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Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

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  • sockospice
    sockospice Posts: 551 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Also, due to the current industrial action being carried out by Virgin Cross Country train managers every sunday, the maximum walk on fare for cross country services will be £20 on sundays only. There's an article about it in tonight's manchester evening news
  • I received an email from MidlandMainline re £6 singles to London but - surprise surprise - I can't actually find any. I'm looking for 2 adult return tickets Wellingborough to St Pancras out 13/2/06 return 14/2/06. Cheapest on web is £62 each! Do these £6 tickets actually exist?

    Ta.
  • pompeyrich
    pompeyrich Posts: 3,135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I received an email from MidlandMainline re £6 singles to London but - surprise surprise - I can't actually find any. I'm looking for 2 adult return tickets Wellingborough to St Pancras out 13/2/06 return 14/2/06. Cheapest on web is £62 each! Do these £6 tickets actually exist?

    Ta.



    Are you using nationalrail.co.uk for these prices? If so just above the £62 fare option there is a link marked "singles from £12", click this to find the £12 fares (£6 each). There aren't many trains with tickets at this price but plenty at £8 each. If you scroll down it shows the return leg too, again not many £6 ones but loads at £10. These fares probably wont be available for early morning trains to London. Hope this helps.
  • re: Wellingborough to St. Pancras

    Make sure you click on the Singles Tab to get the £6 tickets. However, there doesn't seem to be too many of these as they are sold out but there are a few for £8 & £10 each way.

    Out 13/2

    £8~ 11:06, 11:36, 12:06, 12:36, 13:06, 13:36, 14:36 etc.
    £8.50~ 05:29, 06:00, 10:36, 14:06
    £10~ 09:06, 09:36
    £12 ~ 08:12 & 08:40

    Rtn 14/2

    £6~ 22:00 & 22:25 ONLY.
    £8~ All between 09:30 & 13:30 at xx:00 and xx:30 (and at 21:00)
    £8.50~ 19:55, 20:00
    £10~ 14:30, 17:55
    £12 ~ 14:00

    And there you go - plenty of cheap tickets!!!
    It also should be noted that you can go between Sheffield and London for only £6 on this ticket type - and even better.. if you have a railcard this would only be £3.95 each way. Considering the distance, this would have to be the best value rail ticket in Britain.
    sorry no links in signatures by site rules - Forum Team 2
  • Thanks very much. I get it now. :j
  • Right, I may be being stupid but I'm a bit confused and thought someone here may be able to help!!

    On the Virgin website regarding the fares on the days when the industrial action is planned it says
    "The ‘Virgin Voyager WalkUp’ fare is available as a Standard class single ticket only on the Virgin CrossCountry network - a flat fare of £20 for an adult and £10 for a child with the usual railcard discounts also apply."

    and a bit later it says
    "It can be bought in advance of travel from booking offices, the Virgin Trains call centre, the Virgin Trains website, Trainline.com, or Rail appointed Travel agents. The usual railcard discounts are available."

    Now why is it that with a railcard I do not get a discount on this £20 when I try and buy it on both Trainline.com & Virgintrains.com. The journey ticket prices are usually £25 so I'm wondering if this is why the £20 isn't reduced any further.

    Can anyone shed any light on this?

    Also - am I right in assuming that I can buy this ticket on the day of travel and it will still cost the same?

    Cheers :)
    Feb 14 GC - £89.37/£300
  • wanting to travel from eastbourne to glasgow in april by train but seems its going to cost alot anyone help, get me cheap fares!! plzzzzzzz :j
  • sarahluv
    sarahluv Posts: 162 Forumite
    wanting to travel from eastbourne to glasgow in april by train but seems its going to cost alot anyone help, get me cheap fares!! plzzzzzzz :j

    the cheap fares won't be on sale yet. check the virgin/gner sites for info on when the cheap fares for april will be released.
  • exil
    exil Posts: 1,194 Forumite
    Season tickets

    Have just bought one.

    The price is about the same as 180 return trips, so obviously it's better value
    if you don't work at a university or school and get long vacations like lucky old me.

    If you work 5 days a week, and get 25 days leave and bank hols you will
    save something like 20%, or £300 a year if your fare is £6 return.
  • I work off-peak so instead of Watford TC to all zones, i buy Watford Junction cheap day return £7.10 and then 2 singles on oyster £1 there 70p back which is £8.80 per day. I work weekends so also I bought network rail card for £20 giving me tickets at weekend for £4.35 cheap day return (6.05 incl. oyster)
    29.70 per week
    128.70 per month
    1544.40 per year
    A season ticket costs 2350 which is 196 per month.
    Not a bad saving im sure youll agree.
    :money:
    Debt Free Since September 2005!
    :j
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