Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

hogshead

Managed to get a £9.50 fare for the sat am ( 6.07 am !!!! ) so all's good,
Via Virgin.
Site is well cool as it saves your fave journeys which is the one I shall be booking on a reg basis ( I'm sure the others do too but as I booked with this Co they are the one I base this upon )

Thanks to all.

birthdaygirls

Hello!!!!
Its my birthday in a few weeks and my mates from home want to come up and see me, only problem is none of them can drive. i live in preston and they are all on in southampton and want to take the train up up on the 12 or 13th oct and stay till the afternoon on the 14th. the cheapest i was able to find is £56.60. thing is we are all students so cant afford much. please help, i really want them to b able to come up!!!!
xxx

tubechallenger

Hi birthdaygirls,

Try looking up fares splitting your tickets at Birmingham New Street. To Preston on the 12th I can see 2 direct trains, 1515 SOU - PRE 1942 still has some Virgin Value Advance Single B band fares available at £25 each.

Shelanne

I'm planning to visit bro in London for birthday next month and would appreciate ticket buying advice from you experts. Thaks in advance.

Leaving Liverpool Lime st on Saturday 17th November around 6.00am (could poss leave Friday pm if it were cheaper!)

Leaving London on Sunday 18th November preferably between 4pm and 7pm so not home too late but again could poss do monday for a big saving!!

Will be travelling with daughter aged 10, don't have a family railcard at the mo but guess would be best to get one?

Any help for an amatuer like me would be great. Thanks.

cricketmad_2

I'm planning to travel to Teddington on Friday the 12th of October. I can leave from either Nottingham or Loughborough but need to be there by 12 midday. I can return anytime after 5pm as well. The cheapest return I'm getting is £46ish. Can anyone help please?

Bella_b

Can anyone tell me how to get to Birmingham from Bristol on the 13th October?! It seems that the train system has gone mad.. the national rail website says I have change about 4 times just to get to Birmingham.. or go to Reading and change.. or go to Gloucester and get a bus!!! but all this takes much more time! You used to be able to get a direct train and it would take just 90 minutes.

Is it gonna be like this all the time until the new Arriva service starts in November? This is a damn nuisance!

Bella :mad:

dzug

Bella_b wrote: »

Can anyone tell me how to get to Birmingham from Bristol on the 13th October?! It seems that the train system has gone mad.. the national rail website says I have change about 4 times just to get to Birmingham.. or go to Reading and change.. or go to Gloucester and get a bus!!! but all this takes much more time! You used to be able to get a direct train and it would take just 90 minutes.

Is it gonna be like this all the time until the new Arriva service starts in November? This is a damn nuisance!

Bella :mad:

No - every weekend possibly (engineering work) but not in the week. Would have been the same with Arriva - nothing to do with the operator. It's Railtrack

dzug

cricketmad wrote: »

I'm planning to travel to Teddington on Friday the 12th of October. I can leave from either Nottingham or Loughborough but need to be there by 12 midday. I can return anytime after 5pm as well. The cheapest return I'm getting is £46ish. Can anyone help please?

That fare looks dirt cheap to me - don't know where you got it from but I can't find anything anywhere near that.

However - try splitting at Bedford. From Bedford you will be able to get a one day travel card to London that will include zones 1-6 - ie including Teddington.

tubechallenger

dzug wrote: »

It's Railtrack

They're still going??

elisebutt65

OK - I've tried a couple of combinations to reduce the price but I can't get any lower than £69.05 so far.

Going from Leamington Spa to Newcastle at 10ish am 22/10 - 1 adult and 1 child with Family Railcard

Returning on 24/10 from 11am

I also have a YP railcard but that didn't make much(if any) of a dent.

If I split journey at New St then it adds a tenner onto the cost.

Anyone help me get any lower than this - I know it's not a bad price so far but this is MSE - LOL