Single & return tickets
Ideal for one-off journeys or day trips, you can buy these directly from the station or on board the train if the ticket office is closed.

Rail Ranger tickets
Give yourself unlimited off-peak train travel throughout Greater Manchester. You can get them from the ticket office or on board the train if the station is un-staffed. Visit the Transport for Greater Manchester website for the latest prices.

Rail season tickets
If you have a rail season ticket for travel between two stations in Greater Manchester, you can travel as often as you like, at any time, between them. Not only that, you can travel by any train, anywhere in Greater Manchester, for free at weekends.

Buy your rail season ticket for a week, a month or even up to a year, and if you're under 16 you'll only have to pay approximately half the adult fare. Season tickets for longer than a month can only be bought from main train stations, but the others are available from all staffed stations and train conductors (if the ticket office is closed). You need a season ticket ID card to buy one. Get an application form from any staffed rail station.

Accompanied travel for under 16's
When accompanied by an adult, up to 4 young people under 16 can travel for a reduced fare - which is usually lower than the child half fare! Not bad. Visit the Transport for Greater Manchester website for the latest prices.

This is available on all train services in Greater Manchester when the adult possesses any valid rail ticket (except a Rail Ranger or DaySaver).

Important changes to concessionary travel in Greater Manchester.
From Sunday 3 April 2011 there will be changes to concessionary travel on buses, trains and Metrolink trams. Click here for more information.

Wayfarer
Wayfarer is your complete day-travel ticket. Simply scratch off the date that you travel and you’re ready to go.

You can travel throughout Greater Manchester, parts of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and the Peak District. View Wayfarer page on main Transport for Greater Manchester site for more details.

Child Wayfarer tickets can be used by anyone under 16 years and can be used on buses at any time and trains and Metrolink trams from 9.30am Mon-Fri and all day at weekends and bank holidays.

Interested? Get yours from Travelshops, staffed train stations, tourist information centres in the Peak District and by post from Wayfarer ticket sales, Transport for Greater Manchester, Wythenshawe Bus Station, Rowlands Way, Wythenshawe, M22 5RG.

You can't buy Wayfarer tickets on board the bus, train or at Metrolink stops.

UK Travel
Itchy feet? Check out what the rest of the UK has to offer. As a young person you can enjoy some knockout deals on train fares beyond Greater Manchester.

If you're aged between 5-15 you'll be able to travel for 50% of the adult fare. Check prices by calling National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 and get all the info you need for your journey.

16-25 and travel by train? Grab yourself a Young Persons Railcard and get discounts on all your fares. You and your family can also save money with a Family Railcard. Visit:
Family Railcard
Young Person's Railcard
If you have a disability, why not enjoy discounted train travel for you and an adult companion?
Visit disabledpersons-railcard.co.uk

Europe
Sights set further a field? You can get from Manchester to rest of Europe by train with the money-saving InterRail ticket. What's more, if you're under 26 you'll get it for less. Check out www.interrailnet.com.

Free Metrolink tram travel with train tickets
You can travel on Metrolink trams for free in the city centre zone with any single, return, season or Rail Ranger train ticket when travelling from a train station in Greater Manchester to the city centre. Result.

Local and national information for public transport
Please call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33. Lines are open from 7am-8pm, Mon-Fri and 8am-8pm weekends and bank holidays.