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I’ve bought them from Crewe and Manchester Airport, and they didn’t bat an eyelid
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I've changed my post to quote the offer which says buy the at 'any staffed station within the Northern network'.
Crewe, Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly are all staffed stations within the Northern network. So of course there would have been no problems buying at these stations.
Peter Sarf
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Great. I have just got to buy the papers. Presumably not two from the same day.
ServerHoster
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Yes, you can get two from the same day! This is what I usually do
Peter Sarf
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Now to figure out a likely location. Maybe a newspaper stall at a London Terminus that could supply news to commuters travelling North. Or need to look for papers on a train arriving from the North.
I am assuming the Northern editions of mainstream papers are not generally on sale in London ?.
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Could just buy two copies of the Manchester Evening News at W H Smith at Manchester Piccadilly. Sainsbury's at Piccadilly also sells them.
Peter Sarf
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I assume therefore that the vouchers are published for the whole of the period the sale is on ?.
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The vouchers are published every day for two weeks in each publication (except national titles which only have them for one week). Dates for each paper are on the various web pages, e.g. https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/newspaper-offer/reachplc/participating-papers-reach-plc
You could buy multiple copies of the relevant newspapers in the first two weeks of the offer and then use the vouchers during the rest of the period of the offer. So you would have to travel to the North during the first two weeks of the offer.
You could buy multiple copies of the relevant newspapers in the first two weeks of the offer and then use the vouchers during the rest of the period of the offer. So you would have to travel to the North during the first two weeks of the offer.
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Nearly, yes. The dates are quoted in the post above. It gets complicated because it depends which newspaper. Some are daily, some weekly.
You need to read the information on the Northern website
Although the last time I tried to do that at Newcastle (admittedly quite late in the day), I was unsuccessful.
Stockport have issued the ticket previously.
They used to sell the MEN at Euston. Not sure if they still do.Thanks.
Now to acquire some copies of Northern Papers in London somehow.
At major stations, in the morning, should be no problem.
Token availability is summarised below:-
Reach
National titles will only have tokens available to collect for one week: Monday 17th February – Sunday 23rd February.
Participating papers include the Daily Mirror North, Daily Start North & The Express North
Edition.
Regional weekly titles will have tokens available to collect during the following period: Monday 10th February – Monday 24th February.
Participating papers include Scunthorpe Telegraph, Lincolnshire Echo, Sunday Sun, Chester Chronicle, Runcorn / Widnes Weekly and Macclesfield Express.
Regional daily titles will have tokens available to collect during the following period: Monday 10th February – Sunday 23rd February.
Participating papers include Hull Daily Mail, Stoke Sentinel, Chronicle, Journal, Gazette, Liverpool Echo and Manchester Evening News.
National World
Daily papers: Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Evening Post, The Star, Sunderland Echo
Tokens will be available to collect from participating papers from Monday 10th February – Saturday 1st March.
Weekly papers
Tokens will be available to collect from participating papers from Monday 10th February – Saturday 1st March.
• Wakefield Express
• Pontefract & Castleford Express
• Halifax Courier
• Brighouse Echo
• Hebden and Todmorden Times
• Dewsbury / Batley Series
• Harrogate Advertiser Series
• Scarborough Evening News
• Bridlington Free Press
• Whitby Gazette
• Sheffield Telegraph
• Doncaster Free Press
• Rotherham Advertiser
• Buxton Advertiser
• Worksop Guardian
• Gainsborough Standard
• Derbyshire Times
• Blackpool Gazette
• Lancashire Post
• Wigan Post
• Wigan Observer
• Chorley Guardian
• Burnley Express Friday
• Nelson Leader
• Clitheroe Advertiser
• The Visitor (Morecambe)
• Lytham St Annes Express
• Lancaster Guardian
• Hartlepool Mail
For the stations I believe when they say within the Northern network they mean stations having a Northern service rather than operated by Northern. I’ve only ever bought them at LNER (York) and TPE (Selby and Middlesbrough) stations with zero issues, however all of these stations are on the Northern network.
Good to know the Mirror are included again.
Good to know the Mirror are included again.
A decent newsagent might be able to specially order a copy of the bigger titles, like the Yorkshire Post or the MEN.
No it dosen't. Even the notoriously difficult EMR office at Sheffield issues the tickets without quibble.
Northerngirl
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Any idea if they'd be available from Ormskirk?
And is it an off peak or anytime rover
And is it an off peak or anytime rover
Yes, it should be available at Ormskirk.
It's off peak*, but that only affects the day ticket (there's a day rover and weekend rover) for travel on weekdays.
* Time restrictions: only valid on trains timed to depart after 0845 Mondays to Fridays
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If any ticket office is struggling to issue the day ranger, the code is I183: https://www.brfares.com/!rovers?nlc=I183&period=20250102
Does anybody else have an issue recently booking tickets using Uber in that you go through the payment which triggers a payment check with the bank (As in you have to open the bank app to 'approve' the payment)...then after all that it seems to loop and go through the process again?
After the second time all goes through fine, has happened on every single Uber train ticket purchase for a few months now for me
After the second time all goes through fine, has happened on every single Uber train ticket purchase for a few months now for me
redreni
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That might be very useful information for me.
I had planned on getting a North Country Rover for travel on Saturday 15th to Tuesday 18th Feb inclusive. I was going to buy it on arrival at York (from London) before continuing to Hartlepool on the Saturday afternoon. My plans are semi-flexible but I can't see I'd want to use any trains not operated by Northern, except between York and Thornaby or maybe Hartlepool on the Saturday.
So I'm now wondering if it would be considerably cheaper to take advantage of this offer instead.
If I bought six papers, presumably I could buy day tickets covering the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday? So £30 plus the cost of the single from York to Hartlepool and the newspapers, rather than £120?
Would it be a problem that the ticket office in York is LNER rather than Northern? Their website says "any staffed ticket office"... The ticket office at Hartlepool will be closed by the time I get there on Saturday afternoon and won't open again until Monday.
I had planned on getting a North Country Rover for travel on Saturday 15th to Tuesday 18th Feb inclusive. I was going to buy it on arrival at York (from London) before continuing to Hartlepool on the Saturday afternoon. My plans are semi-flexible but I can't see I'd want to use any trains not operated by Northern, except between York and Thornaby or maybe Hartlepool on the Saturday.
So I'm now wondering if it would be considerably cheaper to take advantage of this offer instead.
If I bought six papers, presumably I could buy day tickets covering the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday? So £30 plus the cost of the single from York to Hartlepool and the newspapers, rather than £120?
Would it be a problem that the ticket office in York is LNER rather than Northern? Their website says "any staffed ticket office"... The ticket office at Hartlepool will be closed by the time I get there on Saturday afternoon and won't open again until Monday.
You can get the ticket from any staffed station on the Northern network which includes York. I have bought these from York ticket office before.
Two tokens per ticket with Reach newspapers, three with National World. Complete the form on the Northern website for each ticket.
Bear in mind that the £10 offer is weekdays. It’s £17.50 for a weekend (Saturday and Sunday) ticket.
HTH.
redreni
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Thanks, that's useful to know!
Annoying that the £10 one isn't available on a Sunday, but I can get the weekend one and still be quids in. If I can get a cheap TPE advance from York to Thornaby then I will, so I can at least use the promotional Northern ticket from there to Hartlepool!
I'll complete the forms in advance and get the newspapers when I get to York, then.
I’ve bought a £10 ticket for use on a Saturday in previous years. So at least check that it is possible when you buy the tickets.
You can get a £10 pound ticket for use on a Sunday.
redreni
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Jolly good, even better!
redreni
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Yeah looking at it the local rags in York seem to be neither Reach nor National World, and the northern editions of the national papers aren't participating until the following week. So I may have to resort to buying three Yorkshire Posts or something? I only need to buy Sunday's ticket on the Saturday. I'll be able to buy the others on Monday morning in Hexham, having had all day Sunday to collect the tokens.