swgospe
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 10 years ago
Hey there,
I am confused about the UK One-Country pass. railcc advertises a one country pass through the UK for either 3, 4, 6, or 8 travel days throughout a month on it's site: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-pass-great-britain[/u].
But then, when I try to purchase through railcc, it only allows me to buy the BritRail pass which have different options and prices than what is advertised on railcc in the link above. Also for the UK railcc says under validity: [u]https://rail.cc/en/how-to-interrail[/u], that you can use EST-Eurostar International, FGW-First Great Wester, NIR-North Ireland Railways, and SR-ScotRail.
But, it seems that the BritRail pass is valid only for National Rail, which is NOT what is listed on railcc. I would prefer to buy the service that railcc advertises that includes 4 rails, especially because ScotRail offers a trip that includes a ferry ride. As well as the fact that railcc advertises a 30% discount with it's pass for two of the main ferry services I will be using in the UK.
Why is what is described under the UK tab in railcc seemingly inconsistent with the BritRail deal that evolves when it comes time to purchase?
Please help!
Thanks,
Spencer
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi Spencer.
The railcc shop is provided by ACP, like I wrote in my email. railcc is a project which wants to help travellers. To keep the servers running, answer your questions, programming all this stuff, collection content, etc..., we have to offer such partner solutions like the one via the ACP/railccShop where we get a little commission for every sale.
Therefore only products ACP offers are available for purchase. ACP is the company providing Britrail, therefore you will find for the UK only Britrail passes. If you want to buy an Interrail UK pass, you have to buy it somewhere else.
Britrail is NOT Interrail. Therefore you can not compare it with this [u]https://rail.cc/en/how-to-interrail[/u] as this is information about Interrail, not Britrail.
A rail pass is only a cooperation by several railway companies. This cooperation under a rail pass name can make special deals with for example ferry companies (discounts for Interrail, ...). If a single railway company make a special deal with a ferry company (like the Scotrail think you wrote), then it is a deal between this company (Scotrail) and the ferry company and has nothing to do with the rail pass.
[b]Britrail[/b]:
Unlimited travel throughout England, Wales and Scotland on the national rail network of Britain from morning until night.
Currently you still get a 20% discount on Britrail passes: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-train-route#/pass/britrail_passes/[/u]
Britrail is not valid on Eurostar and Interrail is not (!) worth to use on Eurostar - read here about how to avoid the crazy reservation fees of Eurostar: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/london-to-paris-by-eurostar-train-bus-or-ferry//[/u]
UK-Ireland by ferry: you get cheaper offers (than the Interrail discounted prices) if you travel from London to Pembroke Dock by Megabus. They offer a ticket including the ferry. Then by this ferry ([u]https://rail.cc/en/train/pembroke-dock-to-rosslare[/u]) to Rosslare and by train for example to Dublin: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/rosslare-to-dublin[/u]
It's up to you to decide which product you want to buy. :)
Peter :)