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martafdz

For £93 you could even get an off-peak open return with Virgin Trains (Cambridge to Newcastle), which you can use within a month, that is around £46 each way. several available during the day, around 3 hours and a half journey with one or two changes; available now online.

There is also one at night from Cambridge to Newcastle that stops in Stevenage for 15 minutes more or less. It departs at 20:28h tomorrow Friday and arrives at 00:45h, journey takes over 4h and 15 minutes with one change. £47 one way, I have not checked return. It is in the National Rail Enquiries website.

I would pay for the Virgin train and get the open return, price is good and you would eventually need one ticket to go back home at some point, wouldn't you? :think: They are quite comfortable too.

Hope your father in law gets better soon.

KeithP

martafdz wrote: »

For £93 you could even get an off-peak open return with Virgin Trains (Cambridge to Newcastle), which you can use within a month, that is around £46 each way. several available during the day, around 3 hours and a half journey with one or two changes; available now online.

There is also one at night from Cambridge to Newcastle that stops in Stevenage for 15 minutes more or less. It departs at 20:28h tomorrow Friday and arrives at 00:45h, journey takes over 4h and 15 minutes with one change. £47 one way, I have not checked return. It is in the National Rail Enquiries website.

I would pay for the Virgin train and get the open return, price is good and you would eventually need one ticket to go back home at some point, wouldn't you? :think: They are quite comfortable too.

Hope your father in law gets better soon.

But none of the trains you mention are 'Virgin trains'.
So 'I would pay for the Virgin train' and 'They are quite comfortable too' are misleading statements.

All train companies sell each others' tickets.
What you have seen is Virgin selling tickets on trains run by others.
For example, your 20:28 departure starts on a train run by First Capital Connect from Cambridge to Stevenage, then East Coast Trains from there to Newcastle.

haretoday11

Anyone help with this one?
with Senior Railcard return. £58.75.
Can't find a cheaper way either by splitting at Crewe, Birmingham or Cheltenham.
Any help would be greatly received.

dzug1

haretoday11 wrote: »

Anyone help with this one?
with Senior Railcard return. £58.75.
Can't find a cheaper way either by splitting at Crewe, Birmingham or Cheltenham.
Any help would be greatly received.

Bristol is another possible splitting point

Also (a longer journey) via Newport Gwent

Bogof_Babe

haretoday11 wrote: »

Anyone help with this one?
with Senior Railcard return. £58.75.
Can't find a cheaper way either by splitting at Crewe, Birmingham or Cheltenham.
Any help would be greatly received.

What are your travel dates?

skyblue456

Am going for the day on 15th July and trainline shows me £120 return.

There must be a better alternative. Seems a lot. I don't have a railcard or any sort.

Thanks.

Bogof_Babe

(replying to skyblue456, forgot to copy original post)

I've just put your date into www.eastcoast.co.uk and found some £71 returns from St Pancras, also a few £20 Advance Singles in each direction, so you could do the trip for £40 if you can find suitable times.

Edit: There's even a £16 Advance Single for your return, leaving @ 19.30, arrive 21.15.

skyblue456

Thanks Bogof Babe,

Am going to look into it. So far the best price is leaving 6am only. Checked some split fares for later leaving times and it is just as bad. Will keep looking.

dzug1

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

(replying to skyblue456, forgot to copy original post)

I've just put your date into www.eastcoast.co.uk and found some £71 returns from St Pancras, also a few £20 Advance Singles in each direction, so you could do the trip for £40 if you can find suitable times.

Edit: There's even a £16 Advance Single for your return, leaving @ 19.30, arrive 21.15.

There are outward megatrain tickets at £9 single at 0815 and 1415 - nothing for the return though.

So with that £16 return single you could do it for £25

And avoid trainline fees - book with a TOC.

kingsley07

Tickets split at Southampton, eg:

Single ticket from Taunton to Bournmouth will cost you around £35. Buying the same ticket and along the same route from Taunton to Southampton will cost £14, plus an extra £5 from Southampton to Bournmouth. total £19, giving a saving of £16. :beer: