Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

navyeyelash

Hi everyone I am going to London with my BF on Sat the 19th of July and coming back on the 20th. We can need to be in London for no later than 1pm and can leave any time on Sunday after 12.

Mega bus is £36.50 (for both) which seems like so much to me but maybe this is becauseI am used to £1 seats! I heard somethign on the radio about a train deal between bath spa and London for a few pound but can not find the offer. Anyone have any helpful hints for cheaper tickets or should I just lump it!?

dzug1

navyeyelash wrote: »

Hi everyone I am going to London with my BF on Sat the 19th of July and coming back on the 20th. We can need to be in London for no later than 1pm and can leave any time on Sunday after 12.

Mega bus is £36.50 (for both) which seems like so much to me but maybe this is becauseI am used to £1 seats! I heard somethign on the radio about a train deal between bath spa and London for a few pound but can not find the offer. Anyone have any helpful hints for cheaper tickets or should I just lump it!?

You can do it by train very cheaply if you book far enough in advance - but you are a little near the date for the best prices.

Some possibles - no guarantee they will work:

put a via of Salisbury in the train journey planner - tickets this way can be cheaper and sell out slower. The journey is slower too....

Look at National Express as well as megabus, who are not always cheaper

buxtonrabbitgreen

I have just had an e mail and megatrains are doing a £2.50 return from/to Birmingham Glasgow

gner_ex

royeee wrote: »

I am now planning to go to Camborne instead of Redruth. On a Standard Advance Single is it possible that if I buy a ticket from London to Camborne I can break the journey at Totnes and use the same ticket to continue to Camborne the next day?

You can certainly get a Paddington to Camborne OPEN RETURN which you can break anywhere, either direction.

With a SAVER RETURN, you can only break your journey on the return, OR in circumstances where you cannot complete your journey in one day. Are you going on a weekday?

If so, the last Paddington to Camborne service (excepting the sleeper) is 19:03 from Padd (arr Camborne 00:04). If you get the 19:45 from Paddington (to Plymouth) this arrives at Totnes 22:52 - you cannot reasonably complete your journey that day, so you are allowed to recommence your journey the following morning (journey must be complete by 12:00, if I recall correctly - or may be the clause is that journey must start by 12:00 - anyone help?).

gner_ex

fcred wrote: »

Anyone know the best way of getting from london to manchester on 2nd august. The outgoing journey is ok( need to be in manchester by 1), but i need to leave manchester after 6 and the only train listed on trainline takes 4 hours 51 mins and involves a replacement bus. Is there a quicker route i could take that may also be cheaper?

The total cost of the journey i have found is £62

You can change trains at Birmingham International, as Virgin WC are running a special train to Euston via a different route. However, this may only be available to people who have proper tickets, not people on cheapie ones.

gner_ex

kindalen wrote: »

looking to travel from birmingham airport to liverpool on saturday september 13th,landing at 7.35am, and have to be back in birmingham on sunday 14th september for a flight at 7.30pm,so want to be there for about 5pm.
any advice on how to get cheapest fare?
ta muchly.

The problem with getting cheap train tickets to connect with flights is that if your flight is delayed, you have no comeback (except possibly against your travel insurance, or the airline itself).

A saver return (flexible ticket) is £32.10, and allows use on any train (theres a M-F peak time restriction), you can buy from any station, or any website.

kindalen

thanks again mate,how about london to manchester,mid afternoon, on fri july 25th?is there a type of railcard for couples,we are 30,we visit the uk about 5+ times a year so would make sense as we prefer to use trains.

dzug1

kindalen wrote: »

thanks again mate,how about london to manchester,mid afternoon, on fri july 25th?is there a type of railcard for couples,we are 30,we visit the uk about 5+ times a year so would make sense as we prefer to use trains.

There is no railcard for you that would help with Manchester trips. There is a network railcard - but only valid in London and the south east.

misskool

Hi

Hope someone can help. Am looking for London-cheltenham ticket, going 22 august evening, returning 26th am. I have a railcard but it expires 23 august.
And my annual gold card doesn't seem to kick in a discount. Any tricks on getting a cheaper ticket?

dzug1

misskool wrote: »

Hi

Hope someone can help. Am looking for London-cheltenham ticket, going 22 august evening, returning 26th am. I have a railcard but it expires 23 august.
And my annual gold card doesn't seem to kick in a discount. Any tricks on getting a cheaper ticket?

Try National Express - it barely takes any longer and is a lot cheaper. Or Megabus even, though it takes a bit longer as it goes to Gloucester first

I assume you've tried cheap single fares and not found any?