SOUTH PENNINES DAY RANGER

Unlimited off-peak travel for one day extending from Bradford and Leeds in the north to Manchester in the west and to Sheffield and Dronfield in the south and Castleford in the east.

South Pennines Day Ranger ticket

description

The South Pennines Day Ranger allows travel between Manchester and Leeds via both Huddersfield and Bradford and between Manchester and Sheffield via both Stockport and New Mills Central as well as to Glossop and Hadfield.

You can travel between Leeds and Sheffield via either Huddersfield or Wakefield Kirkgate but NOT on CrossCountry Trains via Wakefield Westgate and as far south as Dronfield but not to Chesterfield.

information

Northern website
Northern route map

Ticket Issuing System details:  name  /  code  /  group
SOUTH PENNINES DAY RANGER / SPD / I466 SOUTH PENNIES DR

This ticket has restriction code B3

fares & restrictions

Fares from 3rd March 2024

adult: £29.80
child (5-15): £14.90
16-17 saver: £14.90
railcards ⯆
 16 26 SE DI 2T FF H V: £19.65
 FF H V child fare: £5.65
Railcards ⯈ Railcards:
16 = 16-25
26 = 26-30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
FF = Family & Friends
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans

Previous fares ⯈ Previous fares (adult):
2023 - £28.40
2022 - £26.80
2021 - £25.20
2020 - £25.20
2019 - £24.50
2018 - £23.80
2014 - £22.00
2011 - £19.00

time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:00 but 2T railcard not valid until 09:30

No restrictions at weekends or bank holidays

route restrictions
Not valid on CrossCountry Trains between Wakefield Westgate and Sheffield in either direction
Not valid on Grand Central trains

train operating companies
Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, London North Eastern Railway, Northern, TransPennine Express, Transport for Wales,

purchasing
Online: X
Train conductor: ✔ *
Station ticket office: ✔
Ticket Vending Machine: ✔ 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

sponsors

South Pennines Day Ranger route map

South Pennines Day Ranger route map

This ticket is valid at these national network stations:

Ardwick; Ashburys; Ashton-under-Lyne
Bamford; Barnsley; Batley; Belle Vue; Berry Brow; Bradford Interchange; Bramley; Bredbury; Brighouse; Brinnington; Broadbottom; Brockholes
Castleford; Castleton; Chapeltown; Chinley; Cottingley;
Darton; Davenport; Deansgate; Deighton; Denby Dale; Denton; Dewsbury; Dinting; Dodworth; Dore & Totley; Dronfield
Edale; Elsecar
Fairfield; Flowery Field
Glossop; Godley; Gorton; Greenfield; Grindleford; Guide Bridge
Hadfield; Halifax; Hathersage; Hattersley; Hazel Grove; Heaton Chapel; Hebden Bridge; Honley; Hope; Huddersfield; Hyde Central; Hyde North
Leeds; Levenshulme; Littleborough; Lockwood; Low Moor
Manchester Oxford Road; Manchester Piccadilly; Manchester Victoria; Marple; Marsden; Meadowhall; Mills Hill; Mirfield; Morley; Mossley; Moston; Mytholmroyd
New Mills Central; New Pudsey; Newton for Hyde; Normanton
Outwood
Penistone
Ravensthorpe; Reddish North; Reddish South; Rochdale; Romiley; Rose Hill Marple; Ryder Brow
Sheffield; Shepley; Silkstone Common; Slaithwaite; Smithy Bridge; Sowerby Bridge; Stalybridge; Stockport; Stocksmoor; Strines
Todmorden
Wakefield Kirkgate; Wakefield Westgate; Walsden; Woodlesford; Wombwell; Woodley; Woodsmoor