Birmingham to London cheap day return (train)

urbancookie1

Hi.
Have been looking for a cheap day return from B'ham to London for 3 adults on 4th August but find train timetable/fares so confusing think the cheapest i have found is around about £58. Can leave at about 9.30 return about 7ish.

anyone got any ideas

buyitall

Have you tried the Chiltern Line?
http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
A bit slower than Virgin but fares from £5

McKneff

any train company you try always first try the journeys single ticket each way. We tried for leeds to oxfod

single journey out £22 for 2 people - great
single journey back £35 for 2 people - still great

tried a return journey - £128 pounds - yes £128 pounds i couldnt believe it.
good luck

dzug1

urbancookie1 wrote: »

Hi.
Have been looking for a cheap day return from B'ham to London for 3 adults on 4th August but find train timetable/fares so confusing think the cheapest i have found is around about £58. Can leave at about 9.30 return about 7ish.

anyone got any ideas

If that's the total price for 3 people it's a good one - less than £10 each per single journey.

rwaite

Have you looked at the advance tickets that you can print off at home from Chiltern Railways? They also call them tickets by text.

I booked tickets the other day to go down to London from Birmingham and got them for £14 return.

http://ticketing.chilternrailways.co.uk/ticket-selection.php

These are the prices for the different times for all 3 of you. You have to commit to the time that you will be travelling.

If you were to choose the 09.12 going down and the 21.00 coming back then it would be £36 for all 3 of you to get there and back.

Hope this helps a bit. xxx