Transpennine Real Ale Trail - Cheapest way to travel?

[leecs1980]

Myself and a mate are looking to do the Transpennine Real Ale Trail which starts at Dewsbury through to Stalybridge on the Transpennine line. We'll start the journey at Selby coming into Leeds then take up the route from there. Coming back we were going to go straight from Stalybridge to leeds and then back to Selby (or even Howden if we are lucky!!).

What's the cheapest way to buy the tickets for this journey? Can anyone give any advice on doing this journey?

 

[clagmonster]

A Selby-Stalybridge cheap day return costs £17.30. Unfortunately, I can't see a way to split this down any further, having looked at major stations and PTE boundaries. You can of course get railcard discounts and the like. Howden-Stlaybridge is exactly the same price as the Selby ticket.

 

[yorkie]

SBY-MIK £5.10
MIK-MSN £5.20
MSN-SYB £6.50

Total = £16.80 if you want to get stopping trains to save 50p!

The middle ticket accounts for over 60% of the overall journey but only 30% of the price. This is because it is a West Yorks PTE subsidised journey.

 

[tony_mac]

The West Yorkshire Train DayRover would do for the middle section at £5.30
Would that mean you don't have to get stopping trains?

 

[yorkie]

The West Yorkshire Train DayRover would do for the middle section at £5.30
Would that mean you don't have to get stopping trains?

No.

The rule is "one of the tickets is a Season Ticket (which for this purpose does not include Season Tickets or travel passes issued on behalf of a passenger transport executive or local authority) or a leisure travel pass, and the other ticket(s) is/are not."

So it fails the first part, as it's a pass issued on behalf of or by Metro. Also Day Rangers don't count as leisure passes. Rovers do count however.

That's not to say guards won't accept it on fast trains but that's at their discretion - you can always ask.

 

[D841]

Myself and a mate are looking to do the Transpennine Real Ale Trail which starts at Dewsbury through to Stalybridge on the Transpennine line. We'll start the journey at Selby coming into Leeds then take up the route from there. Coming back we were going to go straight from Stalybridge to leeds and then back to Selby (or even Howden if we are lucky!!).

What's the cheapest way to buy the tickets for this journey? Can anyone give any advice on doing this journey?

You might also want to take into consideration that you might wish to build in the Cellar Bar at Batley (opposite the station) and the Navigation Tavern at Mirfield (3 minutes walk from the station), so you'd want to be on Northern stoppers between Leeds and Huddersfield.

There are good pubs close to Mossley and Greenfield stations too, and now 3 within staggering distance of the platform at Huddersfield. The (brand) new one is the Sportsman, 3 minutes' walk from the front of the station.

The problem with ticketing is that you're starting outside the PTE boundary, and travelling through and beyond it. Inside the PTE area the subsidised fares are relatively cheap, but the interfaces with it are expensive.