Split Ticketing: Report successful routes here

dzug

fatgit wrote: »

Culd someone help me with getting a cheap return

Glasgow - Manchester
Outbound: 14 March (must be after 2pm)
Retunr: 16 March (flexible, but would like to be in Glasgow between 7pm and 9m)

Well if you are not prepared even to try to look it up on a rail website (as suggested to you in the other thread where you have asked this question) then your nearest staffed rail station is the best place to start.

alanrowell

clarelouise25 wrote: »

Hi I'm wondering if someone can help me find the cheapest return for Southend (any station) to Newcastle?I dont mind how many times it is split, the cheaper the better! I can leave anytime on 8th February and return either anytime on 10th february or early 11th feb. Thanks in advance!

Southend to London Return is about £14, plus the cost of London to Newcastle which will work out about £80 at this late date via the National Express East Coast Website

fatgit

dzug wrote: »

Well if you are not prepared even to try to look it up on a rail website (as suggested to you in the other thread where you have asked this question) then your nearest staffed rail station is the best place to start.

get a grip loser

KeithP

Hey Fatgit,
The first post on this thread says -

This thread is specifically for reporting successful

SPLIT TICKETING ROUTES

as mentioned in my

Cheapest Train Fares Article

For OTHER ISSUES please use the
Cheapest Train Fares Discussion Thread

Thought you might find that of use.

Have you read the article mentioned?

blue-kat

any recommendations for ticket splitting Sheffield - London please ?

I'm hoping to do a day retrun on 3rd or 4th March, best prices I've found (at suitable-ish times) is £52 for 3 adults + 1 child on family rail card, as singles.

any tips very much appreciated - thanks!

dzug

blue-kat wrote: »

any recommendations for ticket splitting Sheffield - London please ?

I'm hoping to do a day retrun on 3rd or 4th March, best prices I've found (at suitable-ish times) is £52 for 3 adults + 1 child on family rail card, as singles.

any tips very much appreciated - thanks!

Bedford, possibly. Haven't looked up but the prices south of Bedford are suburban rather than long distance fares.

But if you've got advance purchase singles anyway you are unlikely to do any better - splitting is generally done to reduce the price of full fare tickets.

And that does look cheap for 3 adults.

You could also look at megatrain - but they have no child fares so it would be 4 adults. You can get back for £1 each on 4th March if you don't mind a late return.

james51

Started work in Reading. Car is not an option - done enough driving on the M6. Looked at trains and it seemed silly - a return, changing at Stafford was coming out at £112!
However my lovely wife did some split tickets, guess what. The same trains work out like this:
7:14 Warrington to Stafford - £13.90 for a single or £17.10 for an open return.
7:54 Stafford to Reading - £33.50 for a single or £51.30 for an open return.
Cost now £68.40, a saving of £43.60!

purplebiro

I've split Manchester to Ipswich a few rimes and never failed to make amazing savings - at Christmas I changed at Doncaster and reduced the quoted single fare from £64.00 to £24.00. It seems anything coming from a Northern or Arriva Transpenine train to Anglia is a lot cheaper if you split in Yorkshire.

Snazzy

alanrowell wrote: »

Try going via London

07:43 from Beverley arriving Kings Cross at 11:14 : £37.00

12:05 from Paddington arriving Penzance at 17:11 : £26.50

Plus £4 for the Tube fare

Thanks. I went for the London option on the way out. I've got an Oyster card so the tube bit will only be £1.50.

Very gutted as I've just realised I think I could have got it half price by going through South West Trains on Pigsback. I assumed it would only work on their routes but you can choose all routes.:(

blue-kat

thanks very much , good to know I'd found a good deal, - I understood the concept of splitting better now - good to be informed - tav much

dzug wrote: »

But if you've got advance purchase singles anyway you are unlikely to do any better - splitting is generally done to reduce the price of full fare tickets.