Travelling from South Wales to St Pancras

jaibaby

dzug1 wrote: »

In the week at least the last train is a lot later than that - 2330

Yes, but it doesn't get back into Newport until 7am - after a 4 hour wait at Bristol Temple Meads

trollopscarletwoman

jaibaby wrote: »

Hi all!

We're going to Disneyland Paris in November. Everything is booked for the trip except for the travel between home (Newport) and St Pancras.

Can anyone tell me the best way to do this? There's 8 of us in total (4 adults ages 70, 54, 34 & 30 - 4 children ages 13, 11, 5 & 1).

Unfortunately for us, I believe our Eurostar leaves at 10.15am from St Pancras so will be travelling in peak times up to London :eek: Something I am not looking forward to with the kids in tow

Cheapest way would be fab, the FIL is paying for it all but would rather save him some dosh after paying over £2000 for the trip already, but he has said cost doesn't matter.

I've priced (approx.) train tickets from home to St P. and it's about £270ish return with a Friends & Family railcard. But I've never done this before so have no idea of times / waiting / or anything else that could affect us, especially important to factor in the kids - older ones will understand and not mind so much, but 5 & 1 y.o. will be my main concern.


Thanks in advance for any help xx

Off topic but how is life in Newport these days?

I live in Porthcawl now but originally from Caerleon Road, St Julians.

maman

jaibaby wrote: »

Yes, but it doesn't get back into Newport until 7am - after a 4 hour wait at Bristol Temple Meads

Could anyone pick you up from Bristol if you're stuck?


I think you've made the right choice t go up the day before. I'd go as early as you can and start panning your day in London!!!

pavlovs_dog

Cheapest way from Newport to London would be the megabus, which would take you to Victoria. If you book far enough in advance you should not have to pay any more than £20 return per person. If you have Tesco club card vouchers you can now exchange these for megabus vouchers.

For peace of mind I would agree that staying overnight in London the night before is a wise move

dzug1

jaibaby wrote: »

Yes, but it doesn't get back into Newport until 7am - after a 4 hour wait at Bristol Temple Meads

Well that depends on whether you get embroiled in engineering work. In the regular timetable it arrives at 0211 with only a brief stop at Temple Meads. There's an earlier one as well that's a bit quicker


And if you are travelling in November there's no engineering work currently scheduled

RedBern

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

Cheapest way from Newport to London would be the megabus, which would take you to Victoria. If you book far enough in advance you should not have to pay any more than £20 return per person. If you have Tesco club card vouchers you can now exchange these for megabus vouchers.

For peace of mind I would agree that staying overnight in London the night before is a wise move

Was just going to suggest Megabus as well, but would expect to pay less than £20 return each when booking so far in advance. They're booking for October at the moment and you could get it for £80 return (yes £10 each!!). The buses go from in front of Newport train station, are generally punctual and clean, and it's a great service.

silvercar

Megabus would take you into victoria, which means crossing London to get to St pancras.

notanewuser

silvercar wrote: »

Megabus would take you into victoria, which means crossing London to get to St pancras.

It's still only one line though.