Northern Rail is offering anyone with a West Yorkshire MetroCard or Metro Concessionary Permit the opportunity to take advantage of great discounts to travel on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle line, England’s most scenic railway journey.
From Leeds, Bradford Forster Square or any intermediate Metro station on the Airedale Line to anywhere on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle line, the special offer day return ticket costs just £7. The offer runs from 12 November 2007 until 15 February 2008 inclusive and is valid anytime Monday to Friday.
Additionally, holders of a valid Dales Railcard can take advantage of a £5 return within the validity area of the card from 12 November until the 29 February 2008 including weekends.
Drew Haley, Stakeholder Manager, Northern Rail, said: “These great discounts offer the ideal opportunity to visit some of the finest scenery in England with fantastic walking country and wonderful and interesting towns and villages.”
For further information on the offers, contact Northern Customer Relations on 0845 00 00 125.
For further information on the Settle-Carlisle route and ideas for days out visit www.settle-carlisle.co.uk
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For further information, please contact the Northern Rail press office on 01904 568652 or email press.office@northernrail.org
Northern Rail is the biggest train operator in Britain, providing 2,500 local and regional train services every day across the north of England, serving a population of nearly 15m. We are now carrying 77 million passengers a year, 20% more than when we started our franchise in December 2004.
Northern Rail is owned by Serco-NedRailways, a joint venture established in 2002 that combines Serco’s world-class service credentials and NedRailways’ unrivalled rail industry expertise. Serco has run the highly successful Docklands Light Railway since 1997 while NedRailways’ parent, NS Dutch Railways, carries over 1.1 million passengers every day in the Netherlands.
In addition to Northern Rail, Serco-NedRailways has the 25-year concession for Merseyrail, which provides urban train services in Merseyside.
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