Wensleydale Railway (North Yorkshire) - FREE TRAVEL PROJECT – 25th MAY to 2nd JUNE 2013

From 25^th May to 2^nd June 2013 the Wensleydale Railway (WR) is taking a very bold step... becoming the first UK rail operator not to charge fares for ordinary travel. Yes, you did read that correctly. 

The idea is to really put the WR on the map.  The offer will apply to ‘buy on the day’ tickets only, not to booked groups who have reserved seats or to pre booked catering trains or special events.

That does not mean that the railway does not want passengers to pay anything for their travel.  It will expect them to pay what they wish, or what they feel the experience was worth.  Every opportunity will be made available for them to donate during their journey.

Passengers will still need to carry a ticket, which will be issued as an FOC Day Rover with the total number of passengers travelling shown clearly in the appropriate space. 

It will not be possible for people to reserve seats on the services, unless they have paid the normal fare in advance, and we will be operating to the advertised timetable over this period.

The Railway starts at Leeming Bar just off the A1(M) (Satnav DL7 9AR) and runs through Lower Wensleydale via Bedale and Leyburn to reach Redmire (of Bolton Castle fame). Connections by bus from Northallerton station to Leeming (service 73) - Northallerton has trains run by Transpennine Express, East Coast, and Grand Central.

 

Declaration of interest: the author of this blog is also the Honorary Editor of Relay - the magazine of the Wensleydale Railway Association.