Low cost rail fares

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Here are some of the low cost rail fares and special offers on offer at the moment:

MegaTrain.com
SouthWestTrains
Single fares from £1 plus 50p booking fee.
Travel between London Waterloo to/from Bath, Bournemouth, Bristol, Exeter, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Southampton, Weymouth and Yeovil.
www.megatrain.com


SailRail
Low cost fares to Ireland and Belfast by train and ferry
http://www.sailrail.co.uk

Southern
DaySave
£10** anywhere on Southern for a day. Must be booked online 7 days in advance. Valid Mon-Fri after 10:00*, all day Saturday and Sunday.
* Not between 16:45 and 19:15 Monday to Friday from London stations (Victoria, London Bridge and Clapham Junction)
** A group of up to 4 can travel all at the same time for £20.
www.southernrailway.com/main.php?page_id=189

Chiltern Railways
E-Day
£5 adult or child single between London and Birmingham.
Must be booked online 7 days in advance. Only available on certain trains and days.
http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/content.php?ID=12

First Great Western
Great Fares
Travel from £2.50 one way and first class one way from £7.50
"During our great fares promotion, you can explore the world of First Great Western from as little as £2.50 with a Standard one way ticket. Even our First Class one way fares start from an unbelievable £7.50. At prices this low, these seats definitely won't be sitting around for long.
Book until 30 May 2006 for travel until 31 May 2006."
www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=180

2 for 1 Entry
2 for 1 entry at the theatre and many attractions all over the South from Norfolk, London, the South Coast to Cornwall.
www.2for1entry.co.uk/

GroupSave
Various train companies
Whether you travel as a group of adults, or in any combination of adults and children, your party of 3 or 4 will pay the equivalent of just 2 adult Cheap Day Returns, 2 adult Saver Returns, or 2 adult Network AwayBreak Return tickets. So you can invite a couple of friends to join in the fun, or make it a day out for the whole family. If it's a real kids' treat, up to 4 more 5-15 year olds can travel for £1 each, single or return!
GroupSave enables groups of 3 or 4 to travel by train into London and throughout South East England for the price of 2 adults. You don't need to book ahead. Just turn up and go.
http://www.london2for1.co.uk/GroupSave.aspx

Silverlink
2 for 1 on Footbal Match days to Watford or Northampton
www.silverlink-trains.com/leisure/so.html

Central Trains
Advance purchase tickets
http://www.centraltrains.co.uk/_your_journey/sample_ct_fares.asp
Various discount vouchers for attractions
http://www.centraltrains.co.uk/_ct/offers_and_competitions.asp

First TransPennine Express
Student Getaway Fare
Half price fare for students on off-peak trains when booked in advance.
http://www.tpexpress.co.uk/mytpe/students.asp

Midland Mainline
Advance purchase ticket prices start from just £6 Standard and First Class from only £10 one way.
http://www.midlandmainline.com/default.aspx?id=210

GNER
Book early for Great Value Fares.
Various return fares return from £19 across the GNER network
http://www.gner.co.uk/gner/greatvaluefares

Island Line (Isle of Wight)
See their Ticket/Fares page for details of special offers.
http://www.island-line.co.uk/

c2c
Special Easter Train
Catch the 09:50 from Southend Central to London for child-friendly Easter eggs, balloon modellers, face painters and Easter bunnies on Monday April 10th.
http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/leisure/special.html

These are just the highlights you can find more at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/promotions