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dzug1

m1chelle1982 wrote: »

Hi, I neeed to travel from London to Kidderminster preferably on 24th December...any ideas of the cheapest way?

Last year I booked in advance with Virgin and got the tickets for £10 each way, first class, but they don't seem to have similar offers this year :-(

Thanks

They should have similar offers, nearer the time. When I looked a few days ago they were only booking to the end of November.

Chiltern also have cheap tickets on their route via Banbury

dzug1

Oliashby wrote: »

Hi guys,

I need to get down to London King's Cross from Chester to get the Eurostar (2pm to Paris- woo!) on the 27th of December. I'm coming back on the 1st but that's probably to Sheffield. I've looked through the boards but can't really find a definitive answer. I've heard all about splitting but not sure where to split. Also I heard that "travelling short" on this route can save money and I reckon although it's banned I could blag it! ;-)

Any ideas would be hugely appreciated, I'm not really a seasoned traveler and am totally baffled by the whole thing. Many thanks in advance

I thought I'd done a reply to this yesterday but it doesn't seem to be here.

You really don't want to start thinking about splitting on these routes just yet. Leave that until the cheap advance single tickets have been released (a few weeks yet I would think) and you have failed to get them. they should be your best bet and if you book soon after release you should get one.

The travelling short loophole in regard to Chester has been removed - the validity of the tickets where it worked has been changed.

Oliashby

cheers dzug!

dawnp_2

just found this thread....what a brilliant idea..
I need to travel one way single October 28th
Bishop Auckland to Derby, leaving 9.25, cost of ticket on East Coast line is 47.50 ...any alternatives?
thanks

richardw

Try Darlington, Doncaster, Leeds, Sheffield.

alanrowell

12:10 Cross Country Trains service from Darlington direct to Derby - £25.50

Pay for Bishop Auckland to Darlington separately

Or the 19:10 or 20:55 for £21.50 - for a real bargain you can get 1st Class for £25.50 at those times

farci

Pontefract-Glasgow (with Snr R'card) £52.00 off-peak single.

Split: Pontefract-Leeds-Newcastle-Dunbar-Glasgow £30.00. Same trains.

Just (almost) paid for my Senior Railcard:beer:

mzqa395

How to split ticket for Bristol to Edinburgh route?

110 open return all advance ticket fully book

alanrowell

Date of travel would help a lot

I'd however first check Easyjet for Bristol to Edinburgh

Failing that try booking separate Bristol to London & London to Edinburgh or Bristol to Birmingham and Birmingham to Edinburgh

Also try the same but travelling to Glasgow, then add on the cost of Megabus from Glasgow to Edinburgh

mzqa395

any time between 15-19 OCT planning to stay in Edinburgh for 4 days can travel any time during the day