Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

skintscotsman

hi, i wonder if someone could give me help on travelling from

Edinburgh to Coventry on Fri 9 Feb
Coventry to Edinburgh on Sun 11 Feb

I would need to travel afternoon on Fri but I am flexible for travelling on the Sunday.

Best I could find was about £60. Can anyone suggest anything cheaper?

pompeyrich

skintscotsman wrote:

hi, i wonder if someone could give me help on travelling from

Edinburgh to Coventry on Fri 9 Feb
Coventry to Edinburgh on Sun 11 Feb

I would need to travel afternoon on Fri but I am flexible for travelling on the Sunday.

Best I could find was about £60. Can anyone suggest anything cheaper?

Do you have a deadline to be in Coventry on the friday? If not, try Megatrain.com HERE 12:05 to Morpeth arr 13.22 for £1, then Morpeth-Coventry for £12 single, this means a 2 hour wait in Morpeth, dep 15:23 arr Cov 19:49 change at Brum but for £13 its cheap enough.

Return on the Sunday for £17 dep Cov 14:25 arr Edi at 21:15 no changes. Ok so not the fastest but pretty good at £30 return

skintscotsman

no, don't have a deadline to be in coventry but 2 hrs is an awful long time to wait:rotfl:

supposei could spend the time with a good book

cheers!

bliss

hi, could anyone offer any assistance??

I'm wanting to travel from lockwood/slaithwaite/huddersfield (all hudds stations dnt mind which really) to Leamington Spa on the 24th Jan (depart after 12.30 ish) and coming back on friday 26th Jan (prefer aftnoon departure)

Thank you

bliss

oh the cheapest i've found is doin two singles, hudds to leam 9.55, and leam to hudds 9.55, only certain trains tho.

cliver029_2

Be aware that you might even get your Rail card cheaper from your local council offices.
Mine (South Cambs) charges £16 not £20

Regards

Clive

jenny_f

I've just tried booking two student getaway fares (transpenine express). National rail says they are available but when i select any of the vendors they aren't there/available - help!!! we want them for saturday

zoelife

I will be travelling from either Bristol to York return or Wolvehampton or Birmingham to York return in jan or feb I haven't decided exactly when so will be flexible and open to advice whn is best monetarily or otherwise (likelyhood a weekend may be involved but any options considered)

I have a "disabled persons railcard" which should mean that I get 1/3 off both mine and my carers ticket. I do want to stay on the same train with as few physical changes as possible due to ease of journey.


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Mojo29

zoelife wrote:

I will be travelling from either Bristol to York return or Wolvehampton or Birmingham to York return in jan or feb I haven't decided exactly when so will be flexible and open to advice whn is best monetarily or otherwise (likelyhood a weekend may be involved but any options considered)

Bristol - Cheltenham Day Single (valid on day of purchace only) £5.75
Cheltenham - Wolverhampton Open Return (valid for 1 mth) £14.40
Cheltenham - Bristol Day Single (valid on day of purchace only) £5.75
Total £25.90

These are valid at any time of the day, - however a Saver Return for the whole journey is only 5p more.

Bully1_2

Here's one for you.

Down here in the west country, the new improved service is so overcrowded that the conductors cannot get down the train to sell you a ticket.

Simply choose a station where there is no ticket office, and travel to another without ticket office.

I travel from Oldfield Park to Filton Abbey Wood every day (£6.50 return), but have only managed to buy 3 tickets since the 10 dec changes.

I estimate a saving of about £110.50

Give it a go!

:T