Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

nokia1100

wealdroam wrote: »

I don't think Megatrain serve any of the route the OP is travelling on.

Hull to London? I've bought my mum a journey on it before - bus from Hull to East Midlands Parkway via S!!!!horpe, then a train to St Pancras. Oyster card trip on the Tube to Heathrow. Job done! Takes a bit longer, hence my question. Suppose it depends what your priorities are. The feedback from my mum was fairly good.

nokia1100

nokia1100 wrote: »

S!!!!horpe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S!!!!horpe_problem
:mad:

wealdroam

nokia1100 wrote: »

Hull to London? I've bought my mum a journey on it before - bus from Hull to East Midlands Parkway via S!!!!horpe, then a train to St Pancras. Oyster card trip on the Tube to Heathrow. Job done! Takes a bit longer, hence my question. Suppose it depends what your priorities are. The feedback from my mum was fairly good.

Oh... that route didn't occur to me.

I wonder if Racheal244 would've thought of that without my prompting you to expand?

miller

Rainbow Day at Alton, Bentley, Farnham, Aldershot, Ash Vale, Frimley, Camberley, Bagshot, Ash and Wanborough.
Unlimited travel on the South West Trains network for £10 on Saturday, 26 October 2013.

Submit details and obtain voucher for redemption between Wednesday, 23 October and Saturday, 26 October.

Full details:
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/rainbowday.aspx
a link to the terms and conditions is also on that page.
N.B. There is no ticket office at Wanborough.

Kite2010

I think SWT are getting another rainbow day ready, I have a change detector on the page and it has been changed.

Hopefully it will be somewhere in this area if it happens again

Bogof_Babe

London Midland advertising (on Twitter) for one day only (i.e. must book today 25/12) 20% discount on tickets bought on their website for travel up to 14th Feb.

Just did a dummy search and it looks like a genuinely good offer. Must book today though!

http://www.londonmidland.com/

getwiser

found this at my local station, london midland, £6 ticket from b'ham to london, same to come back, you have to use time and seat your given, need to book in advance of your trip, off peak times only

Kite2010

getwiser wrote: »

found this at my local station, london midland, £6 ticket from b'ham to london, same to come back, you have to use time and seat your given, need to book in advance of your trip, off peak times only

Same as the Chiltern service, from £6 advance tickets.

WLITC

Anyone got suggestions on how to do this train journey cheaper. Need to get from London Euston to Penrith on Fri 21 Feb, returning Sun 23 Feb. Looking to arrive and depart both days around lunchtime. Currently comes up with a price of £98 return as cheapest option. That's direct from Euston (which is ideal), but don't mind one change either way if it saves money.

Tried looking to see if booking two separate tickets is cheaper, but can't seem to figure it out. This is the route http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/routes-stations/penrith/#routesFinder
But when I split the journey, it comes up with non direct routes so would invole 2-3 changes for almost same cost. Any suggestions?

dzug1

That £98 is a walkon ticket so won't sell out


You might do it cheaper with splitting advance tickets at (and changing at) Manchester Piccadilly - particularly if you can be flexible about times.