Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

Lizling

geordieracer wrote: »

EDIT - and Bishop stortford doesnt have a station does it?

It does. It's on the Liverpool Street to Cambridge or Stansted Airport line. If you're having trouble finding it, maybe you're missing off the ''s'.

geordieracer

Lizling wrote: »

It does. It's on the Liverpool Street to Cambridge or Stansted Airport line. If you're having trouble finding it, maybe you're missing off the ''s'.

I wasnt checking to be honest.. But thats poor of me not to know that..

anyway how many adults how many kids? do you all possess railcards? This sort of information is vital.

loulabelle901_2

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your help! There are now less of us going by train, 5 adults and 2 children. No railcards as yet but I have just seen the post about the railcard offer so need to look into that now.

geordieracer

3 times now i have entered Bishop Auckland in for your journey.. Im sorry im hopeless today:o

pmm1981

loulabelle901 wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your help! There are now less of us going by train, 5 adults and 2 children. No railcards as yet but I have just seen the post about the railcard offer so need to look into that now.

Buy a friends and family railcard using above link for £19.50 and 4 adults and 4 kids can travel on it (5th adult fare will be normal price)

Using www.eastcoast.co.uk i have found the following advance singles

Bishops Stortford-Prestatyn
Out Fri 15 Apr
Rtn Mon 18 Apr
5 Adults, 2 Children

Outward
Dep Bishops 0654
Arr Tottenham Hale 0721
TUBE TO EUSTON
Dep Euston 0810
Arr Prestatyn 1041
£158.70 (£26.05 per adult, £7.50 per child, £39.50 for 5th adult, £28.74 ave adult price)

RETURN
Dep Prestatyn 1447
Arr Chester 1517
Dep Chester 1535
Arr London Euston 1739
TUBE TO TOTTENHAM HALE
Dep Tottenham Hale 1825
Arr Bishops 1901
£84.40 (£13.85 per adult, £4 per child, £21 for 5th adult, £15.28 ave adult price)

Total price for party £243.10
Including the £19.50 for railcard with 25% off using above link £262.60

Total price is £44.02 ave adult, £11.50 child (plus £19.50 for the railcard)

ave adult price = 4 adult fares with railcard + 1 normal fare adult price divided by 5 so all adults pay the same.

loulabelle901_2

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Just about to book it :-D
All you guys are amazing!

pmm1981

No probs you've done well as i've just checked the journey again and there aren't 7 advance singles available going out anymore.
I was going to suggest buying 2 friends and family railcards so everyone gets the cheaper fares and total cost was 95p cheaper but you would have had 2 railcards to share but this doesn't matter now.
Enjoy your trip.

duncans_mum

Hi All
We are coming over from Aus and want to book some rail tickets which go from Ipswich to London, then london to Windsor, then Windsor to Ipswich, is this a difficult route or very expensive?
All answers greatfully received!

dzug1

duncans_mum wrote: »

Hi All
We are coming over from Aus and want to book some rail tickets which go from Ipswich to London, then london to Windsor, then Windsor to Ipswich, is this a difficult route or very expensive?
All answers greatfully received!

Ipswich London - easy to book on line for a cheaper fare

London - Windsor - buy on the day - you save nothing booking online and lose flexibility

Windsor - Ipswich - easy to book online for a cheaper fare

Is this a day trip or over several days?

spikescot2005

I am traveling on the 25th of April from Glasgow to Nottingham and returning on the 28th of April

I can travel anytime after 7pm on the 25th but need to leave after 12pm on the 28th. It doesn't matter what time i arrive.

The cheapest fair i have found so far is £101.30 any suggestions?

Thanks in advance