Daily Mail: Travel by Train from £2

evesham1988la

Collect 3 differently dated tokens featured until Friday in the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday and travel around the country from only £2 single - or first class from only £5 single. The Daily Mail has teamed up with seven of the UK's biggest train operators:

Virgin Trains, GNER, First Great Western (Link), TransPennine Express, Midland Mainline, One and Chiltern.

Each day a different train operator and their promotion will feature in the paper - and of course will be posted here in this thread with the T&C's.

Virgin Trains ~ Post #2
Midland Mainline ~ Post #3
First Great Western (Link) ~ Post #8
One ~ Post #31
Transpennine Express ~ Post #41
GNER ~ Post #42

evesham1988la

Saturday ~ Daily Mail pg 58.

Virgin Trains

"There are no excuses not to get out and about in Britain this year as Virgin Trains and The Daily Mail have teamed up to offer you great value fares to around 100 cities and towns across the UK. All you need to do is collect 3 tokens from The Daily Mail between 21 – 27 January to take part.

Fares are as little as £2.50 (Standard, single) per zone travelled, or why not travel in style from as little as £5 (First Class, single) per zone travelled. Live it up a little and enjoy complimentary food and drinks served at your seat on weekdays.

Booking starts from 21 January until 30 March 2006 and you can travel from 22 January -31 March 2006. Up to 4 people can travel on a set of 3 tokens, but remember to take your tokens with you when you travel as they validate your promotional tickets."

Example Fares (singles) - based on the number of zones travelled through.

Bournemouth to Oxford ~ £2.50 Standard, £5 First Class.
Edinburgh to Leeds ~ £5 Standard, £10 First Class
Manchester to London ~ £7.50 Standard, £15 First Class.
London to Oxenholme (Lake District) ~ £10 Standard, £20 First Class.
Penzance to Edinburgh ~ £12.50 Standard, £25 First Class
Plymouth to Aberdeen ~ £15 Standard, £30 First Class

Book Tickets and See Website for More Details:
https://www.virgin.com/trains/dailymail

*Book before 1800 on the day before travel and so you collect tickets from FastTicket Machines. Otherwise allow 7 days for postage of tickets.

NB: The Promotional Code on the booking page is incorrect. This should be "VTMAIL" and not "CTMAIL"

evesham1988la

Sunday ~ Mail on Sunday pg.88

Midland Mainline

Midland Mainline operate fast and frequent services from Yorkshire to London St Pancras via the East Midlands. You can book any time until March 28, and travel until March 31. Up to 4 people can travel on one set of tokens.

Example Fares (singles) - based on the number of zones travelled through.

Sheffield to Leicester ~ £2 Standard, £5 First Class
Luton Airport to London ~ £2 Standard, £5 First Class
Market Hanborough to London ~ £4 Standard, £10 First Class
Sheffield to London ~ £6 Standard, £15 First Class

To book:
- Go to https://www.midlandmainline.com/dailymail
- Call 08457 125 678
- Visit the Station.

*Tickets have to be booked up to 3 days before travel.

Philippa36

I want to get tickets for Virgin trains ~ does this mean I should have bought the paper yesterday?? I bought todays which says Midlands Mainline, can this be used for Virgin instead if I still have all the vouchers?

headcovers

Does anyone have the details of the offer using First Great Western?

Many thanks

Edit: Sorry, just read the post again - obviously the FGW one hasn't appeared yet, has it? :rolleyes:

evesham1988la

Philippa36 wrote:

I want to get tickets for Virgin trains ~ does this mean I should have bought the paper yesterday?? I bought todays which says Midlands Mainline, can this be used for Virgin instead if I still have all the vouchers?

Any 3 tokens that are printed in the Daily Mail until Friday (or today's Mail on Sunday) can be used.

evesham1988la

headcovers wrote:

Does anyone have the details of the offer using First Great Western?

Many thanks

Edit: Sorry, just read the post again - obviously the FGW one hasn't appeared yet, has it? :rolleyes:

First Great Western and First Great Western Link will feature in tomorrows paper. More details here >> http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/dailymail/. In fact, these can be booked now so there should be the greatest avaliability as it hasn't been featured in the paper yet.

evesham1988la

Monday pg?

First Great Western & FGW Link - This will feature in the paper tomorrow but you can book now for a much greater avaliability.

"Banish the winter blues and travel on this great offer from just £2.50 single per zone travelled on First Great Western and selected First Great Western Link services.

Whether you're visiting friends and family or seeing the sights there are loads of interesting places to visit and things to do in the First Great Western and First Great Western Link region. From London’s top attractions, the dreaming spires of Oxford, gently rolling hills of the Cotswolds, Georgian city of Bath, bustling Bristol, the beautiful coastline of the Devon Riviera, picturesque fishing ports of Cornwall through to Wales and its vibrant capital Cardiff.

Why not treat yourself and travel in the style and comfort of First Class? First Class fares are £5 single per zone travelled"

Sample Fares (single) ~ based on number of zones travelled through

Oxford – London or Gatwick Airport ~ £2.50 (Standard) £5 (First Class)
Swindon – Bristol ~ £2.50 (Standard) £5 (First Class)
London – Bath ~ £5 (Standard) £10 (First Class)
Reading - Cheltenham ~ £5 (Standard) £10 (First Class)
London - Worcester/Hereford ~ £5 (Standard) £10 (First Class)
Cardiff – London ~ £7.50 (Standard) £15 (First Class)
London - Plymouth ~ £7.50 (Standard) £15 (First Class)
London/Reading – Penzance ~ £10 (Standard) £20 (First Class)
London - Carmarthen ~ £10 (Standard) £20 (First Class)

http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/dailymail/

* Tickets can be collected up to 1800 before day of travel by using fast ticket machines. Otherwise, allow 7 days for postage.

fruitcake_2

this is great...always travelling to London from manchester, this will save me bucks thanks to OP
If anyone has any spare coupons, please pm me, maybe we could do some swaps, maybe some TD vouchers...;)

Gillby1

evesham1988la wrote:

Saturday ~ Daily Mail pg 58.

Virgin Trains

NB: The Promotional Code on the booking page is incorrect. This should be "VTTRAINS" and not "CTTRAINS"

Nope - it's VTMAIL.

Gills x

possum_2

Anyone know the link for GNER?