Senior Citizens Railcard
 

Hi lads. The missus has bought me an old fogies railcard for my 61st birthday. I am a rejuvinated enthusiast having had a long lay off and have lots of blanks in my spotters pocket book.
I need to see some Class 67s/73s/86s/90s. I would appreciate your thoughts on where I need to visit to have a successful day.
I live in Durham and note that I can get down to London and back in early March for £21 return using my old fogie card.

Why not use your SSRC to get a rover ticket I have done that on a few occasions.:)

That's a very smart idea - I did such a thing in July, when I found that, with my Senior Railcard, it was actually cheaper to get an 8 out of 15 day Freedom of Severn & Solent Rover AND a 7 day Heart of England Rover (that's a possible 15 days worth of travel) than to get the cheapest fares (WITH Railcard) from Portsmouth to Crewe and return! Have a good look through this:-

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_...nd_rovers.html

Give it a go! :):)

They are a useful bit of kit last year using one I went Milton Keynes Glasgow return for 75pence.The conductor couldnt believe his eyes when he saw the ticket.Enjoy your trips.

Your SSRC/Bus pass can be used as ID to get other age related concessions.

What might they be ? :D

Does the SSRC have to be purchased ?

The Senior Rail Card does not include bus travel and costs IIRC £25 for a year.

The card that includes bus travel is your local authority one which has a train pass on the back of the national bus pass and varies from one area to another.

Often the local authority discount is bigger and often covers a larger area. Clearly not the distances the OP is writing about though

SSRC costs £26 per year & can be purchased from any railway booking office proof of age (60) required.
I have a bus pass(over 60s) which can be used to get discount on some local rail tickets.(can be cheaper than using SSRD)
If you see a place saying concessions at the door that applies to the over 60s

Many thanks for your replies to my post lads regarding the senior citizens railcard. Rovers sound a great idea when I can fit something like that in that is. I am in full time employment bus driving you see. For now I shall have to be content with the odd day out now and again. Meantime I shall make enquiries as to the options you have put to me.

You can get day rovers.:)

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_...nd_rovers.html