November 1982 Senior Citizen Flat
In the quite months before and after Christmas British Rail used to offer very cheap flat fares to Senior Citizen Railcard holders. It was also possible for card holders to take accompanying children for £1. My Grandad who liked seeing different parts of the country by train made great use of these and we went off to new places where we would normally not be able to afford to by train. This offer ran in November 1982 so we were off to a different part of the country each week.
A couple of highlights from these trips were 50006 between Oxford and Birmingham New St and being shown around the shed of the Devil's Bridge railway in Aberystwyth and a guided tour of 25044.
| Saturday 06/11/1982 | |
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| Blackburn - Preston | |
| Preston - London Euston | |
| London Waterloo - Clapham Jn | |
| Clapham Jn - Reading | |
| Reading - Didcot - Coventry | |
| Birmingham New St - Preston - Lancaster | |
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| Saturday 13/11/1982 | |
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| Lancaster - Carlilse - Carstairs | |
| Carstairs - Edinburgh | |
| Edinburgh - Markinch - Dundee | |
| Dundee - Perth - Glasgow Queen St | |
| Glasgow Central - Lancaster | |
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| Saturday 20/11/1982 | |
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| Lancaster - Leeds | 25182 |
| Leeds - Sheffield - Derby - Birmingham N St - | |
| Gloucester - Bristol TM | |
| Bristol TM - Bath Spa - Swindon - Didcot | |
| Didcot - Oxford | DMU |
| Oxford - Coventry | 50006 |
| Birmingham N St - Lancaster | |
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| Saturday 27/11/1982 | |
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| Lancaster - Crewe | |
| Crewe - Shrewsbury | |
| Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth | |
| Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury | |
| Shrewsbury - Crewe | |
| Crewe - Lancaster | |