Milton Keynes to Bristol

Mierot

I'm in the process of applying to Uni and I want to go to the next UWE open day, but return train tickets from Milton Keynes to Bristol are around £60! I've had a look around, and taking the X5 to Oxford, and then the train to Bristol seems to be the cheapest way (at around £30 return), but I was wondering if anyone here knew of a cheaper (and less complicated) way?

omelette451

Have you looked at getting cheap(er) advance tickets via London?

Mierot

I'm afraid the £60 return was the advance via London! :eek:

omelette451

OK, have you tried getting a normal fare into London (on London Midland services if they're cheaper) and cheap 'advance' fares from Paddington to Bristol?

geri1965_2

Train to London, Megabus to Bristol and then get a bus (UWE run special services around Bristol).

omelette451

Got it!

Milton Keynes to Birmingham New St, London Midland 'super off peak return' £6.60
Brum to Bristol, either 'off peak return' for £28 or advance singles £7.25 e/w
= return fare from £21.50

(I'm assuming that, as a student, you have a Y-P railcard)

Mierot

Hmm...I think it would be around £40 (Milton Keynes to London -£13.50 & Paddington to Bristol £27.00)

Mierot

omelette451 wrote: »

Got it!

Milton Keynes to Birmingham New St, London Midland 'super off peak return' £6.60
Brum to Bristol, either 'off peak return' for £28 or advance singles £7.25 e/w
= return fare from £21.50

(I'm assuming that, as a student, you have a Y-P railcard)

No I don't I'm sure I could borrow one though...
Fantastic!

omelette451

Mierot wrote: »

No I don't I'm sure I could borrow one though...
Fantastic!

You can't borrow one - they have a photo and they're very strict about only letting you use your own. I would recommend getting your own though - they're quite cheap really, and I dare say this will be only the first of many such trips you make in the next 12 months...

Mierot

Hmm, I'm sure one of my friends managed to, or maybe it was another travel card heheh... I'll definitely look into though, but I doubt I'll get it before the open day
Oh well, it'll be useful for interviews and such.

Do you have a link to the Birmingham to Bristol tickets?

omelette451

Mierot wrote: »

I'll definitely look into though, but I doubt I'll get it before the open day

Do you have a link to the Birmingham to Bristol tickets?

Why won't you get it? You can buy it at any staffed station as long as you take a photo. If you'd got the £60 ticket it would pretty much have paid for itself in that one trip!

I just put Birmingham to Bristol into the nxec booking engine for a random date and that's what came up. Make sure you select 'Temple Meads' though - Bristol Parkway station is miles from anywhere.