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Train fares from £1 !!

Could not believe it, but it is true. Have a look into their website for more details.

https://www.megatrain.com

Hope this helps everyone.


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Comments

  • samtman
    samtman Posts: 259 Forumite
    link doesn't work for me
  • nuttyrockeress
    nuttyrockeress Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Page not found?....
    It's nice to be nutty but's more important to be nice
  • grade15
    grade15 Posts: 543 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    smile everyday...cos its free :)
    Live everyday to the Full..cos there is no tomorrow:dance:
  • Princess_G
    Princess_G Posts: 152 Forumite
    http://www.megatrain.com/

    This worked for me - other didn't

    xxx
  • newlywed
    newlywed Posts: 8,260 Forumite
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    shame it doesn't cover anywhere near me! :(
    Newlywed at the point I joined the forum... now newly separated
  • greytroot
    greytroot Posts: 619 Forumite
    good spot but doesn't cover anywhere near me. do you ever find that it costs a lot more than £1 for a £1 seat?
    You cant take the trousers off an elephant!
  • KatieKins
    KatieKins Posts: 443 Forumite
    Thanks, I never heard of this until now!! Thanks a lot!
  • Gondo_2
    Gondo_2 Posts: 116 Forumite
    Yes we've used this train from Bournemouth-they've just extended the service-excellent :T but no seat bookings-not a problem we had seats. The earlier you book the better the price it can go up as much as £7 a trip (for the limited search I have done!!) and the more choice of train times you have. There was a variety of times and we were able to travel to London for much less than we would have.

    They've now extended the service to south West and I've been looking at combining trips to make journey from Plymouth to London but that's a bit more time consuming and I haven't found the answer yet :eek: My concern is that for the Southwest they use Virgin trains who are nearly always delayed on their journey down here.

    For those that prefer a slower method of transport might also consider megabus https://www.megabus.com who also have £1 seats but use a double decker bus. Again used last year and had a fairly comfortable journey with two kids and oh considering the price of £8 return to London.

    Both services seem to service University towns and probably rely on a student consumer who are prepared to 'rough' it a bit. (train was a 'normal' carriage and actually seemed to be full of normal commuters who had paid 'full price')
  • Soprano
    Soprano Posts: 338 Forumite
    Cool! I just need to find a nudist beach now!
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