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Help!!!! Travelling to Newton Abbot from Newcastle by train.
brock_147
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Hi my name is ben and im from Newcastle. Im looking to see a friend in Newton Abbot and travel by train with my partner. I'm looking to stay from a Monday till a Friday, around May time. I looked on various websites and have been quoted around 300 pound!!!! Is that too much??? Is there anything I can do to get the price down? I think to be paying 200 pound for hotel for 4 nights and paying 300 pound for train is way tooooo much, last year I went to London for under 200 train and hotel. Please help If you can't thank you anyway
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Should be able to get a decent Advance ticket for a lot less than that. What websites have you tried?0
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National rail, travelline, virgin. A few more but I forgot. I got a plan, newcastle to London on east coast, then London to Newton abbot. Hmm0
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which hotel are you looking at? do you have to stay in newton abbot, or could you stay in torquay for example?0
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Yeah I need the hotel in newton0
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£155 to fly or £131.50 both return to exeter0
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cheese louise that's expensive - isn't it cheaper to fly there and back?
<checks> that'll be a no then -
I'm looking on tripadvisor at this:
Newcastle upon Tyne, GB (NCL) to Exeter, GB (EXT)
Mon 6 May – Fri 10 May, 2 travellers
and it's telling me £136 per person for rail and £155 per person to fly...
HTH
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Split at Bristol to get it down to about £95 pp rtn.
Alternatively, wait a couple of weeks to see what fares come up for Megatrain: Sheffield-London-Exeter (scenic route)
Alternatively: Megabus £35 pp single Newcastle-Exeter0 -
Crazy expensive lol I might walk0
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Certainly cheaper to drive.
When did it get so expensive? :eek:0 -
I wish I could drive0
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