Cheap Train Fares guide discussion

Teamonster_2

Hello. Please can anyone help? I want to travel from Warrington to Redruth/Truro, going on 6th/7th August and returning on 10th/11th August. I have tried numerous split ticketing options but can't seem to find anything cheaper than about £150. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks x

dzug1

Teamonster wrote: »

Hello. Please can anyone help? I want to travel from Warrington to Redruth/Truro, going on 6th/7th August and returning on 10th/11th August. I have tried numerous split ticketing options but can't seem to find anything cheaper than about £150. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks x

Try via London if you haven't already

The fare you have found is a flexible walk on return - if you are not bettering it by splitting it's the best you will do.

[Deleted User]

Hi All,

I want to travel from Brighton to Totnes leaving on 4 August and returning 5 August. It's coming up close to £100:eek: I've been looking all morning and my brains mashed!

We can be flexible with days (going any day of the week in the next 10 days and perhaps staying more than 24 hours) if that's going to make things cheaper.

I've tried megatrain.com, but it's not giving any options for the dates in August. megabus.com from London Victoria to Totnes is coming up at half the price of a train, but I've no idea how comfortable the buses are.

Can you lovely people on MSE advise the best deal that you can find. Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

Livingthedream

Deleted_User wrote: »

Hi All,

I want to travel from Brighton to Totnes leaving on 4 August and returning 5 August. It's coming up close to £100:eek: I've been looking all morning and my brains mashed!

We can be flexible with days (going any day of the week in the next 10 days and perhaps staying more than 24 hours) if that's going to make things cheaper.

I've tried megatrain.com, but it's not giving any options for the dates in August. megabus.com from London Victoria to Totnes is coming up at half the price of a train, but I've no idea how comfortable the buses are.

Can you lovely people on MSE advise the best deal that you can find. Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

Best value is the Off Peak Return 'via Salisbury' @£65.50 but you might be able to get it down £56.50 by using Advance singles via Salisbury but this has very limited trains to choose from.

Best way to find the 'via salisbury' fares is to use 'more options' and input 'via salisbury' this will give routes to Totnes changing at Clapham Jcn and Exeter or Pompy and Westbury.

panther_87k

Hi,
Looking for the cheapest llanelli to tenby tickets. 2 adults leaving in morning and returning same day in evening. we want to spend the day in tenby so need a decent amount of time there. cheapest i can find is £14.10 return and it doesnt make any difference what times i put in. would like to go on monday 13th but could go 15th or 17th. seems silly to me that you can get deals on trips from the major cities to other major cities for less than a journey thats so short

wealdroam

panther_87k wrote: »

Hi,
Looking for the cheapest llanelli to tenby tickets. 2 adults leaving in morning and returning same day in evening. we want to spend the day in tenby so need a decent amount of time there. cheapest i can find is £14.10 return and it doesnt make any difference what times i put in. would like to go on monday 13th but could go 15th or 17th. seems silly to me that you can get deals on trips from the major cities to other major cities for less than a journey thats so short

You will not beat that price.

As an Anytime Day Return, it is valid on all trains on any one day.

littlewren

Hi,

I'm posting on this thread as I have posted elsewhere but not been too successful and wealdroam & others were a great help last year.

We are travelling to Falmouth Docks from Sandy (2 adults) on the 12th October and returning on the 19th October.

I have been looking since the beginning of August for 1st Class tickets (I don't want split ones) and the cheapest I can find for both of us at decent times is £331! (They were First Advance Singles).

Last year we paid £204 for both of us. I know they will have gone up this year but surely we can get them cheaper than £331?

Travelling all the way to Cornwall 1st Class from Paddington is much more comfortable and as I had a scare two weeks ago with a suspected DVT, it's especially important that I have a lot of leg room. We used to travel 2nd Class but the last time I travelled that way I could barely move my legs even though we had a table.

If someone could possibly help or point me in the right direction, I would be so grateful. Am I searching too early? (I know I did that last year).

I'm getting concerned now, so any help would be appreciated, thanks very much in advance.

yorkie2

I am confused, what do you mean when you say you don’t want split tickets? Is this a typo? You as for help in reducing the price, well the most likely method is to 'split' one ticket for the journey into a combination of tickets, it is still valid for one journey, providing you adhere to the rules (Condition 19 a, b or c).

s4mmy

Just wondered if anyone can help -i need to buy a ticket to Norwich from Darlington on 27th August. Any thoughts as to the cheapest way to do this please.

Jeff_Bridges_hair

try splitting at Peterborough.