... I live in Inverness, and was delighted by my recent purchase of a Highland Railcard for only £7.50 per year.
Now if you dont live in the following areas, you cannot apply for a Highland Railcard, as it is aimed at local residents only (though you can get good deals on Highland Rover tickets ... Read review
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...my recent purchase of a Highland Railcard for only £7.50 per year.
Now if you dont live in the following areas, you cannot apply for a Highland Railcard, as it is aimed at local residents only (though you can get good deals on Highland Rover tickets from Scotrail if you are visiting the area)
All IV except IV12, 30, 31, 32, 36
All KW; all HS
PH16; PH17; PH30-44;PH49-50
FK20; FK21
PA20-38;PA41-49:PA60-78 ...and savers on the North Highland Line (Inverness to Thurso / Wick), The Kyle Line ( Inverness to Kyle ) and The infamous West Highland Line (Glasgow to Oban / Mallaig / Ft William). Using the car also allows you to take up to 2 children along for a flat fare of £2! (The discount only used to be 33% but Scotrail recently incresed this to promote use of these under used and loss making lines)
There is a full list of terms and conditions ... more
Scotrail provide what i can only ever describe as a brilliant and cheap service for Scotland. They cover some very remote routes, the ones that escaped the Dr Beeching cuts!, the train fleet is modern, clean and comfortable. I live in Inverness, and was delighted by my recent purchase of a Highland Railcard for only £7.50 per year.
Now if you dont live in the following areas, you cannot apply for a Highland Railcard, as it is aimed at local residents only (though you can get good deals on Highland Rover tickets from Scotrail if you are visiting the area)
All IV except IV12, 30, 31, 32, 36 All KW; all HS PH16; PH17; PH30-44;PH49-50 FK20; FK21 PA20-38;PA41-49:PA60-78 G83.
The Railcard costs £7.50 per year, and allows local residents of Inverness, Dingwall, Thurso, Wick, Kyle, Oban, Ft William, Mallaig (and associated stations on these routes) to a 50% discount on day return tickets, singles, and savers on the North Highland Line (Inverness to Thurso / Wick), The Kyle Line ( Inverness to Kyle ) and The infamous West Highland Line (Glasgow to Oban / Mallaig / Ft William). Using the car also allows you to take up to 2 children along for a flat fare of £2! (The discount only used to be 33% but Scotrail recently incresed this to promote use of these under used and loss making lines)
There is a full list of terms and conditions avaliable on the scotrail website.
Fare prices before discount are typically (Day returns) -
Kyle to Inverness £15.00 Wick/Thurso to Inverness £16.00 Oban to Glasgow £19.00 Fort William to Glasgow £19.00 Mallaig to Glasgow £24.00
* Fares valid until 17 May 2003
You send in your proof of residence, £7.50, and fill out the application form. A couple of weeks later you receive a nice little purple railcard in a plastic purple Scotrail ticket wallet. You sign it and off you go. The card can only be used by the person named on the railcard, and you must always carry it with you on journeys where you are using railcard discounted tickets, otherwise you will be liable for the full fare.
For local residents its a brilliant deal. You only need to use it once on the cheapest journey (Innverness to Kyle, £15 day return normal fare) and it has fully paid for itself. Although the card is advertised, a lot of people dont seem to know about it in the area.
Now that i have it, i have used it to go for a lot of day trips between Glasgow and Oban, Inverness to Kyle and other destinations. Its so cheap it makes you want to go away for a day, and the scenery on these railway lines is amazing. The trains are never really that busy except during tourist summer months, the staff are great and the trolley makes regular apperances. The journey times can be longer than driving, but at these low discounted prices you dont care at all! And you always arrive on time!
If you live in the postcode areas that are included i would tell everyone to buy a railcard and make use of this brilliant service to ensure the survival of these under utilised lines, and have some great days out on the cheap!
