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dzug1

SarahLouise wrote: »

Tried split and complete the cheapest I found was on cross country website, the trainline wanted 97.50 each way arg! and virgin the same. Is there anything else I can try? xx

That's daft. An open return (off peak) is just over £100

Other than trying National Express coaches I can't think of anything else.
Except just maybe travelling via London - sounds mad but there could be more cheap tickets that way. Use East Coast to get to London if you want to give it a try

SarahLouise_2

Thanks for your help, did'nt really understand about the return ticket thing but just got the return as it meant I can get a quicker train so effectively saved £20 quid or lost £5 lol but I prefer the faster train xx

dzug1 wrote: »

That's daft. An open return (off peak) is just over £100

Other than trying National Express coaches I can't think of anything else.
Except just maybe travelling via London - sounds mad but there could be more cheap tickets that way. Use East Coast to get to London if you want to give it a try

yorkie2

SarahLouise wrote: »

Hi guys Im a looking for chepa train tickets from edinburgh to birmingham, got the mega train last time but no tickets available even into december! the chepaest I have found is cross country £49.50 there and £45 back, and thats not including tickets from my home town to edinburgh and back and from birmingham to my bf's and back! so add £20 on for that!

If you say exactly where your journey is from/to we may be able to get a better price. A flexible ticket from Edinburgh to Brum is £101.80 (valid on any train after 5am. Rtn any day within 1 month!) however a ticket from a town several miles away (e.g. Falkirk) to the outskirts of Birmingham (e.g. Longbridge) is exactly the same price.

sotnar1

I save £45 per month on my monthly ticket by just splitting my monthly (season) ticket into two - I spent absolutely ages plotting the relevant fares between my home stop (Portchester) and work stop (Worthing) and whether two, three or more splits worked best. It appears that two seems to be optimum for most routes - details below! Also, an additional thing i noticed when planning my season ticket split was that (depending on the overall distance of your journey) a ticket may cost the same from your two closest stations to your middle stop, but it might also cost significantly less to go to one of your local stations over the other - there seems to be some 'zoning' that goes on in the pricing office!

So for me:
Monthly season ticket from Portchester --> Worthing = £255 pm
Split Monthly ticket from Portchester --> Havant --> Worthing = £209 pm
Saving £46 pm (£552 py)

The cheapest I found was £202 pm, but that involved a station that the trains I use don't stop at!

Strangely, if I was able to buy a full year ticket the best middle station would be Chichester:
Full direct price = £2660
Split price = £2016
saving £644 per year!!!!!

So definitely worth having a gander!!!!

lolly01

Any one know of any cheap tickets from london to York travelling on friday 26th Nov any time after lunch & returning sunday 28th November anytime any one help :-)

wealdroam

lolly01 wrote: »

Any one know of any cheap tickets from london to York travelling on friday 26th Nov any time after lunch & returning sunday 28th November anytime any one help :-)

Lolly, what have you found?

lolly01

wealdroam wrote: »

Lolly, what have you found?

Cheapest so far is 152.00 with raileasy

wealdroam

lolly01 wrote: »

Any one know of any cheap tickets from london to York travelling on friday 26th Nov any time after lunch & returning sunday 28th November anytime any one help :-)

lolly01 wrote: »

Cheapest so far is 152.00 with raileasy

An Off Peak Return with Grand Central Trains is only £69.00.

Can be slightly cheaper using Advance Singles.

If you are over 60, an Off Peak Senior Return with Grand Central Trains is only £51.75.


How many people does that £152.00 buy tickets for?

Oh, and try and avoid Raileasy... and avoid their fees.

Info from East Coast Trains.

yorkie2

lolly01 wrote: »

Any one know of any cheap tickets from london to York travelling on friday 26th Nov any time after lunch & returning sunday 28th November anytime any one help :-)

Grand Central is £69 return, payable on the train (unless you wish to buy in advance but it is no cheaper to do so with GC and as always with rail tickets a £10 admin fee applies if you choose not to travel) there is a train just before lunch if that is any use, from London at 1127 but if this is too early you'll have to use East Coast, in which case book in advance (visit eastcoast.co.uk for prices) or it'll cost you £83.70 for a 'Super Off Peak Return' on the day (this fare isn't available on board East Coast trains however).

Both the £69 GC Only Off Peak return and the £83.70 Any Permitted Super Off Peak return can be used to return any day within a calendar month.

djembe_caz

Edinburgh to Sheffield return 23-28th December

Two singles were £90 each but split at Newcastle and then at York and get each way for £36 (£7, £11.50, £17.50)

Saved £108! Perfect for christmas prezzy buying!