A very happy New Year - thanks to Club 55
If you’re aged 55 or over, make a note in your diary now. ScotRail’s most popular rail ticket returns on 9 January 2010.
And the good news continues, with prices frozen at 2008 levels.
A standard class ticket is £15 for a return rail ticket anywhere in Scotland – plus Berwick upon Tweed and Carlisle. And, for an extra treat – on selected routes customers can travel First Class for just £19 return.
Graeme Macfarlan, ScotRail’s marketing manager, said: “Last year, nearly twice as many people took advantage of Club 55 than in the year before. It’s a great offer at any time but particularly after the festive period when many people have less cash than usual.”
The promotion runs until 31 March 2010 for outward travel – with return travel valid for one month from the date of the outward journey.
Senior Railcard holders and Disabled Persons Railcard holders over 55 get the additional bonus of a further £2 discount on both fares.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Club 55 tickets are valid on all train operators’ services that run in Scotland, apart from the Jacobite Steam and Caledonian Sleeper services.
The offer is also valid from any station in Scotland to and from Carlisle and Berwick-Upon-Tweed – but is not valid for travel between the two.
Club 55 Premier tickets must be booked in advance – no later than 6pm the day before travel – and are subject to availability. These tickets are only available on the following routes:
· Aberdeen – Inverness
· Aberdeen – Edinburgh or Glasgow
· Inverness – Edinburgh or Glasgow
Club 55 travel is valid anytime at the weekend and after 0915 Monday to Friday. However, travel is not valid on:
· Services departing Glasgow Queen Street/Central, Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket between 1642 and 1809 inclusive
· The 1815 Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh or Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street service.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.scotrail.co.uk/club55, via telesales on 08457 55 00 33 and at staffed stations. If boarding at a station without ticketing facilities, purchases can be made on-train.
Full details of Club 55 are available at www.scotrail.co.uk/club5
