Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

dzug1

A saver return is £45.80 - buy on the day

Cheap advance purchase singles from Sheffield are £17.50 each way with the odd one at £12. If you can get to Sheffield cheaply then get these

David_Perks

Edale - Sheffield £6.40, and the train leaves bang on 0930. Miss that and you have a 2 hour wait for the next train to Sheffield.

If you get the 1025 from Sheffield to Doncaster (and book through the NXEC site, there is an NXEC ticket for £10.70 (inc the NXEC 10% discount), otherwise it's 17.50 for the 1021 from Sheffield.

On the return, the 1822 from Durham is another NXEC service, but is £17.80, where as the 1752, 1836 and 1852 departures from Durham are Cross Country services with tickets available for £17.50

The 1752 or 1836 departures would be best, as they get you to Sheffield in time for the 2034 train back to Edale.

If you want these tickets, then hurry, but I recommend you choose to collect the tickets from a fast ticket machine at Sheffield. You will have 20 mins at Sheffield after arriving from Edale before having to catch the 1025.)

mr_maniac

dzug1 wrote: »

Forget the 12 weeks - it's an urban myth. Yes you can book - but at full fare. 8 weeks is far more realistic and even that is not always met

According to ATOC info as at 24 July Cross Country have released weekday cheap fares up to 10 October and NXEC to 26 September - so for the latter a guess would be 1-2 weeks time.

For Cross Country split ticketing in Birmingham may help.

Given your peak hour need cheap tickets may be hard to come by.

Hey dzug1 (and sherryf - thanks for your tip too!!)

I did what you suggested and waited a bit, and today NXEC have released Advance fares up to the 3rd.... my return trip will now cost me £31.70 and that's without trying anything fiddly like split ticketing

I'm chuffed!! Thanks so much for the advice :j :T

mr_m

sadiejp

My daughter is 16 but looks young would it be possible to buy a child ticket and get away with this or am i just being tight lol

Rgerads

dzug1

sadiejp wrote: »

My daughter is 16 but looks young would it be possible to buy a child ticket and get away with this or am i just being tight lol

Rgerads

It would be possible some of the time but eventually some ticket inspector won't believe it which means big trouble.

chris99mac

Anyone get better than £73.20 for London to Oxenhome after 12 lunch on 17th August?

dzug1

No

As far as I can make out cheap tickets haven't been released for that Sunday nor subsequent Sundays. They do tend to be released at the last minute for weekends at the moment due to engineering work.

There are lots this Sunday for £33 - so you may as well wait and see. The fare you've found is a walk on fare so you are going to lose nothing by waiting

MR_G

Does anyone know of any Schemes or codes for discounted travel on Southern Railways or FCC ?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

dzug1

MR_G wrote: »

Does anyone know of any Schemes or codes for discounted travel on Southern Railways or FCC ?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Look at their websites - both have details of special offers eg Southern daysave

pompeyrich

MR_G wrote: »

Does anyone know of any Schemes or codes for discounted travel on Southern Railways or FCC ?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

With a bit of planning Southern have singles fares from £3 to from Victoria to Brighton and along the S. Coast, to Portsmouth, this can be reduced to £2 with the appropriate railcard. YP, Family but not a Network card. You have to book the day before travel and travel on the train you book but got to be a bargain. Showing pretty good availability all day tomorrow although some fares are now £5/£3:30 so book a few days ahead if possible.