The Crewe-Manchester Community Rail Partnership are a lovely bunch of people very keen on improving our railways (and that one local line in particular).

In addition to the website, they bring out a regular newsletter that I manage to get my hands on. One item in the latest issue struck me as a good example of what’s wrong with rail fares in this country.

Here’s the Northern Rail page for this special offer. Nice idea for the offer, but could they have made it any more confusing? Only valid at certain times, which vary depending on which station you travel from. Valid for weekends, except in December. Only valid on certain lines and between certain stations.

And we’re supposedly in the era of simpler rail ticketing – weren’t we told that it had all been simplified a couple of years ago?

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