Contents CONTACTS..................................................................................................................................4 NEW PRODUCTS AND OFFERS FOR 2010.........................................................................5 RAIL PRODUCTS........................................................................................................................7 BRITRAIL PASSES .....................................................................................................................................................................7 3.1 BritRail Consecutive Pass & FlexiPass* ........................................................................................................ 7 3.2 BRITRAIL ENGLAND CONSECUTIVE PASS & FLEXIPASS*.................................................................................... 9 3.3 BRITRAIL PASS + IRELAND ....................................................................................................................................... 11 3.4 EURAIL IRELAND PASS* ............................................................................................................................................. 11 3.5 BRITRAIL LONDON PLUS PASS* .............................................................................................................................. 13 3.6 BRITRAIL SCOTTISH FREEDOM PASS..................................................................................................................... 14 3.7 BRITRAIL CENTRAL SCOTLAND PASS.................................................................................................................... 15 BRITRAIL POINT TO POINT TICKETS.............................................................................................................................16 3.8 BRITRAIL OPEN POINT TO POINT TICKETS............................................................................................................ 16 AIRPORT EXPRESS TRAINS ...............................................................................................................................................17 3.9 HEATHROW EXPRESS ................................................................................................................................................. 17 3.10 GATWICK EXPRESS ................................................................................................................................................ 17 3.11 STANSTED EXPRESS .............................................................................................................................................. 17 3.12 LUTON AIRPORT TRANSFER................................................................................................................................. 18 3.13 MANCHESTER AIRPORT TO MANCHESTER........................................................................................................ 18 3.14 BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT TO BIRMINGHAM ........................................................................................................... 18 BRITRAIL TRAVEL EXTRAS ................................................................................................................................................19 3.15 CALEDONIAN SLEEPERS ....................................................................................................................................... 19 3.16 EUROSTAR................................................................................................................................................................ 20 3.17 LONDON VISITOR TRAVELCARD........................................................................................................................... 20 3.18 OYSTER CARD......................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.19 CITY SIGHTSEEING BUS TOURS ........................................................................................................................... 22 3.20 RAILTOURS IREL AND .............................................................................................................................................. 23 3.21 GOLDEN TOURS ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.22 BATEAUX LONDON & CITY CRUISES .................................................................................................................. 25 3.23 GREAT BRITISH HERITAGE PASS* ...................................................................................................................... 26 3.24 ENGLISH HERITAGE OVERSEAS VISITOR PASS* .................................................................................................... 27 3.25 HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES PASS*..................................................................................................................... 28 3.26 LONDON SIGHTSEEING PASS* ............................................................................................................................. 28 3.27 YORKSHIRE PASS* NEWLY NAMED APRIL 2010 .................................................................................................... 29 3.28 DUBLIN PASS* ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 3.29 EDINBURGH PASS* ................................................................................................................................................. 29 3.30 BRITRAIL IRISH SEA CROSSING .......................................................................................................................... 30 3.31 THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA............................................................................................................................ 30 3.32 BEATLES STORY ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.33 LONDON DUNGEON................................................................................................................................................. 31 ACP Rail International Page 2 Sales Manual 2010 BRITRAIL SEAT & SLEEPER RESERVATIONS ..........................................................................................................31 3.34 SEAT RESERVATIONS............................................................................................................................................. 32 3.35 SLEEPER RESERVATIONS & SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 32 3.36 BRITRAIL TEAMS WITH HERITAGE RAILWAYS................................................................................................. 32 WHY SHOULD I BUY A BRITRAIL PASS? .........................................................................35 OUR ADVICE… ..........................................................................................................................................................................35 BUT FIRST, WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?....................................................................................................................... 35 IS A BRITRAIL PASS RIGHT FOR MY CLIENTS? ................................................................................................................... 36 WHY BUY A FIRST CLASS PASS?.......................................................................................................................................... 36 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENC E BETWEEN FIRST AND STANDARD CLASS IN BRITAIN?................................................ 37 DO ALL TRAINS HAVE FIRST CLASS? ................................................................................................................................... 37 SUGGESTED ROUTES AND PLANNING A TRIP..............................................................38 GETTING TRAIN TIMES .............................................................................................................................................................. 39 SUGGESTED ‘HUB’ CITIES AND SHORT TRIPS..............................................................40 SCENIC RAIL ROUTES IN BRITAIN.....................................................................................43 ARRIVING IN BRITAIN BY AIR ..............................................................................................44 London Heathrow................................................................................................................................................................. 44 London Gatwick .................................................................................................................................................................... 45 London Stansted .................................................................................................................................................................. 45 London Luton ........................................................................................................................................................................ 45 Birmingham Airport 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