Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

Felicity101

Hi Everyone,

Have spent several days trying to get a reasonable train fare from Bangor (North Wales) to Newcastle upon Tyne. Going this Saturday, coming back Sunday. I started looking about a month ago but all the cheap fares had gone. It looks like it's going to be £90.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be so grateful!! Thank you>>>

dzug1

If you are the right age (16-25 or 60+) a railcard would more than pay for its cost on a £90 ticket

Otherwise you could try split ticketing at any or all of Chester, Manchester, Leeds, York (to name the most likely places). I don't guarantee that it will work and at this time of night I've no intention of finding out, sorry.....

EagerLearner

dzug1 wrote: »

Using Raileasy for a start - apart from the trainline no other site charges a booking fee.

What you are trying to book doesn't exist - not as one ticket anyway. You can get a day return combined with a zone 1-6 travelcard - online I think a maximum of one month in advance. (That could be the problem)

Or you can buy a single ticket and buy a separate travelcard (if you are travelling off-peak zones 1-4 is what you would need - zones 1-3 is peak only and more expensive).

Why do you want to book ahead anyway? Easier and the same price to do it on the day.

Hi dzug and thanks for your answer - it showed on the menu that I could buy a single ticket to London including all zones travelcard, but I guess I am trying to book it too close to the 9th August.

As that wasn't possible, I booked the single for £5.13 all including fees. I just wanted to get a ticket up to London (single) with a travel card for the day... I couldn't see any option to get the travel card on it's own either so gave up.

I think £5.13 is pretty good all in, then I just need to get the travel card on the day at the station I guess (just would have preferred it to all turn up in one envelope).

I then annoyingly had to book my Sunday leg travel down separately, as the site doesn't allow you to but 2 tickets at once, only one at a time it seems (no shopping basket). So Sunday was £5.13 as well inc booking fee - peeved as I could have booked both legs for £5.13 + £3... still cheap rail travel though :T

kgall

Morning all,

I am looking to travel to Thornaby from Birmingham on Monday (4th) and return on Tuesday (5th). The best deal I have found so far is a £9.25 single from B'ham to York and a £4.60 single from York to Thornaby. This is the same in reverse for the return, resulting in a total price of £27.70 (including a 16-25 railcard discount).

If I bought this of the National Express East Coast website I would also get a 10% discount. Can anybody beat this or suggest a better way? (my times are flexable as long as I arrive by 1400).

Cheers,
K

mahoney9

Just to let people know that I've also come across another promotional code for the CrossCountry Seat Sale.

If you visit their website via link www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/sale and enter the promotional code ONLINE, I've seen that there are further savings.

Hope that helps.

MR_G

Afternoon

I am toying with the idea of leaving the car at home & travelling to work by train. The big downside is the cost £175.20 per month between Croydon & Crawley.

Has anyone got any codes for discount codes for rail travel or any sites / tips for reduced travel costs ?

David_Perks

kgall wrote: »

Morning all,

I am looking to travel to Thornaby from Birmingham on Monday (4th) and return on Tuesday (5th). The best deal I have found so far is a £9.25 single from B'ham to York and a £4.60 single from York to Thornaby. This is the same in reverse for the return, resulting in a total price of £27.70 (including a 16-25 railcard discount).

If I bought this of the National Express East Coast website I would also get a 10% discount. Can anybody beat this or suggest a better way? (my times are flexable as long as I arrive by 1400).

Cheers,
K

With the NXEC site, you can have either the railcard discount, or the 10% discount. Shame the 10% discount only applies to NXEC journeys, so in your case, you wouldn't be able to have that as well.

Applecider_2

Hey everyone.... I want to travel from Holyhead to staffordshire, whats the best way to get a cheap ticket?

David_Perks

I'm assuming it's Stafford you want to arrive at, so here goes ....

Holyhead - Stafford Cheap Day Return £34.60 or Saver Return £45.60

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Holyhead - Chester CDR £21.30 SVR £26.60
Chester - Stafford CDR £11.90 SVR £16.50

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Holyhead - Crewe CDR £25 SVR £33.10
Crewe - Stafford Standard Day Return £9

charleypink

hi everyone,
i live in ramsgate kent and am planning to take the family on holiday next easter to looe in cornwall.
i remember someone telling me to book the train tickets in advance over the phone, but i can't for the life of me remember who i need to phone.
i would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction!
i have a family rail card, and being a nursing student i really need to get the cost down to as low as possible.
any help would be wonderful.
kind regards, charley:p