Annual Rail Ticket - Wakefield to Kings Cross

MartyBoy

Hi All,

I need to travel from Wakefield Westgate to London Kings Cross every day for the forseeable future.

Is it cheaper (and practical) to buy 2 Monthly Passes i.e. 1 from Wakefield to Doncaster and 1 from Doncaster to Kings Cross?

Also, is there somewhere where I can park cheaply in Wakefield which is within walking distance of the station?

Any help would be appreciated. I am sure there are people who make this journey every day.

thanks
MartyBoy

KeithP

You have no doubt found out that a monthly season ticket is £1051.80.
A yearly is £10956.00.

Have a play with the National Rail Season Ticket Calculator to see if splitting anywhere, Doncaster or Peterborough would be my first choices, will give any saving.

MartyBoy

Thanks! Much appreciated.

Kilty_2

KeithP wrote: »

You have no doubt found out that a monthly season ticket is £1051.80.
A yearly is £10956.00.

:eek::eek:

!!!!!!. What kind of distance are we talking about here?

MartyBoy

Not that far really! 200 miles each way......... Expensive eh?

Kilty_2

Wow - okay, quite a commute that :rotfl:

flyingscotno1

MartyBoy wrote: »

Not that far really! 200 miles each way......... Expensive eh?

200 miles is a heck of a long distance however when you think about it- it is halfway up the country and would take over 3 hours in a car to do. It does assuming it is done in return 5 times a week, 4 times a month work out to be 13p a mile.

Kilty_2

flyingscotno1 wrote: »

It does assuming it is done in return 5 times a week, 4 times a month work out to be 13p a mile.

I had a 1.2 VW Polo as a company car (yeah, high flyer me :rotfl:) and at the time we worked out that it was costing around 9p a mile to fuel it - so if you factor in everything else that comes with car ownership 13p a mile for a commute by train isn't half bad.

KeithP

Maybe cheaper to rent a room during the week and return weekends only.

Just one example.

Mids_Costcutter

KeithP wrote: »

You have no doubt found out that a monthly season ticket is £1051.80.
A yearly is £10956.00.

Have a play with the National Rail Season Ticket Calculator to see if splitting anywhere, Doncaster or Peterborough would be my first choices, will give any saving.

I've tried previously to split longer-distance routes to see if two season tickets would be cheaper than one, but have yet to find any savings: the splitting technique doesn't seem to apply to season tickets. Has anyone else found otherwise?

KeithP

A saving is available by splitting at Doncaster.

Wakefield - Doncaster one month season = £123.70.
Doncaster - Kings Cross one month season = £887.50.
Therefore total = £1011.20.

Ok, as a percentage... not a lot.
But it is £40.