BritRail England Pass

This was my second trip through England via BritRail, and I have no intention of going any other way in the future. I was traveling alone on a Low Season First Class Flex ticket. As I hopped on and off trains I met delightful people, was gently corrected in my pronunciation of various places, and showered with wonderful advice as to what to see, whether in Cambridge, Newcastle or York. I not only got places in style, but I experienced the pride and helpfulness of the English people along the way. I was so impressed with the ease and friendliness on BritRail, and will be back again as soon as possible.

17 of 17 people found this review helpful.

The Flexibility to use the pass on any train is particularly valuable; if you like a place you can tour/visit until the next train arrives. We like the online train schedule too. Peter & Joyce

6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Our family had an fabulous time using the consecutive 8-day England pass. We highly recommend paying a little more for first class if you want easier access to group seating. If you have long trips, and want to get seats together, I recommend making seat reservations a day or two in advance at the train station (no cost if you do this at the station). The trains were clean, on time, and attendants were wonderful. Once getting used to the web site trip-router, I found it to be very helpful in planning our daily trip options. There is no better way to see England, and we hope to do this again soon!!!

16 of 16 people found this review helpful.

staff were aways very polite and helpful. The pass saved us time and hassle. The only way to travel!

6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I heard about this from my travel agent and after comparing prices with different services decided to purchase to try out for 4 journeys in England. No problems at all in using it and will use it again when visiting later in 2013. I have suggested using it also to my sister and brother-in-law when they visit the UK.

7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I was born and raised in England, and enjoy any and every opportunity to return to visit with my many family and friends. As my time is limited, this means staying at most 2 or 3 nights in any one location, and the Britrail England pass makes it so easy for me to hop on the train in one location, and travel comfortably to my next location whenever it is convenient for my hosts and hostesses, and without a reservation. It works for me.

9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

Last summer I spent a holiday in England with my family. We travelled across the country with a 8 consecutive days Britrail Pass; everything 's been wonderful. We travelled without any stress and we've been able to reach every place we wanted to visit, regardless of weather condition, parking, traffic etc. and enjoying a grand view of country landscape, as well. I think it's a grand way of visiting England.

11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

By staying at a bed in breakfast in a quaint Cotswold village we were able to travel on consecutive days to Oxford, Bath, Birmingham and Bristol. We were always back at the same comfortable lodgings and with the exception of Birmingham,none of the train trips was much more than one hour each way. London was but one hour 15 minutes, but unfortunately we had already booked a hotel in London, otherwise it would have made good sense to make that Cotswold village a headquarters for the 2 and one half days we spent in London as part of our English rail holiday. The hour or so going to each destination was spent studying the guidebook to help us get the best out of each day and on our return trip we could relax or refresh our memories of that day's activities.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I purchased a BritRail England FlexiPass for my trip to Totnes in Devon in September last year. It has been one of the most beautiful and comfortable journeys by train in my life so far. Whenever I go to Britain again, the RailPass will be my first choice! Particularly appealing for young people like me (under 25 years of age) was the fact that you get a youth discount of about 20 % on the Pass price, which turned out to be about the same amount you'd have to pay extra to upgrade your Pass to First Class. In consequence, I was able to obtain a First Class RailPass for the price of a regular Second / Standard Class one. The difference in comfort on Heathrow Express and the First Great Western Line to Totnes was remarkable. The journey was a distinctly pleasant experience. Given the high discounts the BritRail Pass offers for tourists in comparison to the regular ticket fees, it should always be the first choice for anyone who travels to England by plane and has yet a certain distance left to go to their holiday destination. The railway line from London to Totnes is, in addition, the most beautiful route to travel to Devon, because it leads through a beautiful countryside with amazing scenery amidst rolling hills and right across the South England coastline. Definitely worth travelling!

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I purchased a Britrail pass to travel around ENgland on a recent trip. My prior train excursions in England were almost 20 years ago. I was amazed at how things have changed - excellent service, ample room for bags to be stored and even snacks available on several trains. Only once was the train delayed, at no fault of Britrail I was told. I also used the Virgin Service and was quite happy with that too. I have recommended a Britrail pass to many tourists going to England, and would not hesitate going with this mode of travel again and again.

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