How far in advance may Apex train fares be booked?

annie-c

I'm looking to buy return train tickets for dates in June, but no Apex or Superadvance fares seem to be available. Am I too late? Or too early?

Really appreciate any help!

Annie

blindman

annie-c wrote: »

I'm looking to buy return train tickets for dates in June, but no Apex or Superadvance fares seem to be available. Am I too late? Or too early?

Really appreciate any help!

Annie

Tickets can only be bought 3 months in advance. So the latest date you can buy the outward journey is now 23rd June.

If it's a return, the return journey can be made up to a month later.

laird

In theory bookings can be made up to 12 weeks in advance, this is however very rare in practice.

If you want to know the date when you can purchase in advance for any operator you can go to the atoctravelagents website and follow the booking horizons link, for ease I've reproduced the direct link below:

http://www.atoctravelagents.org/clientfiles/File/TOC_BOOKING_HORIZONS_20_March_2007.htm

Some operators, GNER and Midland Mainline come to mind also offer an e-mail alert to advise that seats are reservable for a specific date. It may be worth checking based on the specific journey you wish to make whether this is possible.

A further warning to anyone trying to use the atoc website is that I have found that whilst an operator is shown as having released reservations this may not apply to every route or service so it is worth checking in detail whilst not becoming upset with the staff at the station, travel agent or call centre.

annie-c

Wow, thanks! This is great. It now looks as though by waiting I'll get tickets for £30 instead of £57. I'm really grateful!

Annie