Dirt Cheap Train Fares With thetrainline

MSE_Martin

What's the deal?

thetrainline is currently trialing a new print your tickets at home style service and in return is offering dirt cheap tickets (from £5 for a single) on a range of routes. All you need is to make sure you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed (click here for a free download) and a printer.

Tickets are currently available to buy up until 6 October, though it's worth noting that as this is a trial, when it roles out the service permanently the tickets may not be as cheap.

What routes are available?

Birmingham to London - £7
Cambridge to London - £5
Derby to London - £6
Leicester to London - £6
London to Sheffield - £6
London to Derby - £6
London to Nottingham - £6
London to Leicester - £6
London to Cambridge - £5
London to Manchester - £9
London to Birmingham - £9
Manchester to London - £9
Nottingham to London - £6
Sheffield to London - £6


How does it work?

Simply, choose the route you want to travel on, select a train, enter your details, pay and print out your ticket. Tickets are available up until 6pm the day before travel though numbers are limited so book early if you can. Do make sure when you print that the ticket is clear (see the printathome site for guidance).

The Savings

So for example book a ticket from London to Birmingham via National Rail for the next day and the cheapest fare available (at the time of writing this) is £25.40. Book at printathome and it'll cost you £7, saving £18 or £37 for a return journey.

Terms and Conditions

Tickets are non-refundable and changes to travel are not allowed. Tickets must be booked by 6pm the day before travel. For full t's & c's click here.

Normal national conditions of carriage apply, click here for details.

For more top tips on cheap travel read Cheapest Train Fares: One stop away

twr18

Does travel have to be before the 6th October, or do they simply have to be booked before 6th October?

m_will

twr18 wrote:

Does travel have to be before the 6th October, or do they simply have to be booked before 6th October?

If you click through to the Trainline Print @ Home website you will see that bookings can only be made up to and including 6th October (but it does seem to vary for different routes).

According to the updates page, the last travel dates have been extended a few days before the expiry of the date so hopefully this will be extended again at the end of September/beginning of October.

I wish I had seen this before the end of the summer holidays!

hansi

No Welsh stations then!!

mean.machine_2

Thats probably because no-one wants to go to Wales!!!

BaritoneUK

MSE_Martin wrote:

All you need is to make sure you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed (click here for a free download) and a printer.

Adobe Acrobat is a massive download these days and can slow your pc down- i'd recommend the foxit free pdf reader at http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm

Really small download and works just as well (if not better) than Adobe's bloated version.

hansi

mean.machine wrote:

Thats probably because no-one wants to go to Wales!!!

That's not nice! Apologise immediately! (LOL)

terf

I checked the London to Birmingham route and the trial only seems to be on four services a day, all of which leave after 8pm.

hansi

mean.machine wrote:

Thats probably because no-one wants to go to Wales!!!

I bet you felt really chuffed after saying that!

sausagefans

I know you can also get £5 singles on Anglia Railways (now one Anglia) trains down to London, I assume the same works in reverse...

jinkssick

BaritoneUK wrote:

Adobe Acrobat is a massive download these days and can slow your pc down- i'd recommend the foxit free pdf reader at http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm

Really small download and works just as well (if not better) than Adobe's bloated version.

exactly what I was going to suggest. foxit reader is size free, hassle free, rather than that cloggy Acrobat.