Freedom of the South West Rover

Ticket offices and travel centres, rail-appointed travel agents, online at most train company websites or through other online retailers or train company telesales offices.

Available any day.

Rover tickets may not be issued more than 3 days in advance of their validity (5 days for telesales and internet bookings).

Valid for 3 days out of 7 or 8 days out of 15 according to choice.

The ticket-holder must validate the ticket for each day's travel by writing the date in the next box on the card. This must be done in ink before starting.

Mondays to Fridays valid from 09:00 plus the following services, for boarding at any station en route:

08:14 Plymouth - Penzance08:40 Plymouth - Gunnislake08:33 Liskeard - Looe05:50 Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple06:48 Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple08:31 Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple08:43 Barnstaple - Exeter - Exmouth07:25 Exeter St Davids - Axminster - Salisbury08:23 Exeter St Davids - Axminster - Salisbury08:39 Patchway - Taunton08:53 Weymouth - Gloucester08:36 Taunton - Bristol Parkway08:50 Great Malvern - Westbury08:27 Swindon - Paignton08:40 Swindon - Cheltenham Spa08:26 Westbury - Penzance 

Valid at any time on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Mondays to Fridays: From 7th September 2025 this rover will be valid from 08:45 within Devon and Cornwall. It continues to be valid from 09:00 from stations not in Devon or Cornwall.

Mondays to Fridays: From 7th September 2025 this rover will also be valid as follows

• All day on the St Ives Branch 

• All day on trains from Exeter to Barnstaple or Okehampton 

• 08:35 from Barnstaple and 08:43 from Umberleigh, on the service towards Exeter 

• 08:30 from Newton Abbot and 08:42 from Totnes, on the service towards Plymouth 

• 08:38 service from Newton Abbot to Paignton 

• 08:09 service from Plymouth to Penzance (valid from Plymouth and all stations west of Plymouth) 

• 08:28 service from Plymouth to Gunnislake (any journey on this train) 

• 08:16 service from Liskeard to Looe (any journey on this train)

• 07:25 from Exeter St Davids to Axminster / Salisbury

• 08:24 from Exeter St Davids to Axminster / Salisbury

• 08:40 service from Patchway to Exeter St Davids

Valid for 3 days out of 7 or 8 days out of 15 according to choice.

The ticket-holder must validate the ticket for each day's travel by writing the date in the next box on the card. This must be done in ink before starting.

Mondays to Fridays valid from 09:00 plus the following services, for boarding at any station en route:

08:14 Plymouth - Penzance08:40 Plymouth - Gunnislake08:33 Liskeard - Looe05:50 Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple06:48 Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple08:31 Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple08:43 Barnstaple - Exeter - Exmouth07:25 Exeter St Davids - Axminster - Salisbury08:23 Exeter St Davids - Axminster - Salisbury08:39 Patchway - Taunton08:53 Weymouth - Gloucester08:36 Taunton - Bristol Parkway08:50 Great Malvern - Westbury08:27 Swindon - Paignton08:40 Swindon - Cheltenham Spa08:26 Westbury - Penzance 

Valid at any time on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Mondays to Fridays: From 7th September 2025 this rover will be valid from 08:45 within Devon and Cornwall. It continues to be valid from 09:00 from stations not in Devon or Cornwall.

Mondays to Fridays: From 7th September 2025 this rover will also be valid as follows

• All day on the St Ives Branch 

• All day on trains from Exeter to Barnstaple or Okehampton 

• 08:35 from Barnstaple and 08:43 from Umberleigh, on the service towards Exeter 

• 08:30 from Newton Abbot and 08:42 from Totnes, on the service towards Plymouth 

• 08:38 service from Newton Abbot to Paignton 

• 08:09 service from Plymouth to Penzance (valid from Plymouth and all stations west of Plymouth) 

• 08:28 service from Plymouth to Gunnislake (any journey on this train) 

• 08:16 service from Liskeard to Looe (any journey on this train)

• 07:25 from Exeter St Davids to Axminster / Salisbury

• 08:24 from Exeter St Davids to Axminster / Salisbury

• 08:40 service from Patchway to Exeter St Davids

For tickets purchased until 31 March 2026:

Refunds are only available on unused tickets surrendered before the day of travel and may be subject to an administration fee.

For tickets purchased from 1 April 2026:

Refundable until 23:59 the day before the ticket becomes valid for travel.

Not refundable once the ticket has become valid for travel unless Condition 30 of the National Rail Conditions of Travel (failure of train service) applies.

In exceptional circumstances a refund may be considered on unused or part-used tickets that have become valid for travel. In such cases an application must be made to the retailer within 28 days of the expiry date of the ticket and should include the reason for non-use. Additional evidence may be requested, refunds will be on a discretionary basis, and any use made of the ticket may mean that in some circumstances no refund will be due.

Refunds are only available from the retailer that sold the tickets.

An administration fee (up to a maximum of £5 per ticket) may be applied.

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