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omelette451

KeithP wrote: »

Could be this...
10% off East Coast Trains

But there seem to be restrictions... like Applies exclusively to National Express East Coast lowest Advance tickets. (whatever that means).

Well I thought of that, but there's no way this could possibly apply to a journey from Wakefield to Northampton so I assumed that perhaps there was an extra promotion code I didn't know about.

Incidentally, what it means is that any off-peak 'Advance' ticket sold online by NX for one of their own EC services will attract a discount of 10%. The relevant fares are clearly marked in bold red type, with an asterisk to explain. The OP's journey is on a CrossCountry train (with a London Midland or Virgin connection), and the fare will be set by XC, not by NX, so this offer won't apply. A journey from Wakefield to London would, however, attract the discount. If that makes sense.

Lu_T

It must have been that offer on the NXEC website, so I guess it wouldn't apply. Thanks for the pointers, I'll have another look. I'm travelling out 29 May and back 30 May. Need to be in Northampton around 18.30-ish. I'll look at the travel times for the route you've suggested as, being 8 months pregnant, the time spent travelling might outweigh the saving.

Thanks for the help though guys.

BornToRun37

Hello everyone. Me and two friends are wanting to get down to Wimbledon on the 22nd June and have consequently been lookign for trains. We woudl have to go from Scarborough, leaving fairly early, arrivng in London, by at the latest, 11am. We also don't want to leave any earier than 7pm.

The cheapest we have managed to find is around £75 each. That involves singles to and from Scarborough to York and then York to Kings Cross and vica versa. Is this the cheapest we are looking at or is there a cheaper route?

asbokid

A few days ago, I stumbled upon an illicit online copy of Network Rail's latest National Routeing Guide..

The problem of finding the best split-ticketed route from station A to station B could form the basis for a good undergraduate maths/CS project for someone...

The project:

(i) Map the National Routeing Guide to the National Fare Manuals, and
(2) Apply Dijkstra's algorithm to find the least cost (i.e. the shortest path tree) between two nodes in the graph representation of the national rail network..

The nodes are the stations and the edges are the rail links between them.. but with a twist.. multiple edges may exist between two nodes, each with a different cost attached to it.. Those multiple edges represent the different split ticketing routes..

Sounds fun?!

dzug1

BornToRun37 wrote: »

Hello everyone. Me and two friends are wanting to get down to Wimbledon on the 22nd June and have consequently been lookign for trains. We woudl have to go from Scarborough, leaving fairly early, arrivng in London, by at the latest, 11am. We also don't want to leave any earier than 7pm.

The cheapest we have managed to find is around £75 each. That involves singles to and from Scarborough to York and then York to Kings Cross and vica versa. Is this the cheapest we are looking at or is there a cheaper route?

A quick dabble around seems to show you've found the cheapest for that date/time combo.

omelette451

Lu_T wrote: »

I'm travelling out 29 May and back 30 May. Need to be in Northampton around 18.30-ish. I'll look at the travel times for the route you've suggested as, being 8 months pregnant, the time spent travelling might outweigh the saving.

The route I suggested (i.e. changing at Tamworth rather than Birmingham) is actually much shorter and quicker - if you look at a map you'll see why. Plus there's the added bonus of not having to connect at New Street, horrendous at the best of times and not something I'd like to try if I were 8 months pregnant! It requires a little more thought as not all trains from Wakefield stop at Tamworth but most do so you'll be ok. I can't imagine you'll find many bargains in the Friday afternoon rush hour, but good luck anyway.

bignosemac

I have discovered a split ticket option for day trips to London from Bristol (Temple Meads or Parkway).

The One Day Travelcard fare from Bristol To London, including Zones 1-6 is £54.00 [£35.65 with a Railcard (RC)]. This fare is valid after 0845 from Bristol Temple Meads and 0915 from Bristol Parkway.

Now if you split this journey at Didcot Parway, not only can you save a fair bit, you can also return in the evening peak from London.

The split tickets required are:
Off-Peak Day Return, Bristol to Didcot Parkway at £17.80 [£11.75 RC] and
One Day Travelcard, Didcot Parkway to London (Zones 1-6) at £23.00 [£15.20 RC]. Total £40.80 [£26.95 RC].

The other bonus with this split ticket is that there are no evening peak restrictions from London Paddington to Didcot Parkway with the One Day Travelcard, whereas there are with the non-split option!

Remember, you MUST take a service that calls at your splitting point (Didcot), but you need not break the journey, you can remain on the same train. Departures from Bristol TM are at xx30, first valid train at 0930. Departures from Bristol PW are xx32, first valid train at 0932.

On the return you can take any train out of Paddington to Bristol TM or PW, again ensuring it calls at Didcot, with no evening peak restriction.

nicholbb

London Zone 3 to Harlow Town. Year season ticket = £2,600, split journey £1,886 = saving £714
Get a Zone 3-5 travel card (this can go on an oyster pay as you go - no cueing up and insisting they can sell you a zone 1-2 because you just need the extension the stupid ... I digress)

Then get a FLEXI - from Brimsdown (zone 5) to Harlow Town. Don't let them fob you off with the standard ticket as they keep trying with me (although this still saves you £200 or so). The only drawback with this ticket is you can't travel from Harlow before 12pm, so if you do shift work or are sent home early you may have to wait around a bit or buy a ticket.

dzug1

bignosemac wrote: »

The other bonus with this split ticket is that there are no evening peak restrictions from London Paddington to Didcot Parkway with the One Day Travelcard,

Are you sure about that? I thought that such tickets were only valid on turbo services in the evening peak, not high speed trains. ICBW though.

davisd1

Can anyone help a money fritterer save on a journey from poole to edinburgh - i cant seem to make the savings stack up!

Thanks :j