Advance ticket not available in station?

Lingard_2

I have a 1625rail card, when I look up at the fee of Battle(East Sussex Southeastern) to London Term, nationalrail website shows advance "Single from £6.65" with railcard, so I went to the station(Battle) to buy the ticket. The staff told me that the system of the station is different from the website, there are no advance available, the price is £14.60 with railcard (No advance discount). Anyone have that situation before?

dzug1

Sounds very odd, though it can happen that if a station is busy they will only sell tickets for immediate travel.


Maybe they explained that badly

tomtontom

Single from £6.65 - was that fare available on the train you wished to travel on?

yorkie2

Lingard wrote: »

I have a 1625rail card, when I look up at the fee of Battle(East Sussex Southeastern) to London Term, nationalrail website shows advance "Single from £6.65" with railcard, so I went to the station(Battle) to buy the ticket. The staff told me that the system of the station is different from the website, there are no advance available, the price is £14.60 with railcard (No advance discount). Anyone have that situation before?

When exactly are you travelling?

Voyager2002

Lingard wrote: »

Anyone have that situation before?

Yes, many times. The number of really cheap tickets on any particular train is very limited: to get one you generally have to book weeks before you travel.

notakid

Where I work we never sell advance tickets on the day of travel
. However cross-country on their website offer this service.

chuckley

why wouldn't you order online and collect at the machine anyway? why do you need to do it at the station?!

SarahMiles

Yes, our nearest train station doesn't let me buy advanced tickets either but I find it's easier to order then online to pick up at the station anyway.

Ciaran_Brooks

I think pretty much all stations sell advance tickets but definitely not on the day of travel - generally there's only a few cheap seats for each service.

20aday

I'm pretty sure East Midlands Trains offer Advance Fares (at the station) up to 6.30pm before the day of travel; maybe it's the same for South Eastern Railways?

Voyager2002

20aday wrote: »

I'm pretty sure East Midlands Trains offer Advance Fares (at the station) up to 6.30pm before the day of travel; maybe it's the same for South Eastern Railways?

I have sometimes been very lucky and bought an advance fare ticket at the station on the day of travel. However, the station can only sell what is available, and bargains usually go well in advance.