DEVON DAY RANGER

Unlimited travel with weekday time restrictions for one day throughout Devon from St.Budeaux Ferry Road west of Plymouth to Tiverton Parkway and Axminster in the east plus the five Devon branch lines to Gunnislake, Paignton, Exmouth, Barnstaple and Okehampton.

Devon Day Ranger ticket

It allows travel along the Great Western Main Line from Tiverton Parkway to Plymouth through Exeter St.Davids, Newton Abbot and Totnes and includes the English Riviera seaside towns of Torquay and Paignton.

You can visit the South Devon Railway at Totnes, the Dartmouth Steam Railway & Riverboat Company at Paignton and the Plym Valley Railway near Plymouth.

information


GWR website     GWR route map     NRE website
South Devon Railway website
Dartmouth Steam Railway & Riverboat Company website
Plym Valley Railway website

see also:
Freedom of Devon & Cornwall - all lines in Devon and Cornwall
Freedom of the South West Rover - the south west and more

Ticket Issuing System details:  name  /  code  /  group
DEVON RANGER / TSA / I857 DEVON RANGER

This ticket has restriction code B3

route map

Devon Day Ranger route map

This ticket is valid at these national network stations:

Axminster
Barnstaple; Bere Alston; Bere Ferrers
Calstock; Chapelton; Copplestone; Cranbrook; Crediton
Dawlish; Dawlish Warren; Devonport; Devonport Dockyard; Digby & Sowton
Eggesford; Exeter Central; Exeter St Davids; Exeter St Thomas; Exmouth; Exton
Feniton
Gunnislake
Honiton
Ivybridge
Keyham; Kings Nympton
Lapford; Lympstone Commando; Lympstone Village
Marsh Barton; Morchard Road
Newcourt; Newton Abbot; Newton St Cyres
Okehampton
Paignton; Pinhoe; Plymouth; Polsloe Bridge; Portsmouth Arms
St Budeaux Ferry Road; St Budeaux Victoria Road; St James Park; Starcross
Teignmouth; Tiverton Parkway; Topsham; Torquay; Torre; Totnes
Umberleigh
Whimple
Yeoford

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fares & restrictions

New fares from 2nd Mar 2025

One day ranger
adult: £17.00
child (5-15): £8.50
16-17 saver: £8.50
railcards ⯆
16 26 SE DI 2T FF H V DC: £11.30
FF H V DC child fare: £3.40
Railcards ⯈ Railcards:
16 = 16-25
26 = 26-30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
FF = Family & Friends
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans
DC = Devon & Cornwall

Previous fares ⯈ Previous fares (adult):
2024 - £16.00
2023 - £15.50
2022 - £14.50
2021 - £13.50
2020 - £13.50
2019 - £13.00
2018 - £12.40
2014 - £10.00
2011 - £10.00

time restrictions
Mon to Fri: valid from 09:00 but 2T railcard not valid until 09:30
No restrictions at weekends or bank holidays

train operating companies
CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway

purchasing
Online at GWR : ✔
Online at SWR : ✔
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.

LNER TVMs at Doncaster, Edinburgh, London King's Cross, Newcastle and York also sell them.

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