2 January Valid from. Saveaway. The one day off-peak travel tickets for buses, trains and ferries

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1 Valid from 2 January 2015 Saveaway The one day off-peak travel tickets for buses, trains and ferries

2 What is a Saveaway? Saveaways are one-day tickets that you can use for travel on buses, trains and some Ferry services in Merseyside. Saveaways can be great value for money compared to ordinary tickets. There are Saveaway Tickets for adults and young people covering: Liverpool Southport/Formby St Helens Wirral All Areas (whole of Merseyside and as far as Chester, Ellesmere Port and Ormskirk by rail only) Buying your Saveaway? You can buy your Saveaways from: All staffed rail stations in Merseyside and as far as Ellesmere Port, Chester and Ormskirk. Merseytravel Centres These Saveaways must be used on the day you buy them PayPoint retailers in Merseyside will provide you with a Walrus smartcard that Saveaways can be loaded onto. Once you have a Smartcard, you can purchase a Saveaway at any PayPoint outlet nationwide. These Saveaways must be used on the day you buy them

3 Travelling by Saveaway Once you have your Saveaway, you can use it as often as you like after 9.30am Monday to Friday and all day Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays, throughout the area shown. The ticket is valid on Merseyrail trains in Merseyside and as far as Chester, Ellesmere Port and Ormskirk (you must have an all-areas ticket to travel to and from stations outside the Merseyside boundary) The Mersey Ferries ( all areas Saveaways only). When travelling by ferry, show your ticket at the ticket office and receive a boarding pass. You cannot use Saveaway tickets on River Explorer Cruises and must break your journey at another terminal. All bus services* *Except night buses and special bus services Remember, Saveaway tickets are not transferable, which means they can only be used by one person. Times you can travel on Saveaways Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays any time! Mondays to Fridays anytime EXCEPT for journeys starting between 6.31am and 9.29am. Terms and conditions can be found on the Merseytravel website. Please check before you travel.

4 How to use your Saveaway If you bought your ticket from a rail station and it looks like this you should insert the ticket into the rail barrier so you pass through or show your ticket to the station staff at the gate or show your ticket to the bus driver or Mersey Ferries staff at the booking office If you have bought a Saveaway on a Walrus card that looks like this you should: place it on the card reader at rail station gates or on board buses and hold it there until the green light shows or show it to a member of staff if there is no card reader or take it to the Mersey Ferry ticket desk for a boarding card Keep your receipt once you have bought your smart Saveaway as this may be needed along with your smartcard to check your ticket is valid. These Saveaways must be used on the day you buy them Saveaways bought from a Ticket Machine at Merseytravel Centres look like this and must be shown to a member of staff before travel. These Saveaways must be used on the day you buy them

5 Saveaway ticket areas SOUTHPORT D FORMBY F ORMSKIRK Rail Only CROSBY MAGHULL KIRKBY RAINFORD BILLINGE BOOTLE A NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS WEST KIRBY WALLASEY BIRKENHEAD LIVERPOOL WEST DERBY C PRESCOT HUYTON ST HELENS RAINHILL B GARSTON HALEWOOD HESWALL BROMBOROUGH SPEKE HOOTON G ELLESMERE PORT CAPENHURST Rail Only You must have an All Areas Saveaway to travel in Areas F or G by rail only. CHESTER

6 Saveaway ticket prices Ticket Adult Child (5-15 years inclusive) 1 Area (A, B, C or D) All Areas (Whole of Merseyside and by rail as far as Chester, Ellesmere Port and Ormskirk) Ring Traveline for up-to-the-minute information on all local and national buses, trains and ferry services. Our expert staff will be pleased to help you days a year LS121/Jan2015