Trains from Derby to Cambridge

cougar_3

Hi,

There's three of us who need to get to Cambridge from Derby for 10:30 on the 20th of February.

I've been searching for some time now, but can't find a reasonable price!

When I've searched for singles, it's only available at a reasonable price on the outbound leg.


Please help if you've got a few miuntes to spare, I do appreciate it!

Thanks!

Lorian

cougar wrote:

Hi,

There's three of us who need to get to Cambridge from Derby for 10:30 on the 20th of February.

I've been searching for some time now, but can't find a reasonable price!

When I've searched for singles, it's only available at a reasonable price on the outbound leg.


Please help if you've got a few miuntes to spare, I do appreciate it!

Thanks!

6:49 via Leicester arrives 9:56 saver return £36.20

https://www.thetrainline.com is pretty good for searching.

cougar_3

I can't find that train?

I have been using the trainline but I keep getting a £44 return price.

I found a £16 single from Nottingham, but no return journey!

Lorian

cougar wrote:

I can't find that train?

I have been using the trainline but I keep getting a £44 return price.

I found a £16 single from Nottingham, but no return journey!

Apologies, I was looking in the reverse direction. £44 is the cheapest I can see too.

barron_2

cougar wrote:

Hi,

There's three of us who need to get to Cambridge from Derby for 10:30 on the 20th of February.

I've been searching for some time now, but can't find a reasonable price!

When I've searched for singles, it's only available at a reasonable price on the outbound leg.


Please help if you've got a few miuntes to spare, I do appreciate it!

Thanks!

Try https://www.nationalrail.co.uk

when you do your search enter family rail card ,costs £20 but gives a third off,so your fare should be aprox £36 each return.
Dont forget your leaving early morning therefore its normally dearer.

cougar_3

We're not eligible for a family rail card though and would get fined and kicked off!

I'm considering using the X5 service from Beford or Milton Keynes to Cambridge and Midland Mainline down to there...

evesham1988la

cougar wrote:

We're not eligible for a family rail card though and would get fined and kicked off!

I'm considering using the X5 service from Beford or Milton Keynes to Cambridge and Midland Mainline down to there...

I agree with taking Midland Mainline to Bedford (singles from £6) and then X5 to Cambridge (£5 return).

evesham1988la

evesham1988la wrote:

I agree with taking Midland Mainline to Bedford (singles from £6) and then X5 to Cambridge (£5 return).

... however, as it looks like most of the Midland Mainline Value Fares have sold out (except 5am from Derby ~ £10) you may need another plan.
If you do go at 5am and take X5 from Bedford the earliest you will be in Cambridge will be at 7.50am. I presume you are going on a University Open Day (am i right?) and so would allow you to have a look round the city - or is this just insanely early? Again coming back, the only decent fares are at £12 and so the total woul be £27. Let me figure out Plan B...?

cougar_3

I'm actually going to look round the universities and take part in a clinical trial for contact lenses that might stop the development of myopia. http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/news/archive/lenses.html

I've just spent a little longer working on it and here is the plan:

Use b_line (local Derbyshire student discount) for 50% off fares to Nottingham (£2.50 each or so). Then take train costing approx £16 each from Nottingham to Cambridge.

Then on the way back, we'll go on the X5 (looks like I can use the megabus.com website to get even cheaper fares but not the one bus I need!) and meet up in Bedford for a midland mainline train costing £12.

I think that it will cost about £35 each

It's extremely frustrating how expensive these fares are. I should be able to take the Leicester train, but it's just too expensive (or the Derby to Leicester train is at least).