COTSWOLDS DISCOVERER

Unlimited travel with weekday time restrictions for one day between Moreton-in-Marsh and Oxford; between Ashchurch for Tewkesbury and Yate; and between Gloucester and Swindon via Stroud - these lines are obviously not all connected.

The ticket is also valid and can be bought from Johnson’s Excelbus and Stagecoach buses within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which connects the two separate rail lines.

description

The Cotswolds Discoverer allows travel throughout the Cotswolds by both bus and train but the rail sections are limited to Moreton-in-Marsh to Oxford, Ashchurch for Tewkesbury to Yate and Gloucester to Swindon. The area extends as far north as Stratford-upon-Avon but only by bus.

information

GWR website
NRE website
NRE route map
The Cotswolds website

Ticket Issuing System details:  name  /  code  /  group
COTSWOLDS 1DAY / CE1 / I257 COTSWOLD 1-DAY

fares & restrictions

Fares correct 28 Sep 2024

One day ranger

adult: £13.00
child (5-15): £6.50
16-17 saver: £6.50
railcards ⯆
 16 26 SE DI 2T H V: £8.60
 H child fare: £3.25
Railcards ⯈ Railcards:
16 = 16 to 25
26 = 26 to 30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans

Previous fares ⯈ Previous fares (adult):
2023 - £13.00
2022 - £13.00
2021 - £10.50
2020 - £10.50
2019 - £10.60
2018 - £10.00
2014 - £10.00

time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 08:51 but 2T railcard not valid until 09:30
No restrictions at weekends and bank holidays or on buses

route restrictions
Not valid Yate to Swindon via Bristol Parkway

train operating companies
CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, Transport for Wales

purchasing
Online : ✔
Train conductor: ✔ *
Bus driver: ✔
Station ticket office: ✔
Ticket Vending Machine (TVM): i Northern Ticket Vending Machines now sell most ranger and rover tickets but at the moment only for same-day travel (rather prohibitive for distant areas)

Some Avanti West Coast station TVMs for example Crewe, now sell local rangers and rovers.

A number of PTE areas sell local rangers from TVMs in their area e.g. South Yorkshire, Strathclyde and West Midlands

* valid ticket to travel is required unless boarded at a station without ticket-issuing facilities

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Cotswold Discoverer route map

Cotswold Discoverer route map

This ticket is valid at these national network stations

Ascott-under-Wychwood; Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
Cam & Dursley; Charlbury; Cheltenham Spa; Combe
Finstock
Gloucester
Hanborough
Kemble; Kingham
Moreton-in-Marsh
Oxford
Shipton; Stonehouse; Stroud; Swindon
Yate