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Highland Rover

The following terms and conditions apply to this type of ticket. Please note that some tickets have restrictions on the days or times you can travel. Please check before you travel.

Terms and Conditions

Description

Rail Rover for unlimited travel (subject to time restrictions shown) throughout the Highland area of validity.

Available for four days travel within 8 consecutive days.

Valid by rail on the following routes:

  • Glasgow - Oban / Fort William / Mallaig

  • Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh

  • Inverness - Wick/Thurso

  • Inverness - Aberdeen

  • Inverness - Aviemore

Also available for:

  • 10% discount on Strathspey Steam Railway standard fares

  • 10% discount on Keith & Dufftown Railway standard fares

Also valid on the following ferry routes:

  • Caledonian MacBrayne

    • Oban - Craignure or Tobermory, Isle of Mull

    • Mallaig to Armadale, Isle of Skye

  • Gourock and Dunoon with Argyll Ferries

  • 20% off these Northlink Ferries journeys when Seated Standard tickets are purchased on the day of travel:

    • Scrabster - Stromness

    • ​Aberdeen - Lerwick

    • Aberdeen - Kirkwall - Lerwick

Also valid on the following bus and coach routes:

  • Travel with Scottish Citylink Coaches and West Coast Motors between Oban / Fort William - Inverness​

  • Travel with Stagecoach in the Highlands between ​Thurso - Scrabster

  • 10% discount on Single and Day Return tickets with D & E Coaches between Inverness and Durness

Further information can be found on (http://www.scotrail.co.uk/offers/travel-passes/highland-rover#Highland Rover)

Single or Return

Return

Operator

  • LNER
  • ScotRail
  • Avanti West Coast

Standard Class Ticket Code

WH8

Availability

Purchase Location

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.

Purchase Availability

Available any day.

Pre-booking Requirement

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

Reservations Compulsory

No

No

Discounts

Children

Yes

50% discount.

Railcards

Yes

1/3 off for holders of 16-25, Senior and Disabled Persons Railcard.

Outward Journey

Day Of Travel

Valid for 4 days out of 8 according to choice and within the validity of the ticket.

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.

Time Of Travel

Valid any time Mondays to Fridays, except on services timed to arrive in Aberdeen and Inverness before 09:00. 

Valid any time Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Return Journey

Day Of Travel

Valid for 4 days out of 8 according to choice and within the validity of the ticket.

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.

Time Of Travel

Valid any time Mondays to Fridays, except on services timed to arrive in Aberdeen and Inverness before 09:00. 

Valid any time Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Refunds

For tickets purchased until 31 March 2026:

Refunds are only given on Rail Rover tickets returned before the start date shown on them.

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.

Changes To Travel Plans

Unlimited travel within the period of validity but the travel validity period cannot be changed once the start date of the ticket has been reached.

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