DAY TRIPS ON THE MID LINE Train Times, Fares and Travel Tips Shopping towns and cities – , , , , , Cathedrals – Chester, Manchester Museums – Chester (Military Museum, Grosvenor Museum), Northwich (Weaver Hall Museum), Lostock Gralam (Lion Salt Works), Knutsford (Heritage Centre), from Hale Stockport (Hat Museum, Air Raid Shelters), Manchester (Museum of Science and Industry, City Art Gallery) on the Mid Cheshire Line The Great Outdoors – (Delamere), Northwich Woodlands, (Northwich and Lostock Gralam), Tatton Park (Knutsford), Dunham Massey (Altrincham) Country walks and cycle rides – collect Mid Cheshire Line walks booklets and cycle ride booklets from station ticket offices or tourist information points - or download them from our website Village Pubs – (Goshawk), (Golden Pheasant), Mobberley (Railway Inn),

Ashley (Greyhound), Hale (Cheshire Midland Hotel and Railway Inn) Northern trains to Chester, Delamere, Northwich, Knutsford, Altrincham, Stockport Music Trains – Chester-Plumley and Altrincham-Chester from April to October and Manchester. Every hour from early morning to late evening (Monday to DAY TRIPS – WITH JUST ONE CHANGE Saturday) and every two hours on Sundays.

Direct from Chester – Birmingham, Cardiff, Church Stretton, Hereford, Holyhead, Leominster, Departure times from Departure times from , Llandudno, London, Ludlow, Shrewsbury Direct from Stockport – Birmingham, Bristol, Buxton, Cleethorpes, London, , Hale to Manchester Hale to Chester , Norwich, , Stoke-on-Trent (2 October to 9 December 2017) (2 October to 9 December 2017) Direct from Manchester - Arnside, , , , Durham, Edale, Edinburgh, Hull, Mondays Mondays Glasgow, Kendal, , Liverpool, Newcastle, Scarborough, Windermere, York to Fridays Saturdays Sundays to Fridays Saturdays Sundays

DAYS OUT ON THE TRAIN (with special tickets – see website for details) 0656 0656 0956 0646 0646 0951 0732a 0757 1158 0751 0749 1150 Settle and Carlisle Line (Manchester-Leeds-Carlisle-Manchester) 0756 0858b 1358 0850 0850 1350 East Lancashire Heritage Railway and Bury Transport Museum (Metrolink from Altrincham) 0831a 0953b 1558 0949 0949 1550 Ffestiniog Railway circular (Chester-Shrewsbury-Porthmadog-Blaenau Ffestiniog- Chester) Welsh Highland and Ffestiniog Railways circular (Chester-Blaenau Ffestiniog-Porthmadog- 0858b 1055b 1758 1049 1049 1750 Caernarfon-bus to Bangor-Chester or vice versa) 0953b 1153b 1958 1149 1149 1952 Welsh Highland Railway day trip (Chester-Bangor-Caernarfon-Porthmadog and return) 1055b 1253b 2158 1249 1249 2151 Ffestiniog Railway day trip (Chester-Llandudno Junction-Blaenau Ffestiniog-Porthmadog and 1153b 1353b 1349 1349 return) 1253b 1453b 1449 1449

DAY TICKETS (some with weekday time restrictions) 1353b 1555b 1549 1549 1453b 1653b 1649 1649 Cheshire Day Ranger - Adult £23.00, Senior Railcard £15.20, Child £11.50 1555b 1753b 1716 1749 Off-Peak Day Saver from Chester – Adult £5.20, Child £2.70 1653b 1900 1738 1849 Greater Manchester Wayfarer (see p3) – Adult £13.00, English Bus Pass £8.00, Child £6.50 South Day Ranger from Stockport - Adult £23.00, Senior Railcard £15.20, Child £11.50 1753b 2000 1817 1949 North Wales All Zones Rover from Chester – Adult £38.00, Senior Railcard £25.30, Child £19.00 1859 2058 1849 2048 2001 2229 1949 2149 MULTI-DAY TICKETS 2058 2343 2047 2247

North Wales Coast and Peaks Rover (any 4 days in 8) - Adult £74.00, 2229 2151 2346 Senior Railcard £48.85, Child £37.00 2343 2247 North West Rover (7 days) - Adult £89.00, Senior Railcard £58.75, Child £44.50 2346 North West Rover (any 4 days in 8) - Adult £74.00, Senior Railcard £48.85, Child £37.00 a to Stockport only - for Manchester Piccadilly change at Stockport FOR MORE DETAILS OF TRIPS AND TICKETS SEE THE MID CHESHIRE LINE WEBSITE b also stops at Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme October 2017 October 2017 Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership www.midcheshirerail.org.uk www.midcheshirerail.org.uk

FARES FROM HALE 2017 TICKETS FROM HALE TO STATIONS ON THE MID CHESHIRE LINE

Anytime Off-Peak Off-Peak Anytime You must buy your ticket from Northern’s ticket office if it is open. The ticket Single Day Day DUO Return office is open from 07:10 to 13:40 Monday to Friday. The ticket office staff are knowledgeable and can sell any type of rail ticket. You can pay with cash or Return Return Return card. after 09:00 after 09:00 Station £ £ £ £ £ If the ticket office is closed, you should buy your ticket from the conductor on Chester 11.80 13.40 11.20 16.80 15.20 the train with cash or card. Season tickets can only be bought at a ticket office Mouldsworth 10.60 13.20 11.10 16.60 or online and must be bought in advance. See the Mid Cheshire Line website Delamere 9.40 12.50 10.60 15.90 for more details about buying tickets, particularly for information about options when travelling to Manchester. Cuddington 8.30 12.20 10.30 15.40 Greenbank 7.30 10.50 8.90 13.30 Single journey – buy an Anytime Single. To Chester, Altrincham, Navigation Northwich 6.10 9.00 7.60 11.40 Road and Manchester, there is an Off-Peak Single. Lostock Gralam 6.10 9.00 7.60 11.40 Returning the same day – buy an Anytime Day Return, an Off-Peak Day Return, Plumley 5.40 7.80 5.90 8.80 a DUO or a Wayfarer (see p4 for Wayfarer fares) . Wayfarer is a day ticket valid Knutsford 4.30 6.10 4.70 7.00 on trains and Metrolink from 09:30 and on buses all day. It covers all routes in Mobberley 3.70 5.10 3.90 5.80 Greater Manchester and some adjoining parts of Derbyshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, the Peak District and Cheshire (including the Mid Cheshire Line as Ashley 2.60 3.80 3.20 4.80 far as Northwich). Altrincham 1.80 2.80 2.20* Season tickets are available to any station for a week or for any period from a Navigation Road 1.80 2.80 2.20* month to a year. You can only buy them from a ticket office and you will need a Stockport 4.00 6.20 5.20* passport photo for a free photocard. Example fares: Manchester Piccadilly Manchester 4.20 6.40 5.40* £25.20 (week), £96.80 (month). Conductors can renew weekly seasons if you Railcard - example fares from Hale have a photocard. Chester 7.80 8.85 7.40 Anytime Rtn 10.05 Your rail ticket to Manchester Piccadilly is to Manchester Central Zone (CTLZ). Manchester 2.80 4.25 3.55* It also covers Metrolink in the city centre (but it is not valid on Metrolink from

Anytime Day Return fares are for return the same day. Anytime Returns are for Altrincham to the city centre – except on Sundays). return within a month. Child fares (for children aged 5-15) are generally 50% of adult Metroshuttle buses in Stockport and Manchester centres are free. Chester Rail Link bus costs £1. It’s free with an English bus pass. fares. Off-Peak Day Return fares are available from 09:00 Monday to Friday & all day Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. *Off-Peak Day Return fares available from CONTACTS 09:30 Monday to Friday & all day Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. *Not valid for Greater Manchester Traveline 0161 244 1000 journeys starting between 16:01 and 18:29 from Monday to Friday, except Bank (0700-2000 Mon-Fri, 0800-2000 Sat/Sun) Holidays. Northern 0800 200 60 60 (24h)

DUO is a return fare for two people travelling together. Railcard discounts do not National Rail Enquiries 03457 48 49 50 (24h) apply to DUOs. DUO is available from 09:00 Mondays to Fridays and all day Mid Cheshire Line Sally Buttifant, Community Rail Officer, 01244 976788 or 0773 652 3863 or [email protected] Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays (except Saturdays and Sundays in December).

Railcard fares are generally 2/3 of adult fares (34% off). Railcard fares apply at all CHANGES times for holders of Senior, Disabled and Family Railcards. Railcard fares are not Timetables change each year in October and December and may also change in valid before 09:30 with Two Together Railcards or before 10:00 with 16-25 Railcards May. Fares change each year in January and may also change in May and and Forces Railcards from Mondays to Fridays (except on Bank Holidays). 16-25 September. This leaflet is correct at time of publication – October 2017. Check the website of the Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership for updates Railcards and Forces Railcards are valid all day in July and August. October 2017 October 2017 Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership www.midcheshirerail.org.uk www.midcheshirerail.org.uk