Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

Quickblood

I'm going to Birmingham's NEC on the 17th and had planned on getting a coach but the Funfare price has gone up from £6 to £12 so now I'm wondering what the cheapest train ticket could be from London.

Thanks in advance.

Stewartjp

Hi all

I've seen advance tickets for London to Glasgow go for £15 ow and really want to use these in future but live in Bedford and it costs this much to get into London.
If the train from London stops at a station closer to me, e.g. Stevenage/Milton Keynes, could I still get on the train without any trouble if I had a London to Glasgow ticket?

Thanks for any help.

Stewart

debjay

Hi
I am trying to book 2 tickets for 2 16 year olds to travel from Plymouth to Birmingham on 14th July and coming back on 17th.

How do I know when the cheap advance tickets will be on sale?

KeithP

Quickblood wrote: »

I'm going to Birmingham's NEC on the 17th and had planned on getting a coach but the Funfare price has gone up from £6 to £12 so now I'm wondering what the cheapest train ticket could be from London.

Thanks in advance.

It can be done for £5.00 each way on that date using advance singles, but the timings may not be suitable...
Dep Euston 11:54, arr Birmingham International 14:04.
Dep Birmingham International 22:20, arr London Euston 00:03.

modo_3

Does anyone the cheapest price for this route travellingon a Saturday morning 25 April after 10 a.m. returning on Sunday after about 3 p.m.

Thanks

Maureen:cheesy:

KeithP

Maureen, have you done any research yourself?
What's the best price you have found?

p.s. Advance Single tickets can be had for £36.50 each way on the dates and almost at the times that you ask for.

adamtrainman

Maureen cheapest im getting is an off peak return by Grand Central only at £69 return.
The trains are
London to Sunderland sat 25th apr
07:57 arr 11:50
11:27 arr 15:14
16:50 arr 20:34

Sunderland to London sun 26th apr
09:10 arr 12:51
13:42 arr 17:24
18:42 arr 22:20

Just to add if your over 60 the price comes down to £49.50 using same trains all you need is proof of age

adamtrainman

Debjay keep your eye on this link from National Rail

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/booking_horizons.html

nutty1

hi going from wigan to cleethorpes 10 july returning 17 july, 4 adults. anyone got a idea of cheapest tickets to get

russellelly

Hi, I'm trying to get from Glasgow - Portsmouth harbour, arriving by noon on Thursday 11 June (so via Caledonian Sleeper), coming back leaving from noon on Monday 15 June. I've made this trip at the same time for the last few years (Isle Of Wight festival) and got some really good deals, but everything's more or less full price at the moment. Any ideas on journey splits etc? The 'Slower but Cheaper' button on thetrainline isn't doing its usual wonders Number of changes/travel time isn't a major issue.