekends.

Anyone know of the cheapest weekly adult season that exists, so that one could take advantage of this at weekends ?

(Assuming that it all works out cheaper than buying a GM rail ranger )

 

[cuccir]

An Oxford Road to Deansgate 7 day is £7; this would be a £1 saving on buying two Rail Rangers on a Saturday and Sunday, though I don't suppose it would include the free metro travel.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

A Salford Central-Manchester CTLZ ticket includes the tram in the city centre (G-Mex-Piccadilly-Victoria) and is £7.60 for a week.

 

[CHESHIRECAT]

A Salford Central-Manchester CTLZ ticket includes the tram in the city centre (G-Mex-Piccadilly-Victoria) and is £7.60 for a week.

So my stockport to man airport valid anywhere in g manch at weekends? Bring it on!!!

 

[Railjet]

When I worked out in the sticks (sic) and needed a bus to finish my journey in High Lane I used to have a System One Travel Card, which an XC Guard responded to with "what the hell is that?"

Which was the correct response since you were out in the Styx.

 

[trickyvegas]

Which was the correct response since you were out in the Styx.

You could say my hometown is in the sticks as the Staly part is derived from Stave-Leigh which literally means clearing where staves are gathered.

 

[CHESHIRECAT]

So what would happen if you were travelling say MAN- Liverpool with a season ticket,, could you buy ticket from the last station in the GMPTE area even if the train (EMT or TPE) did not stop there ? Glazebrook in this instance?

 

[A60K]

So what would happen if you were travelling say MAN- Liverpool with a season ticket,, could you buy ticket from the last station in the GMPTE area even if the train (EMT or TPE) did not stop there ? Glazebrook in this instance?

Now there's a can of worms! I'm not sure to be honest, and I suspect it's down to how 'official' thia agreement is between the PTE and ATOC. I imagine there would be some debate from conductors of TOCs that don't run local services in GM - for example, using a Rochdale to Salford weekly on a Virgin train to London together with a Prestbury-London return.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

If one ticket is a season ticket the other is not, the train would not have to stop at Glazebrook. In the case of EMT and FTPE there should be no other problems, however, If you used Northern, you'd have to make sure the train went through Glazebrook (Northern run some services via Newton-Le-Willows for which this would not be valid).

I do not know of any other restrictions.

 

[scrapy]

Now there's a can of worms! I'm not sure to be honest, and I suspect it's down to how 'official' thia agreement is between the PTE and ATOC. I imagine there would be some debate from conductors of TOCs that don't run local services in GM - for example, using a Rochdale to Salford weekly on a Virgin train to London together with a Prestbury-London return.

You would not be able to do this anyway! A Rochdale to Salford season is only valid as far as Bramhall at weekends.

 

[A60K]

You would not be able to do this anyway! A Rochdale to Salford season is only valid as far as Bramhall at weekends.

OK, my Manc geography is a little hazy these days. I'll pose the same question with Prestbury replaced with Bramhall!