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Midland Mainline - new ticket system plus 10% discount
clayts
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Details here. Sheffield/Derby/Nottingham/Leicester -> London
A very welcome change to the way one buys tickets. Midland Mainline have virtually done away with return tickets all together, and now offer a mix and match approach to journeys, whereby you buy singles. Eg if you want to go to London from Sheffield, but return to Nottingham you can now do so. Book on off peak trains for the real bargains - you can even get first class seats for a tenner each way if the wind is blowing in the right direction..
I'm going to a gig in London on 3 November, with an overnight stay. Booked on a late afternoon train down - cost £6 (less 10% discount = £5.40), returning before lunch the following day - cost £6 (less 10% discount = £5.40).
Coupled with the Travelodge £26 offer, am getting to London and back, with an overnight stay (in a double room) for just under £37. If only the ticket to the gig was as cheap
Very flexible ticketing - I hope other companies follow suit with this idea :j
A very welcome change to the way one buys tickets. Midland Mainline have virtually done away with return tickets all together, and now offer a mix and match approach to journeys, whereby you buy singles. Eg if you want to go to London from Sheffield, but return to Nottingham you can now do so. Book on off peak trains for the real bargains - you can even get first class seats for a tenner each way if the wind is blowing in the right direction..
I'm going to a gig in London on 3 November, with an overnight stay. Booked on a late afternoon train down - cost £6 (less 10% discount = £5.40), returning before lunch the following day - cost £6 (less 10% discount = £5.40).
Coupled with the Travelodge £26 offer, am getting to London and back, with an overnight stay (in a double room) for just under £37. If only the ticket to the gig was as cheap
Very flexible ticketing - I hope other companies follow suit with this idea :j
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Could you have done a search first as this is the 2nd time posted on here and it has been posted on the public transport board aswell.
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