BritRail Product Range From 1st January 2015
Contents...
- Overview of changes
- Visual BritRail Re-Brand
- What is BritRail?
- By Pass Type: 1. New Products Table 2. BritRail Pass 3. BritRail England Pass 4. BritRail London Plus Pass 5. BritRail Freedom of Scotland 6. BritRail Central Scotland 7. BritRail Scottish Highlands Pass 8. BritRail South West Pass 9. BritRail Pass Ticket Format Samples 10. BritRail Pass Types
- Future prospects
Overview of changes On the 1st October 2014 the management of the BritRail Pass range was brought back in-house by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) after having been franchised for the last 15 years.
Prior to its management starting, ATOC made extensive research into the usage and revenue productivity of the BritRail Pass and its range. The research showed that travel plans of customers over the last few years have changed.
Having worked through all possible combinations of passes that exist in the current range today, it was decided that rationalisation was needed in order to make the pass range more manageable and seamless going forward.
Therefore, as from 1st January 2015 you will see a slightly amended BritRail Pass range to better suit our current market. The main differences are listed beneath: - BritRail Logo o A new rebranded BritRail Logo will appear from 1st January 2015 - BritRail “Euro” Price Range (for European customers) o Has been removed from all passes and kept for the “BritRail Pass” only - BritRail Party Pass o This pass has been removed from the range and replaced by the “Saver Pass” - BritRail Pass & Ireland o This pass has been removed from the range - BritRail Guest Pass o This pass has been removed from the range - BritRail Eurail Passholder Discount o This pass discount will be discontinued - BritRail London Plus Pass o 2 Day and 7 Day passes now become 3 Day and an 8 Day passes respectively o Airport coupons will be withdrawn and amalgamated within the pass itself from 1st January - BritRail Pass validities and durations o 2 Month validity discontinued, all Flexi passes will now be a 1 Month validity o All passes will be selected from within standardised durations: Flexi - 2*, 3, 4, 8, 15 Days (*2 Days European residents only) Consecutive - 2*, 3, 4, 8, 15, 22 Days & 1 Month (*2 Days European residents)
These changes reduce the possible combinations of passes by 50% and will enable ATOC to load all passes into the TIS operating systems, making it a lot more streamlined for the pass going into the future.
Therefore as from 1st January 2015 the BritRail Range will be made up of the following rail passes: BritRail Pass BritRail England Pass BritRail London Plus Pass BritRail Freedom of Scotland Pass BritRail Central Scotland BritRail Freedom of BritRail South West Pass Pass Scotland Pass
Visual BritRail Re-Brand
You will all have seen the current BritRail Logo, which is as follows:
The current Logo (above) will be gradually replaced on tickets and marketing material as from 1st January 2015 and it is hoped that all references to the old logo will have disappeared by 1st July 2015.
The new BritRail Logo (below) will be released on all tickets and marketing material from 1st January 2015 onwards:
What is BritRail?
BritRail is the brand given by ATOC to a range of Rail Passes which cover rail travel in Britain.
The BritRail Pass range has been designed to encourage international travellers coming to Britain to use the train. Some of the special features of BritRail include its competitive pricing and flexibility to travel at any time.
BritRail Passes can be sold to anyone who has a permanent residence outside of Britain.
Customers must purchase their BritRail Pass before travelling as BritRail Passes are not available to purchase in Britain. (* Please note customers are not able to have their passes replaced at a station in UK if lost or stolen, they will have to contact the booking agent who they initially purchased through.)
BritRail by Pass Type...
1. New Products Table 2. BritRail Pass 3. BritRail England Pass 4. BritRail London Plus Pass 5. BritRail Freedom of Scotland 6. BritRail Central Scotland 7. BritRail Scottish Highlands Pass 8. BritRail South West Pass 9. BritRail Pass Ticket Format Samples 10. BritRail Pass Types
Key definitions to Pass Types:
BritRail 1. New Products Table BritRail BritRail BritRail BritRail South BritRail BritRail London Freedom Central Highlands West Pass England Plus of Scotland Scotland Pass Pass
Arriva Trains Wales [1] c2c
Chiltern Railways [5]
CrossCountry [2] [6] [14]
East Coast [3] [7] [14] [15]
East Midlands Trains [8]
First Hull Trains
First Great Western [4] [9] [16]
First TransPennine Express
Gatwick Express
Grand Central Great Northern
Greater Anglia [10]
Heathrow Express
London Midland [11]
London Overground
Merseyrail
Northern Rail
ScotRail
Southern
South Eastern
South West Trains [12] [16] Thameslink
Virgin Trains [3] [13] [14] Notes 1. Arriva Trains Wales, valid on service within England only, on routes up to the boundary stations, Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford 2. Valid to all CrossCountry destinations within England (not valid beyond boundary stations of Lydney in direction of Wales or Berwick Upon Tweed in direction of Scotland) 3. Travel up to the Scottish Border stations (Berwick on East Coast Line and Carlisle on West Coast Line) 4. Valid on all First Great Western services to the South West, not valid on First Great Western services to South Wales (beyond Bristol/Bristol Parkway) 5. Chiltern Railways, as far as boundary stations of Leamington Spa or Stratford Upon Avon from London (not valid on services to Birmingham) 6. CrossCountry trains valid on routes, Bournemouth/Reading to Leamington Spa and Ely/Cambridge to Stansted Airport 7. Valid on East Coast route London Kings Cross to Stevenage only 8. Valid on East Midlands Trains route London St Pancras International to Bedford only 9. Valid on First Great Western routes from London Paddington to the boundary stations of Bedwyn, Bristol Temple Meads, Worcester Foregate (see map) 10. Valid on Greater Anglia routes London Liverpool Street to Kings Lynn / Stansted Airport / Southend / Clacton / Walton on the Naze / Colchester / Harwich / Sudbury (see map) 11. Valid on London Midland Services as far as the boundary stations of Long Buckby and Wolverton 12. Valid on South West Trains services as far as Weymouth and Salisbury 13. Valid on Virgin Trains route London Euston to Milton Keynes only 14. Travel from Glasgow/Edinburgh to Scottish Border stations (Berwick on East Coast Line and Carlisle on West Coast Line) 15. Valid on East Coast Inverness to Aviemore only 1 16. South West Pass - First Great Western not to be used in Wales west of Swansea or any other train in Wales other than the Newport - Cardiff - Swansea mainline. Not valid on Night Riviera service (without reservation) or any First Great Western & South West Trains east of Portsmouth
2. BRITRAIL PASS
BRITRAIL PASS
Description: The BritRail Pass gives you unlimited travel on the national rail network of England, Wales and Scotland for the duration you choose.
Classes: 1st and 2nd Classes
Pricing Categories: Adult, Child, Youth and Senior
Discounts: Europe Pricing, Free Child Pass (per adult), ITX, Saver Pass, Promotional Discounts (e.g: Low Season discount), AD75, Complimentary pass for Media only (request through ATOC)
Validity: Flexible – 2 Day (Europe Only), 3 Day, 4 Day, 8 Day, 15 Day (in 1 month) Consecutive – 2 Day (Europe Only), 3 Day, 4 Day, 8 Day, 15 Day, 22 Day and 1 Month
Boundaries: Only valid for travel in England, Wales and Scotland
Exclusions: Not valid on Eurostar services, Tyne and Wear Metro, Glasgow Underground trains, Manchester Metro Link, road links between airport and railway stations, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), privately owned railways, steam services, London Underground trains and buses, boats, hovercraft, nor any other services not mentioned.
3. BritRail England Pass
BritRail England Pass
Description: The BritRail Pass gives you unlimited travel around England for the duration you choose.
Classes: 1st and 2nd Classes
Pricing Categories: Adult, Child, Youth and Senior
Discounts: ITX, Free Child Pass (per adult), Saver Pass, Promotional Discounts (e.g: Low Season discount)
Validity: Flexible – 3 Day, 4 Day, 8 Day, 15 Day (in 1 month) Consecutive – 3 Day, 4 Day, 8 Day, 15 Day, 22 Day and 1 Month
Boundaries: Carlisle, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Lydney, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford, Bucknell, Shrewsbury, Chirk, Crewe, Chester, West Kirby.
Exclusions: Not valid on Eurostar services, Tyne and Wear Metro, Manchester Metro Link, road links between airport and railway stations, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), privately owned railways, steam services, London Underground trains and buses, boats, hovercraft, nor any other services not mentioned.
4. BritRail London Plus Pass
BritRail London Plus Pass
Description: The BritRail London Plus Pass gives you unlimited travel around South East England (within specified borders, see map) for the duration you choose. It is also valid for travel outside of the geographical South East to places such as Bristol, Bath, Ely, Kings Lynn, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Weymouth and Worcester.
Classes: 1st and 2nd Classes
Pricing Categories: Adult and Child
Discounts: None (unless a future promotion includes this pass)
Validity: Flexible – 3 Day, 4 Day, 8 Day (in 1 month)
Boundaries: Harwich, Kings Lynn, Huntingdon, Bedford, Long Buckby, Stratford-upon-Avon, Worcester Foregate, Bedwyn, Salisbury, Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth
Exclusions: Not valid on Eurostar services, road links between airport and railway stations, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), privately owned railways, steam services, London Underground trains and buses, boats, hovercraft, nor any other services not mentioned.
BritRail Scottish Passes
5. Freedom of Scotland Description: The BritRail Freedom of Scotland pass gives you travel around all national rail operated lines in Scotland for the duration you choose.
Classes: 2nd Class
Pricing Categories: Adult and Child
Discounts: ITX and... Ferry Valid on all Caledonian MacBrayne scheduled ferry services within Scotland Valid on Argyll Ferries service from Gourock to Dunoon. 20% discount on Northlink Ferries services Scrabster – Stromness / Aberdeen – Lerwick /Aberdeen - Kirkwall – Lerwick. Valid on seated standard fares only, purchase on the day. Coach Valid on Scottish Citylink/West Coast Motors services Oban or Fort William – Inverness / Oban – Campbeltown / Kyle of Lochalsh – Uig / Inverness – Ullapool. Valid on Stagecoach East Scotland services Dundee or Leuchars – St Andrews. Valid on First Scotland East services Melrose – Galashiels – Peeples – Edinburgh (Service 62) and Carlisle – Langholm – Harwick – Galashiels – Edinburgh (Service X95) Valid on Stagecoach Services in the Highlands from Wick – John O’Groats / Thurso – John O’Groats / Thurso – Scrabster and service on Isle of Skye (except any registered tours)
Validity: Flexible – 4 Days (in 8 Days) and 8 Day (in 15 Days)
Boundaries: Carlisle and Berwick-upon-Tweed
Exclusions: Passes cannot be used to travel before 0915 Mondays to Fridays, except between Glasgow-Oban/Fort William/Mallaig and Inverness- Kyle/Wick/Thurso. Not valid on Glasgow Underground, road links between airport and railway stations, privately owned railways, steam services, nor any other services not mentioned.
6. BritRail Central Scotland Pass
Description: The BritRail Central Scotland pass gives you travel around the central area between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Classes: 2nd Class
Pricing Categories: Adult and Child
Discounts: None
Validity: Flexible – 3 Day (in 7 Days)
Boundaries: Valid between Glasgow and Edinburgh on ScotRail services, including via Carstairs. It is valid to several destinations within Glasgow and Edinburgh area, including Dunblane and Markinch (see map for details)
Exclusions: Passes valid any time except Mondays to Fridays before 09:15. Not valid on the Glasgow Underground, on road links between airport and railway stations, privately owned railways, steam services, nor any other services not mentioned.
BritRail Central Scotland Pass Map:
7. BritRail Scottish Highlands Pass
Description: The BritRail Scottish Highlands pass gives you unlimited travel around the Highlands, Islands and North of Scotland.
Classes: 2nd Class
Pricing Categories: Adult and Child
Discounts: Ferry: Valid on Caledonian MacBrayne from Oban – Mallaig / Mallaig – Skye 20% discount on Northlink Ferries services Scrabster – Stromness / Aberdeen – Lerwick / Aberdeen – Kirkwall – Lerwick Coach Valid on Scottish Citylink and West Caost Motors services Oban and Fort William – Inverness Stagecoach in the Highlands services from Thurso – Scrabster 10% discount off D & E Coaches services from Inverness – Durness
Validity: Flexible – 4 Days (in 8 Days)
Boundaries: Valid on the following routes only: - Glasgow – Oban/Fort William/Mallaig - Inverness – Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness – Wick/Thurso - Inverness – Aberdeen - Inverness – Aviemore
Exclusions: Passes valid any time except for services arriving Aberdeen or Inverness before 09:00 on Monday to Friday. Not valid on Glasgow Underground, road links between airport and railway stations, privately owned railways, steam services, nor any other services not mentioned.
8. BritRail South West Pass
BritRail Map (yellow lines only) - Detailed map below...
BritRail South West Pass
Description: The BritRail South West Pass gives you unlimited travel on journeys to the South West of England and South of Wales, travelling on Great Western and South West Trains.
Classes: 1st and 2nd Classes
Pricing Categories: Adult, Child, Youth and Senior
Discounts: Free Child Pass (per adult), ITX, Saver Pass
Validity: Flexible – 3 Day, 4 Day, 8 Day, 15 Day (in 1 month) Consecutive – 3 Day, 4 Day, 8 Day, 15 Day, 22 Day and 1 Month
Boundaries: London Paddington, Greenford, Marlow, Henley, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Banbury, Hereford, Gloucester, Bristol Parkway, Cardiff, Swansea, Bristol Temple Meads, Weston-Super-Mare, Barnstaple, Gunnislake, Newquay, St.Ives, Penzance, Falmouth Docks, Looe, Exmouth, Weymouth, Portsmouth Harbour, Basingstoke and Gatwick Airport.
Exclusions: Not valid on Eurostar services, road links between airport and railway stations, privately owned railways, steam services, London Underground trains and buses, boats, hovercraft, nor any other services not mentioned.
Stations included in the BritRail South West Pass:
Acton Main Line Cheltenham Spa Fratton Lostwithiel Radley Teignmouth Aldermaston Chessington South Freshford Luxulyan Reading Templecombe Aldershot Chetnole Frome Lymington Pier Reading West Thatcham Lympstone Alton Chilworth Furze Platt Redhill Theale Commando Andover Chippenham Gatwick Airport Lympstone Village Redland Thornford Appleford Cholsey Gillingham Maiden Newton Redruth Tilehurst Ascot Clapham Junction Gloucester Maidenhead Reigate Tisbury Ascott-under- Clifton Down Gomshall Malvern Link Richmond Tiverton Parkway Wychwood Ash Colwall Goring & Streatley Marlow Roche Topsham Ash Vale Combe Great Malvern Melksham Romsey Torquay Ashchurch for Cookham Greenford Menheniot Salisbury Torre Tewkesbury Coombe Junction Avoncliff Guildford Midgham Saltash Totnes Halt Avonmouth Copplestone Gunnislake Montpelier Sandhurst Trowbridge Axminster Cosham Hampton Court Morchard Road Sandplace Truro Banbury Crediton Hanborough Moreton-in-Marsh Sea Mills Twickenham Barnstaple Crewkerne Hanwell Mortimer Severn Beach Twyford Severn Tunnel Basingstoke Crowthorne Haslemere Nailsea & Backwell Umberleigh Junction Bath Spa Culham Havant Neath Shalford Upwey Bedminster Dawlish Hayes & Harlington Newbury Shepperton Virginia Water Newbury Bedwyn Dawlish Warren Hayle Wanborough Racecourse Sherborne Bere Alston Devonport Heathrow Airport Newport Shiplake Wargrave Bere Ferrers Didcot Parkway Henley-on-Thames Newquay Shipton Warminster Betchworth Digby & Sowton Hereford Newton Abbot Shirehampton West Drayton Blackwater Dilton Marsh Heyford Newton St Cyres Slough West Ealing Highbridge & Bodmin Parkway Dockyard North Camp South Greenford Westbury Burnham Bourne End Dorchester South Honeybourne Oldfield Park Southall Weston Milton Southampton Bournemouth Dorchester West Honiton Oxford Weston-super-Mare Airport Parkway Dorking Southampton Bracknell Hounslow Paignton Weybridge (Deepdene) Central Bradford-on-Avon Dorking West Hungerford Pangbourne St Andrews Road Weymouth Bramley Drayton Green Iver Par St Austell Whimple St Budeaux Ferry Brentford Ealing Broadway Ivybridge Parson Street Wimbledon Road St Budeaux Victoria Bridgend Eastleigh Kemble Patchway Winchester Road Windsor & Eton Bridgwater Effingham Junction Keyham Penmere St Columb Road Central Windsor & Eton Bristol Parkway Eggesford Keynsham Penryn St Erth Riverside Bristol Temple Epsom Kingham Penzance St Germans Winnersh Meads Brockenhurst Evesham Kings Nympton Perranwell St Ives Woking Bruton Exeter Central Kings Sutton Pershore St James’ Park Wokingham St Keyne Wishing Worcester Foregate Bugle Exeter St Davids Kingston Petersfield Well Halt Street Worcester Shrub Burnham Exeter St Thomas Kintbury Pewsey Staines Hill Calstock Exmouth Langley Pilning Stapleton Road Worle Cam & Dursley Exton Lapford Pinhoe Starcross Yate Camborne Falmouth Docks Lawrence Hill Plymouth Stonehouse Yatton Carbis Bay Falmouth Town Leatherhead Polsloe Bridge Stroud Yeoford Cardiff Central Fareham Ledbury Poole Sunningdale Yeovil Junction Farnborough Port Talbot Castle Bar Park Lelant Surbiton Yeovil Pen Mill (Main) Parkway Portsmouth & Castle Cary Farnborough North Lelant Saltings Swansea Yetminster Southsea Causeland Farnham Liskeard Portsmouth Arms Swindon Portsmouth Chandler’s Ford Feniton London Paddington Tackley Harbour Chapelton Filton Abbey Wood London Waterloo Putney Taplow Charlbury Finstock Looe Quintrell Downs Taunton
9. BritRail Pass Ticket Format (layout) Samples:
There are three accredited formats (or layouts) for the BritRail Pass and the BritRail Pass Range.
* Please note the new logo will start to appear on all passes as from 1st January 2015
10. BritRail Pass Types: There are two major styles for the BritRail Pass, these are for the Consecutive or Flexi Pass types.
On all occasions the customer must have their pass validated by a TOC ticket office before they can start.
Consecutive Passes – once validated are for continuous travel from the selected first date of travel for however many calendar days their pass entitles them to?
Flexi Passes – once validated have a “valid from” and “valid to” field which shows the customer’s “1 month” validity they have to travel within… …then there are the date boxes, which they fill out themselves for each day of travel they are entitled to.
Pass Names - The different passes on offer all share the same two Consecutive and Flexi styles. All that changes within the pass is the name.
The following passes will be seen as names: - BritRail Pass - BritRail England Pass - BritRail London Plus Pass - BritRail Freedom of Scotland Pass - BritRail Central Scotland Pass - BritRail Highlands Pass - BritRail South West Pass - The following discounts may be applied to the above passes (*not all, see aforementioned pages for full details of discounts) - Low Season Discount - Saver Pass - ITX (inclusive tour ticket) - TA Discount (Travel Agent discount – foreign equivalent of TADA) - Complimentary - Free Day Promotion
Further Examples:
See below an example of a Flexi Pass, the first one is a BritRail Pass and the second one is a BritRail London Plus Pass, note the same ticket style but a different pass name:
See below an example of a Saver Pass. This is a mini group BritRail fare valid for groups of 3 -9 passengers and all passengers must travel together.
Note this sample has the new logo
Pass:
Control Voucher: (can be valid for up to 9 names)
Future Prospects
Phase 1 is to have the new range ready for sale on 1st January 2015.
Phase 2 is to have the BritRail Pass Range available as Ticket On Departure (TOD) TOD is where a customer collects the ticket at the station from Ticket Vending Machines (TVM’s) using their booking reference.
The tickets will be printed on the standard orange credit card sized tickets that are in use in Britain today.
There is no fixed date on phase 2 being launched but we are anticipating some time during 2015.
For full terms and conditions of the BritRail Pass Range please see: http://www.britrail.com/britrail-passes/eligibility-conditions-of-use/
Created by P.Barnard ATOC - 28/11/2014